London Anarchist bookfair 2020

[nastyned]

the usual "BANNED FROM THE BOOKFAIR" crowd immediately outside the door

The usual "BANNED FROM THE BOOKFAIR" crowd i.e. The SPGB and ICC didn't turn up. Though for reasons I've never understood the CWO who are more openly Bolshevik than the ICC were allowed to have a stall, as they were at the old bookfair.

The people immediately outside the door were from the ACG who were in fact banned from having a stall or their literature on other people's stalls. The ACG didn't exist when the last bookfair was held so can hardly be called the usual "BANNED FROM THE BOOKFAIR" crowd.

And the political stall out the front had old bookfair organisers on it, so again, definitely not the usual "BANNED FROM THE BOOKFAIR" crowd.

Due to the organisers vow of silence we can't be certain which other groups and individuals were banned but I find it hard to believe that AK, Active and PM Press were all absent from a big anarchist bookfair because they were a bit busy that day.

 

[danny la rouge]

The ACG didn't exist when the last bookfair was held

Indeed. Nor did it until February 2018.

 

[danny la rouge]

just to mention that HSG doubled down on backing Helen after 2017

In what way? Can you point me to something they wrote that you’re getting this from?

 

[hitmouse]

The usual "BANNED FROM THE BOOKFAIR" crowd i.e. The SPGB and ICC didn't turn up.

Jesus, sounds like this bookfair really wasn't the same if it didn't have the SPGB and ICC standing outside. I think the only time I've ever seen the ICC in the flesh was outside a bookfair.

And the political stall out the front had old bookfair organisers on it, so again, definitely not the usual "BANNED FROM THE BOOKFAIR" crowd.

Not that it really matters I suppose, but was this on the ACG stall, or was there a different one?

 

[BristolEcho]

Who are the ICC and SPGB?

 

[planetgeli]

Who are the ICC and SPGB?

Socialist Party of Great Britain and, er, the international cricket council

 

[danny la rouge]

Who are the ICC and SPGB?

International Communist Current - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

Socialist Party of Great Britain - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

 

[BristolEcho]

International Communist Current - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

Socialist Party of Great Britain - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

Cheers!

 

[nastyned]

Not that it really matters I suppose, but was this on the ACG stall, or was there a different one?

That was the Rebel City stall: (no title)

 

[DaveCinzano]

Who are the ICC and SPGB?

When I was a youth I wrote to the various groups listed in the back of the syndicalist Tintin pastiche, Breaking Free. The ones which wrote back were Class War (loads of free stuff - back issues, stickers, The Heavy Stuff, Unfinished Business); the ACF (an Organise!, some of those dayglo orange stickers); and the ICC (~quarter million closely typed words with no pictures across various position documents, manifestos, platforms and pamphlets, and NO STICKERS).

Make of that what you will.

 

[hitmouse]

Socialist Party of Great Britain and, er, the international cricket council

They also run a big convention centre in Birmingham and prosecute war criminals, they're a busy bunch.

 

[hitmouse]

That was the Rebel City stall: (no title)

Hang on a second...

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Did the Rebel City lot get a stall booked, have it advertised as part of the official bookfair material, then find their stall was un-booked? The bloody thing's been over for days now and I'm still no closer to understanding their bookings policy.

 

[imposs1904]

When I was a youth I wrote to the various groups listed in the back of the syndicalist Tintin pastiche, Breaking Free. The ones which wrote back were Class War (loads of free stuff - back issues, stickers, The Heavy Stuff, Unfinished Business); the ACF (an Organise!, some of those dayglo orange stickers); and the ICC (~quarter million closely typed words with no pictures across various position documents, manifestos, platforms and pamphlets, and NO STICKERS).

Make of that what you will.

This is you and I claim my five pounds. (From here.)

 

[rich!]

In what way? Can you point me to something they wrote that you’re getting this from?

It's on their mailing list. I'm not going to repost it here because I don't know if it's publicly archived.

 

[DaveCinzano]

This is you and I claim my five pounds. (From here.)

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Busted

 

[nastyned]

Hang on a second...

Did the Rebel City lot get a stall booked, have it advertised as part of the official bookfair material, then find their stall was un-booked? The bloody thing's been over for days now and I'm still no closer to understanding their bookings policy.

Rebel City came out in solidarity with the ACG.

 

[nastyned]

This is you and I claim my five pounds. (From here.)

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A picture in World Revolution! Further evidence of the degeneration of the ICC.

