Beating the Fascists: The authorised history of Anti-Fascist Action
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Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
no, it can't. try the link.
krink
I'll do it this afternoon
what's the rules on quoting stuff from U75 elsewhere? i want to put these two quotes on my wordpress site.
DaveCinzano
WATCH OUT, GEORGE, HE'S GOT A SCREWDRIVER!
Common courtesy would have you tell a person you wished to quote them elsewhere.
Common sense would tell you it's fuck-all to do with any corporate sense of 'urban75'!
krink
I'll do it this afternoon
bignose1
Searchlight Spoiler
Sorry that was john boyd.....
tony.c
Well-Known Member
Of course you can. This is an open forum, so anyone can read it anyway. I didn't give Joe G's name in full in case there were any repercussions for him, but he probably isn't alive now, if he is he must be in his 90's.i read the faq now
tony.c can i use your quote on me blog please?
I only posted this to show that RA and AFA weren't as violent to the fascists as were the Jewish guys in Group 43, for understandable reasons - but not denigrating RA and AFA in any way.
krink
I'll do it this afternoon
cheers mate, i'll send you the link in a private message.
tony.c
Well-Known Member
OK, btw after suggesting we use iron bars on the fash Joe also said he could get us shooters if we wanted them. We weren't sure if he could get them from his East London criminal contacts (we thought that was the circle he moved in) or Mossad, but we didn't take him up on his offer.
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tony.c
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It seems the DM might have republished that article because Morris Beckman's book has been republished on 1 July this year. It is well worth reading for anyone involved or interested in militant anti-fascism. I read it when it was first published in 1992, and met Maurice Beckman at a book signing meeting about it.
This is the description on the back of the book:
In 1945, after risking their lives for King and country, Jewish ex-servicemen and women had every right to believe they had buried fascism forever.
Oswald Mosely decided he could carry on where Hitler and Mussolini had left off. On street corners his fascist speakers would proclaim 'not enough Jews were burned at Belsen'. Something had to be done. Enter the 43 Group. In a ferocious, bloody, yet brilliantly covert five-year campaign, they destroyed the Mosleyites and everything they stood for.
Author Morris Beckman, a founder member, has written the first account of the Group's activities. His breathtaking narrative evokes all the danger, tension and black humour of a time when the war against fascism had moved from the cities of Europe to the streets of London.
With the current resurgence of neo-Nazi activity, this uplifting book highlights for a new generation that fighting fire with fire can sometimes be the only way.
The republished book - The 43 Group: Battling with Mosley's Blackshirts by Morris Beckman - is available from Amazon, from £8.20 including postage. If anyone goes on the Amazon website I would urge you to request that the book is made available on Kindle.
This is the description on the Amazon website:
Oswald Mosely decided he could carry on where Hitler and Mussolini had left off. On street corners his fascist speakers would proclaim 'not enough Jews were burned at Belsen'. Enter the 43 Group. In a ferocious, bloody and brilliantly covert five-year campaign, they destroyed the Mosleyites. The membership of the Group was almost entirely made up of British servicemen, the original 43 members quickly swelling to more than 300 and including a Battle of Britain ace, a VC winner - and Vidal Sassoon! The Group's philosophy of the '3 D's' - Discuss, Decide and Do it - were quickly manifested on the streets of London, with thousands of fascist meetings and rallies sent packing.
The Group was organised in 'wedges' of a dozen or so. These wedges would attend a BUF rally and at a given signal would storm the speaker's platform, attacking BUF stewards and speaker. The members' military background ensured tight discipline and brutally effective actions. this combined with a number of spies within the fascist ranks, ensured the 43 Group almost always came out on top, closing down two-thirds of all fascist activity in the UK until its' simultaneous demise with organised fascism in Britain in 1950.
As capitalism falters, fascism is gathering strength in Europe today. This book is a timely reminder of how it gathers that strength - and one way of stopping it.
