A cheeky little fruity number with a delicate tang of oak?
Beating the Fascists: The authorised history of Anti-Fascist Action
- Thread starter cogg
- Start date
A cheeky little fruity number with a delicate tang of oak?
Joe Reilly
Well-Known Member
'A delicate tang of oak?'
It might well have done especially after it was smashed on Stuart's great wooden dome.
DaveCinzano
WATCH OUT, GEORGE, HE'S GOT A SCREWDRIVER!
You never got these tips from Oz Clarke or Delia.
audiotech
wav, aiff, mp3, ogg, flac
I recently found out that the little round plastic rings when removed from the bottle are a good cheap option to hold a strap firmly on a guitar.
bignose1
Searchlight Spoiler
Yeah that guy from Foo Fighters has one on his guitar.. wassis name er...Dave ?I recently found out that the little round plastic rings when removed from the bottle are a good cheap option to hold a strap firmly on a guitar.
tony.c
Well-Known Member
I was more upmarket. I had a can of Waitrose Lobster Bisque in a Waitrose carrier bag in the first joint operation of the London squads in Lewisham in 1977, after fascists had attacked a paper sale and knocked a swp woman unconscious the week before. That was organised by the then Industrial Organiser (who subsequently left the SWP and became a manager in local authority). We received congratulations and thanks from Tony Cliff afterwards. Relations with the swp leadership went downhill later of course.
tin of this and a heavy-duty carrier bag... lethal and legal
Last edited:
tony.c
Well-Known Member
No a full bodied red with strong overtones of determination.
Oh were you talking about the wine?
The39thStep
Urban critical thinker
bignose1
Searchlight Spoiler
One of the more bisqueier operations....
malatesta32
Not Serb. No, Really!
yes and for purely shellfish reasons! for cod's sake, he wouldnt move a mussel usually as he is hard of herring.
tony.c
Well-Known Member
Yeah Deason. He went to Marxism and asked for volunteers to defend the Lewisham paper sale which had been attacked by the fascists for several weeks running. Inner East London and Outer East London squads with comrades from Glasgow and Aberdeen attended the paper sale that Saturday, mingling with shoppers and took out the fascists when they arrived.
Deason later denounced the squads. We reckoned it was because MoF and the Hatfield lads beat his football team at the Skegness Rally football tournament in 1979(?). His team were all decked out in specially bought red strips. The Hatfield lot turned out for the Final hungover, in cutoff jeans and old tshirts and won the keg of beer which was the prize. Their supporters then demolished the goalposts in true Scotland Wembley style!
Deason after leaving the swp became manager of a sports centre in Wales apparently.
I was in Inner East London district then. I knew some of the guys from NW London, Andy Z. (the Animal), John Boyle (who died this year), and Mal (Babyface), the Finchley brothers, and one or two others. I was originally from NW London.
tony.c
Well-Known Member
I bought it especially. I reckoned the OB wouldn't think it was an offensive weapon if I was stopped and searched, and if I got nicked the Court would throw the case out - 'in possession of a tin Of Lobster Bisque with intent'!!Posh Bastard!
I actually ate it after (destroying the evidence!), but didn't think much of it. I prefer Heinz Cream of Tomato.
Last edited:
The39thStep
Urban critical thinker
Bloody hell. John ( and Dot) were amongst my best mates but I haven't seen them for about fifteen years.Used to work with John,loved him to bits. I moved to Manchester 25 years ago and long lost the habit of going back down. Yes knew all them and Johns brother Keiran, the Dunnes,etc. In fact got attacked by Mal when he caught me in bed with his girlfriend Bernie ( who died) Knew Joe Reilly as well. Do you remember Moonface? We always had a team in the football ,never won it the nearest we got was being beat by some Swedes in the final.Didn't Zebrowski ( who also denounced the squads when he became district organiser) move to Poland?
Joe Reilly
Well-Known Member
[quote="The39thStep, post: 12585605, member: 39737]In fact got attacked by Mal when he caught me in bed with his girlfriend Bernie ( who died) [/quote]
You might want to consider rephrasing?
You might want to consider rephrasing?
The39thStep
Urban critical thinker
You might want to consider rephrasing?[/quote]
Ooops.She sadly passed away in unconnected circumstances some years after that incident.
As well as being the industrial organiser for the swp and being involved in anti fascist activities and running the right to work campaign for a time, John Deason was an able trade union activist in the communications union (NCU), where he was sacked by BT for being an effective militant. He subsequently fought and won an industrial tribunal against BT, who had to pay out significant compensation.
i didn't know him personally, but his record as a socialist and agitator seemed to me to have been pretty good.
Of course, it is fair to state that thereafter he settled in Wales and became a manager for a local authority (in Leisure), but it probably wasn't a simple cut and run betrayal of principle? i'd give him credit where its due.
audiotech
wav, aiff, mp3, ogg, flac
HAha, Grohl. I'm not a fan.
The39thStep
Urban critical thinker
I bought it especially. I reckoned the OB wouldn't think it was an offensive weapon if I was stopped and searched, and if I got nicked the Court would throw the case out - 'in possession of a tin Of Lobster Bisque with intent'!!
ingenious bastard
That was the exact rationale behind the Lychees (well that and the fact that hey came in proper heavyweight tins long after all the europeans had switched to lightweight aluminium ones)... never thought of th eposh angle though. Fair play.
tony.c
Well-Known Member
I was at John's funeral. Must be losing track of time, I thought it was this year, but was January 2012. There was a big turnout, must have been over 200. John and Dot have a son, he must be about 15 and is the spitting image of John. MoF and a number of the Hatfield mob were there. Good wake afterwards.
I was in the same branch as Moonface, I last bumped into him in Hackney about 8 years ago. Andy Z did move to Poland. Must be the only Pole going in the opposite direction!
tony.c
Well-Known Member
Ooops.She sadly passed away in unconnected circumstances some years after that incident.[/quote]
I knew Bernie and her family well. We lived in the same houseshare for a while. She died as the result of an asthma attack. You probably knew Nora too, she died from cancer in 2011.
Last edited:
tony.c
Well-Known Member
I don't want to derail this thread too much, and I recognise JD's contribution as an IO, but Andreas Nagliatti was a good IO too, and he went on to become an 'Industrial Relations' Manager for Fiat Italy, and Roger Rosewell also a good IO went on to become an adviser to Dame Shirley Porter.
Edit: I don't remember JD being involved in the ant-fascist stuff apart from asking for volunteers to go to the Lewisham paper sale in '76 (he didn't go himself though). When the Right To Work March came to London (1978?) there was a NF march in Shoreditch. The Inner East London District wanted to ask the RTW marchers to support the counter-mobilisation, but JD wouldn't allow it, claiming it was a diversion. A lot of the RTW marchers turned out regardless.
Last edited:
The39thStep
Urban critical thinker
I knew Bernie and her family well. We lived in the same houseshare for a while. She died as the result of an asthma attack. You probably knew Nora too, she died from cancer in 2011.[/quote]
All very sad news.
Similar threads