 

[hitmouse]

This is you and I claim my five pounds. (From here.)

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I feel like this could be an exceptionally niche Viz joke, maybe from their series of specialist fag adverts:



Government Health Warning: Smoking Leftcom Fags may lead to irreversible decadence.

 

[hitmouse]

Just noticed that paper advertises a feature on "ICC intervention in web forums" on page 2, bless them.

 

[Dom Traynor]

Just noticed that paper advertises a feature on "ICC intervention in web forums" on page 2, bless them.

Yes I remember that issue there was a mention of Urban75 but the main focus was on their valiant efforts on the fields of Libcom.

 

[A380]

When I was a youth I wrote to the various groups listed in the back of the syndicalist Tintin pastiche, Breaking Free. The ones which wrote back were Class War (loads of free stuff - back issues, stickers, The Heavy Stuff, Unfinished Business); the ACF (an Organise!, some of those dayglo orange stickers); and the ICC (~quarter million closely typed words with no pictures across various position documents, manifestos, platforms and pamphlets, and NO STICKERS).

Make of that what you will.

I love that book.

 

[Sue]

When I was a youth I wrote to the various groups listed in the back of the syndicalist Tintin pastiche, Breaking Free. The ones which wrote back were Class War (loads of free stuff - back issues, stickers, The Heavy Stuff, Unfinished Business); the ACF (an Organise!, some of those dayglo orange stickers); and the ICC (~quarter million closely typed words with no pictures across various position documents, manifestos, platforms and pamphlets, and NO STICKERS).

Make of that what you will.

It's a slippery slope. You start off as a callow youth writing to dubious political groups and you end up condemned to wandering Urban P&P. FOREVER.

 

[DaveCinzano]

their valiant efforts on the fields of Libcom.

I don't think that name change will last, mark my words

 

[nogojones]

When I was a youth I wrote to the various groups listed in the back of the syndicalist Tintin pastiche, Breaking Free. The ones which wrote back were Class War (loads of free stuff - back issues, stickers, The Heavy Stuff, Unfinished Business); the ACF (an Organise!, some of those dayglo orange stickers); and the ICC (~quarter million closely typed words with no pictures across various position documents, manifestos, platforms and pamphlets, and NO STICKERS).

Make of that what you will.

I did something similar as a youth and got loads of cool shit from all sorts. The one that stood out though was the New Communist Party who turned up on my doorstep on New Years fucking day. I'm shocked they didn't bring a tank

 

[DaveCinzano]

I did something similar as a youth and got loads of cool shit from all sorts. The one that stood out though was the New Communist Party who turned up on my doorstep on New Years fucking day. I'm shocked they didn't bring a tank

Is that the lot embroiled in all sorts of shady shenanigans?

 

[hitmouse]

When I was a youth I wrote to the various groups listed in the back of the syndicalist Tintin pastiche, Breaking Free. The ones which wrote back were Class War (loads of free stuff - back issues, stickers, The Heavy Stuff, Unfinished Business); the ACF (an Organise!, some of those dayglo orange stickers); and the ICC (~quarter million closely typed words with no pictures across various position documents, manifestos, platforms and pamphlets, and NO STICKERS).

Make of that what you will.

Thinking about it, I reckon we've solved the mystery of why the CWO get to have a stall but the other leftcoms don't:

 

[nogojones]

Is that the lot embroiled in all sorts of shady shenanigans?

I'm not sure, it was like 30 something years ago and they seemed like the only real hardcore Stalinists knocking about back then. I hid behind the sofa. For me, New Years day has never been a good day for chatting shit about Brezhnevs deviations

 

[Pickman's model]

I did something similar as a youth and got loads of cool shit from all sorts. The one that stood out though was the New Communist Party who turned up on my doorstep on New Years fucking day. I'm shocked they didn't bring a tank

Bet they parked it round the corner

 

[DaveCinzano]

Is that the lot embroiled in all sorts of shady shenanigans?

Ah yes, it was something I read in NFTB and/or Green Anarchist, as mentioned here:

https://www.ainfos.ca/00/dec/ainfos00351.html

...Featuring Operation Washington, the Anarchist Bookfair & rival Anarchist Heretics' Fair, Alternative Green, NCP, CPGB, Searchlight, Terry Liddle, Lady Athena McHugh and a cast of thousands!

 

[DaveCinzano]

Thinking about it, I reckon we've solved the mystery of why the CWO get to have a stall but the other leftcoms don't:

STICKERS WIN WARS