(John) SANKEY 1971-2009

Dave from Wakefield (a CWF activist 10 years ago) send the following sad news:

Comrades,


One of our "membership"; Sankey; became involved in late 2001, after his details were passed on to me by Paul from London Class War. Sankey was known locally for moving to Wakefield from Wigan, Greater Manchester (formally in Lancashire)

Recently, I have been trying to consolidate and rebuild links and contact with the Libertarian/Anarchist Class Concious Communist/Socialist movement. I was particually fond of Sankey and had desperately been trying to find him and re-establish contact and, more importantley, friendship with him. The general view of politicos in the Wakefield area was that the tall man had "gone AWOL". I began to suspect that he had probably moved back to his beloved/infamous birthplace (Wigan!).

Sadly it is clear that Sankey has passed away after returning to Wigan


I take it that nobody in London knows of this tragedy. I would be grateful if anyone who was active and has now dropped out in the London CW scene has this bad news passed on to them.

Sankey was a great bloke. He was 6'4" and 8 stone(!) of character. He was VERY active for Class War and attended many Demos, Meetings and other Operations and Activism in the Class War name. He cared passionately about Liberty, Anti-Racism/Fascism, Class and Animal Rights. His "Fuck Off Thatcher" hand tattoo even appeared in print in the Class War paper.

I think it's tragic that none of us in Wakefield and the wider Anarchist movement knew of his demise and could pay tribute to him at any funeral he had.

I'm sure that anyone still from the early 2000s who was active in London CW and the paper would agree that some kind of written tribute should appear in the next issue of "Class War".


I hope that Sankey wont be forgotten by our movement.


Dave (Wakefield).



SANKEY, 1971-2009

Toffs OUT!

Well, as we’ve predicted, Cameron is preparing to bow to the Queen, as you’d expect from the supercilious slime rag. Phillip and David will be smoking cigars, planning to take over the world...kind of like Pinky and the Brain...only, who is the Brain?

Rupert Murdoch of course. He’ll be celebrating with fine champagne and caviar, whilst the working class wallow in poverty – seeing their livelihood cut to make up for greedy bankers, financiers, politicians and journalists. Rupert’s puppets are dancing to the opening scene of an exciting new era in the class struggle.

In this celebratory spirit, Class War would like to extend a fiery welcome to England’s new Prime Minister,

You may be considered the leader, but you will never govern us.

See you on the streets and/or deep in the woods where you feed your bloodlust!

The WAR is NOW!

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Ian Tomlinson: One Year Anniversary

One year on and still no justice.

REMEMBER IAN TOMLINSON

PLEASE JOIN THE TOMLINSONS IN LAYING FLOWERS AT THE SPOT WHERE IAN DIED THURSDAY 1ST APRIL 11:00 am

AT CORNHILL BY THREADNEEDLE STREET, LONDON, EC3V (BANK TUBE)
PLEASE ARRIVE AT 10:45 SO THAT WE CAN OBSERVE A MINUTE'S SILENCE AT 11:00

Ian died in tragic circumstances an innocent passer by, trying to get home, who died after a police assault at the g20 protests on April 1st 2009.

http://www.iantomlinsonfamilycampaign.org.uk/2010/03/ian-tomlinsonone-year-anniversary.html

Politicians - Wankers!

On the 30th March at Southwark Crown Court, 3 Labour MPs and 1 Tory Lord will be put on trail for Theft and Embezzlement. Eliot Morley MP, David Chaytor MP, Jim Devine MP and Baron Hanningfield are being used as scapegoats to vent public outrage at the corrupt politicians without the real criminals having to change their ways. The courts cannot provide the justice we need. The system must be put on trial, not just these four corrupt scapegoats.

Election Meltdown therefore calls for a PEOPLE'S COURT to put the whole system on trial. People from all over the country will come to Southwark to add their voices to the clamour for REAL CHANGE, not just false reforms!

So, come to:

Southwark Crown Court
1 English Grounds,
London,
SE1 2HU
(right behind the HMS Belfast)

At 10am

On Tuesday 30th March

For true justice, and a real people's court!
www.meltdown.uk.net

We still HATE Thatcher

The Class War: “I Still Hate Thatcher” badge did exceptionally well on Saturday 6 March 2010 in Newcastle.

The Party Invite, stickers or anything with a picture of the dreadful cow, however did not do so well. Most Miners still feel physically sick, just looking at her...

On this International Women’s Day, I would like to raise 1 positive outcome of the Miners’ Strike. I do fear that my statement might be met with a lot of opposition, however...

There were 3 women speakers on Saturday, ALL of whom were awe inspiring.

It did make me stop and think...

Ann Scargill started her talk by saying: “We wives of miners, were meant to stay at home, do the washing and have tea ready when our men arrive home..”

So they started with soup kitchens, feeding the masses and ensuring that single men had bog roll. Soon though, they became a militant force to be reckoned with.

Ann’s memory of being strip searched for asking: “Why have you arrested them”, and the subsequent fear of the FILTH, vivid and scary, is the beginning of LIBERATION.

I recognise that I need to learn more about the Women against Pit Closures, it would appear that, without the Miner’s Strike many of these women would still be contented to fetch their men’s slippers when they return home after a hard day’s work.

I am sure the glimpse I experienced did not reflect the broken homes, broken dreams and hungry children, but

It does look as if the Strike empowered these Women, helped them to find their inner strength and grow into independent, inspiring, strong, emotionally mature women.

