Beating the Fascists: The authorised history of Anti-Fascist Action

[Inigo Montoya]

Wiki suggests Phil Jupitus was "associated" with AFA.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phill_Jupitus

Can anyone elaborate?

 

[bignose1]

It's mentioned here (http://azvsas.blogspot.com/2010/01/dave-hann-appreciation.html) that Mark E. Smith (The Fall) positively namechecks 'No Retreat' in his biography.

Can anyone post up the actual quote?

Did he or the band have any links to AFA at all?

It was quoted in the book. I bump into him every so often usually in town and we always chat briefly, infact I think I gave him a copy when he was in our house with one of my lodgers he met coming back from Italy late at night....both arseoled and it got messy. Ive got his book somewhere so Ill quote it later when Im up proper,(tooth ache). As far as I know no direct links...his gigs used to get some hassle in the early days but he would fuck em off. Any reason for the interest?

 

[bignose1]

Wiki suggests Phil Jupitus was "associated" with AFA.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phill_Jupitus

Can anyone elaborate?

Had a few chats with Phil at gigs esp Specials...good lad...was impresssed we were such big mates with Terry. Did his head in in the pub along with a few hundred other gig goers when we started a rumour that the gig( reunion tour 2009) was off(Nottingham) as Terry had food poisoning....kept it going for a while until someone came over very irate and confronted us...cue my pal ''yeah it was probably 'chinese' whispers mate ...however Terry is poorly.....had a takeaway last night....too much..too much..too much foo yung..............nearly got battered.... but 'cueing' up the gag for about half an hour was fun.
Then at breakfast next day in the hotel...Terry came down and sat with us. I said to the waitress he doesnt fancy white bread today....''oh'' she said........cue me and pals....''this time hed like to have his toast brown.....der der der''
......cue 'blank expression' arghhh

 

[DaveCinzano]

 

[bignose1]

 

[cantsin]

Had a few chats with Phil at gigs esp Specials...good lad...was impresssed we were such big mates with Terry. Did his head in in the pub along with a few hundred other gig goers when we started a rumour that the gig( reunion tour 2009) was off(Nottingham) as Terry had food poisoning....kept it going for a while until someone came over very irate and confronted us...cue my pal ''yeah it was probably chinese whispers mate ...Terrys poorly.....had a takeaway last night....too much..too much..too much foo yung..............nearly got battered.... but 'cueing' up the gag for about half an hour was fun.
Then at breakfast next day in the hotel...Terry came down and sat with us. I said to the waitress he doesnt fancy white bread today....''oh'' she said........cue me and pals....''this time hed like to have his toast brown.....der der der''
......cue 'blank expression' arghhh

super-fun japes all the way eh....sounds bloody exhausting tbh

 

[manny-p]

Had a few chats with Phil at gigs esp Specials...good lad...was impresssed we were such big mates with Terry. Did his head in in the pub along with a few hundred other gig goers when we started a rumour that the gig( reunion tour 2009) was off(Nottingham) as Terry had food poisoning....kept it going for a while until someone came over very irate and confronted us...cue my pal ''yeah it was probably chinese whispers mate ...Terrys poorly.....had a takeaway last night....too much..too much..too much foo yung..............nearly got battered.... but 'cueing' up the gag for about half an hour was fun.
Then at breakfast next day in the hotel...Terry came down and sat with us. I said to the waitress he doesnt fancy white bread today....''oh'' she said........cue me and pals....''this time hed like to have his toast brown.....der der der''
......cue 'blank expression' arghhh

You have another book in you!

 

[bignose1]

super-fun japes all the way eh....sounds bloody exhausting tbh

Quite right but my gig going mates are also my footy mates (away games) and most are left /antifash leaning. Hence we have a similar daft humour and the pun stuff is a bit 'wacky' at times. On away games on the coach( but not the chisel heads) we have this word association game...like choose two random categories..ie football and music...hence Peter Begee, Ian Durant Durant, do you really want to Hurst me, roll over eindhoven ... however the winner coming back from Southamptom about 5 years ago....Black Webb-el Goater Schmeichel Club...