This is the description on the back of the book:
In 1945, after risking their lives for King and country, Jewish ex-servicemen and women had every right to believe they had buried fascism forever.
Oswald Mosely decided he could carry on where Hitler and Mussolini had left off. On street corners his fascist speakers would proclaim 'not enough Jews were burned at Belsen'. Something had to be done. Enter the 43 Group. In a ferocious, bloody, yet brilliantly covert five-year campaign, they destroyed the Mosleyites and everything they stood for.
Author Morris Beckman, a founder member, has written the first account of the Group's activities. His breathtaking narrative evokes all the danger, tension and black humour of a time when the war against fascism had moved from the cities of Europe to the streets of London.
With the current resurgence of neo-Nazi activity, this uplifting book highlights for a new generation that fighting fire with fire can sometimes be the only way.
The republished book - The 43 Group: Battling with Mosley's Blackshirts by Morris Beckman - is available from Amazon, from £8.20 including postage. If anyone goes on the Amazon website I would urge you to request that the book is made available on Kindle.
This is the description on the Amazon website:
Oswald Mosely decided he could carry on where Hitler and Mussolini had left off. On street corners his fascist speakers would proclaim 'not enough Jews were burned at Belsen'. Enter the 43 Group. In a ferocious, bloody and brilliantly covert five-year campaign, they destroyed the Mosleyites. The membership of the Group was almost entirely made up of British servicemen, the original 43 members quickly swelling to more than 300 and including a Battle of Britain ace, a VC winner - and Vidal Sassoon! The Group's philosophy of the '3 D's' - Discuss, Decide and Do it - were quickly manifested on the streets of London, with thousands of fascist meetings and rallies sent packing.
The Group was organised in 'wedges' of a dozen or so. These wedges would attend a BUF rally and at a given signal would storm the speaker's platform, attacking BUF stewards and speaker. The members' military background ensured tight discipline and brutally effective actions. this combined with a number of spies within the fascist ranks, ensured the 43 Group almost always came out on top, closing down two-thirds of all fascist activity in the UK until its' simultaneous demise with organised fascism in Britain in 1950.
As capitalism falters, fascism is gathering strength in Europe today. This book is a timely reminder of how it gathers that strength - and one way of stopping it.
malatesta32
Not Serb. No, Really!
a welcome reprint and one of the very few books that promotes militant anti-fascism although Beckman does play down the input by CP members a wee bit. if you only read 3 books read 43 Group, and both versions of BTF!
tony.c
Well-Known Member
'Both versions' ? Was there another version or do you mean 'No Retreat' which is also well worth reading despite the controversy about some of it.
butchersapron
Bring back hanging
malatesta32
Not Serb. No, Really!
brilliant book. strong research and a good 'narrative.'
butchersapron
Bring back hanging
It's a very worthwhile book but i feel its criticisms of the KPD as too dogmatic, weak understanding of the state, too narrow a workplace focus - doubly odd given the conditions and the weight of numbers of unemployed in its ranks and esp amongst the fighters - that the book makes clear added up to 'failure' are often overlooked in the laudable desire to overturn the rubbish about the KPD allowing the nazis to come to power due to the social fascism thesis.
butchersapron
Bring back hanging
Hang on a sec and i'll upload a copy tony.
butchersapron
Bring back hanging
tony.c
Well-Known Member
Thanks butchers, downloading it now.
sunny jim
A pikey fluffy type
butchersapron
Bring back hanging
Would've posted it years ago but forgot i had it.
Red Storm
M14
Nice one. Popped it on the Anti-Fascist Archive.
imposs1904
Thread Killa'
Red Storm
M14
I'll pop that on too.
Red Storm
M14
Does anyone know how to download this video:
http://www.yorkshirefilmarchive.com/film/anti-nf-protest-bradford
http://www.yorkshirefilmarchive.com/film/anti-nf-protest-bradford
sunny jim
A pikey fluffy type
tony.c
Well-Known Member
Yeah well done imposs1904, I'll listen to that again.
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