Class War: A Decade of Disorder

by Ian Bone (Editor)

For ten years, Tory Britain has burned. From Brixton ’81 to Oxford, Cardiff, and Tyneside ’91 the unforgivable have risen and seized back their streets. With a petrol bomb in one hand a biro in the other, Class War was there. And Class War is here—fearless, hilarious and, for the rich and powerful of this benighted isle, absolutely terrifying.

In these explosive pages you can find out how to tell if your neighbours are yuppies (and how to make their cars contribute to global warming if they are), how to make a splash at the Henley regatta, and how to go on a shopping spree without any money. Here you will discover why Joe Strummer rocks against the rich, the astonishing blood ties between Her Majesty the Queen and Adolf Hitler and, in a few words, the difference between Neil Kinnock and a slime monster.

Publishers’ Warning! This book contains explicit language and illustration which may offend yuppies, police officers, members of the royal family and people who think the world can be changed by holding hands and singing “We shall overcome.”

Genres: Politics, Nonfiction

116 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 1991

About the author

I am an author of books for young readers and young adults. I am Australian, and my books are published in Australia, the USA, the UK, Germany, Korea, Brazil and Finland.

My novel, The Song of an Innocent Bystander is being adapted into a major feature film. My children's book series, Philomena Wonderpen, has been bought by an International media company to be adapted for television.

I teach writing and I work as a video producer and e-learning developer in my spare time!

Reviews

[Malcolm · Rating 3 out of 5]

Class War quickly made themselves into one of the 1980s' most provocative political groups and the bétes noire of the outraged broadsheet readers of the Home Counties. This collection of their work and celebration of their slogan Bash the Rich is uneven but enjoyable, and blunt, aggressive and uncompromising reminder of the inequalities and injustices of late capitalist Britain. And somehow I think many of the establishment hope that these days are past.....