 

[Red Storm]

http://antifascistarchive.com/2012/05/21/weekly-update-6/

Bored of revision so I've put up a couple of new bits.

 

[Nice one]

http://antifascistarchive.com/2012/05/21/weekly-update-6/

Bored of revision so I've put up a couple of new bits.

 

[Fozzie Bear]

http://antifascistarchive.com/2012/05/21/weekly-update-6/

Bored of revision so I've put up a couple of new bits.

You will be doing a credit/link to the site where you found those Blaggers interview pdfs, of course?

 

[DaveCinzano]

Uncarved, perchance?

Si Gane, who did Arnie, is still knocking up excellent artwork.

 

[chilango]

Arnie was cool.

 

[DaveCinzano]

Not as cool as Arnie's mum

 

[DaveCinzano]

 

[chilango]

I hope I still have my Arnies somewhere....

 

[DaveCinzano]

He's on twitter so you can hassle him in pursuit of any spares taking up loft space

 

[Red Storm]

You will be doing a credit/link to the site where you found those Blaggers interview pdfs, of course?

Yeah it's on te draft. Waiting for this upgrade thingy to put the audio on then I can update the post.

 

[malatesta32]

http://antifascistarchive.com/2012/05/21/weekly-update-6/

Bored of revision so I've put up a couple of new bits.

excellent stuff. am i right in thinking that blaggers were red skins at the start?

 

[Deareg]

excellent stuff. am i right in thinking that blaggers were red skins at the start?

Only two of the original Blaggers were skinheads.

 

[malatesta32]

i just recall a very early pic wich i have not got and a couple of em were a bit sta-prest and DM/bomber jackety type thingies!

 

[Deareg]

i just recall a very early pic wich i have not got and a couple of em were a bit sta-prest and DM/bomber jackety type thingies!

I meant to say two of them. Tim and Matt Vinyl.

 

[Red Storm]

http://antifascistarchive.com/2012/05/21/weekly-update-6/

I've added the last bits before June now.

• I've uploaded the audio to the Blaggers post
• I've added a picture of a Red Action t-shirt that was kindly sent to me
• I've added the text of Heroes or Villians? thanks to Butchersapron.
• Someone sent me a chronology of events which I put up.
• Finally, I found a reaction to AFA's international conference from a yank group with I uploaded.

Bought the space upgrade so I can add audio files now plus I think it secures the uploaded files for the future more.

 

[krink]

It is 20 years almost to the day since I saw the Fighting Talk documentary on TV sitting in me Mam's kitchen and I think my mind was made up when that lad says about the ANL lollipop signs that he and AFA would be half way over the road smashing them over the fash's bastard heads! Still got it on VHS.

 

[Red Storm]

Someone has put up the whole of the BBC's footage from the Battle of Waterloo. I've never seen this footage in its enteririty before.

Shows the tall AFA skinhead who takes a beating being much more of a hard nutter than before.

 

[Red Storm]

The oft mentioned Dave Hann TV interview has also been put up. The person putting them up must be ex-AFA.

 

[love detective]

i've got a whole load of stuff like this (from the cutting room floor so to speak from the promo video), keep meaning to put it up

this is the screen shot from just before the start of the video above

 

[Red Storm]

i've got a whole load of stuff like this (from the cutting room floor so to speak from the promo video), keep meaning to put it up

this is the screen shot from just before the start of the video above

'Giz'

 

[Red Storm]

i've got a whole load of stuff like this (from the cutting room floor so to speak from the promo video), keep meaning to put it up

this is the screen shot from just before the start of the video above

View attachment 19541

I've got the originals of the intel used in the video from ST.

I'll be putting all that stuff up in June.

 

[Divisive Cotton]

Shows the tall AFA skinhead who takes a beating being much more of a hard nutter than before.

that's because he is he's a marshall arts expert

at the time he was thinking, Just stay on my feet at all costs

later he went to casualty to get his head wounds checked out but the place was full of fascists so turned around and left it for the day