They have taken from the strike, the knowledge that they CAN DO IT inspired them to do MORE, become more than “wives in the traditional sense”.

Women against Pit Closures, I salute you!

And a Special Salute to Ann – ending her talk – urging the crowd NOT to Vote BNP. Reading the statement of how her Barnsley BNP Candidate promotes Rape – stating that inflicting pleasure on a woman can hardly be criminal.

Bellah

Wankers - Pre-Election Special

You can order the WANKERS posters through the post at a cost of 20p each inc. postage from

Contact us to order or you can pick copies up from FREEDOM BOOKSHOP in London at flyposting price of 10p each for more than ten.

Or download a PDF and print smaller copies here. POSTERS AVAILABLE BY POST ARE MUCH BIGGER!

Let’s make this THE poster of the general election – the more you buy the more we can reprint…..100,000 here we come!

Taxing Times for the Ultra Rich

Yes – finally Ashcroft admits that he is a cunt and made the following BRAVE statement: "My precise tax status therefore is that of a 'non-dom'. Two of Labour's biggest donors – Lord Paul (recently made a privy counsellor by the prime minister) and Sir Ronald Cohen, both long-term residents of the UK – are also 'non-doms'."

The Ruling Class, Tory, Labour – who the fuck cares? Lords, Ladies and Celebrities – ALL Non-Doms.

Taking the piss out of the working class to bath in the richness of their own filth, whilst we are bombarded with the bullshit propaganda that their wealth spreads.

Cameron’s response is that an individual’s relationship with the tax man is personal, well, Council Tax is not!

So they changed the name – we have not changed our attitude. Join us for a commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the Poll Tax Riot –

Rioters Reunited

Wednesday 31 March 2010
3pm Trafalgar Square
Open Loud Hailer, Top Speakers, Class War, misty-eyed memories, pub afterwards.

Filthy Dog

Murdering Bastard Pc Mark Johnson, 39, was today given a six-month conditional discharge and ordered to pay £2,500 for KILLING his two best friends.

Unlike Johnson, Jay-Jay (18 months old) and Jet (7), did not choose to become filth. After suffering a torturous seven-hour death in 29.3 C (84.7F), the dogs died of multiple organ failure.

Typical filth, it is always someone else’s fault. He is not responsible because – despite 18 years in the “service” his superiors never noticed the Obsessive Compulsive Disorder or Depression that made him forget about the suffering animals. OH BOO FUCKING HOO!

Real people in these circumstances would face prison and a £30,000 fine. They will also be banned from ever owning an animal again.

The RSPCA claims that this is a FAIR, but lenient punishment and it shows how the police is not above the law – well, £27,500 and a conditional discharge would make a hell of a difference to comrades in the ALF or Huntsabs facing sentencing for RESCUING rather than killing...

Piss on a First Class Seat

Sir Nicholas Winterton has a point. Consider his argument that MPs need the "peace and quiet" of first class travel because of the amount of work they do on the move. How would Sir Nicholas have devised his ingenious plan to transfer ownership of his mortgage-free home to a family trust, rent that home from the trust, and then claim the rent back from the Commons Fees office, if he had been surrounded by noisy commuters looking over his shoulder the whole time?

But the comment from the veteran Tory MP that parliamentarians cannot be expected to share standard rail class because those who travel on it "are a totally different type of people" gave the game away. There is no other conclusion to be drawn: Sir Nicholas must be a mole for the Communist Party, directed to stoke up resentment against a decadent bourgeois political class at its moment of maximum weakness. Comrade Winterton, you have done the international proletariat a service.” (The Independent Newspaper, Friday 19.02.2010)

Travel remains one of the most significant tokens of the Class Struggle – first class, business class and well – the rest of you. Yes we are “a totally different type of people” and PROUD of it. In our world, everybody rides first class, for FREE.

Spit or Swallow?

Reflecting on the possibilities of whether conservatives are able to be tolerant of diverse sexuality:
Nick Herbert, the shadow environment secretary, has said the Conservative party has seen a "definite change" in its attitudes to gay people.

Strangely, class war can report that ……… the Pope is still a Catholic, Pop eye griffin, still a fascist etc.

Remember Section 28? "We can’t teach about gay relationships" OR

Cameron's famous attack on same sex adoption? "Jack and Jill – NOT – Jill and Jill?"

Well a year ago, the wanker apologised for Section 28 and pledged to tackle homophobic bullying and said he will reward civil partnerships in the same way as marriages.

This year, to focus on family values, Cameron promised to reward MARIED COUPLES with tax cuts – no mentioning of civil partnership. The sickening Biblical values remain…

Speaking on the BBC's Today programme this morning, Mr Herbert, who is gay, said: "You can't be a party that is seeking to appeal to the whole country unless you are properly representative of the whole country.

Yes, we have the TOKEN GAY man, we’ve seen the TOKEN Asian Muslim Women, Bromsgrove just welcomed their TOKEN Asian Muslim Man, OH YEAH… How about a TOKEN Black woman, a TOKEN black man, a TOKEN lesbian, a TOKEN WORKING CLASS HERO? Come on Cameron, appoint someone from a council estate, the (defunct) mining pits or FUCK just for fun, someone not from EATON…

Just how dumb to they think we are?

WANKERS