A-Infos (en) Britain, Anarchist journal Classs War #92 SUMMER 2007 - page 4 (Editorial +)

EDITORIAL ---- THIS ISSUE WE take a long hard look at Tory party leader David 
Cameron. Despite one or two exceptions, do you never wonder why you read little 
similar analysis in the mainstream media? --- It is not just because of who owns 
the media ­ quite frankly the likes of Rupert Murdoch would sell you anything if 
they thought it would make them money. Nor is it because Cameron has the media 
dazzled in much the same way that New Labour did a decade ago. A big reason why 
the media is so comfortable with the class backgrounds of both Tony Blair and 
David Cameron is that most leading journalists are from very similar, often 
identical backgrounds. Research by the Sutton Trust into "Educational 
Backgrounds of Leading Journalists" in 2006 found 54% of the leading journalists 
and paper editors went to private schools. Of those who had been to University, 
over half went to Oxbridge. Far from getting better, these figures were actually 
getting worse ­ in 1986 "only" 49% of the big newspaper editors were public 
schoolboys.

To us, this is another reason why we
need papers like this, and why it is
so important the small press, blogs,
Indymedia and political websites
develop, out of the control of the
ruling class. What are you doing to
help make this happen?
As for opposing the likes of Cameron,
we look forward to seeing you on the
Bash the Rich march in November.
But don't expect to read any positive
coverage of it in The Sun!
Well, in the last issue we started to
revamp the paper ­we think we have
completed that task with this issue.
We hope you enjoy it, if you do ­
why not take out a subscription?
Class War the newspaper is only as
good as the people who write for it,
and the people who supply us with
information from their communities,
their workplaces and, in the worst-
case scenarios, their prisons.
That means you - Let us know what
you think!

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Better Out Than In?

LORD JUSTICE RICHARDS, one of Britain's most
senior judges, was charged with two counts of
indecent exposure in February.
A married man with two children, he has ruled on
some of the country's most important cases - including
that of the Brazilian electrician murdered by the police
in July 2005. Jean Charles De Menezes was shot after
an "undercover operation" - shame Justice Richards
didn't keep himself undercover! Allegedly the dirty
bastard exposed himself to female rail passengers, so
much for letting the train take the strain!

BLIAR Mark 2!

BRITAIN'S TOP PIG, Sir Ian Blair has been caught
telling porkies!
Sir Ian Blair claimed in an interview last year that he
had been shot at by the IRA at the 1975 Balcombe
Street siege in the West End. Blair commented "To
actually hear the bullet going over your head ­ I loved
it. I loved the job from the first minute".
Not so, according to an academic who had studied the
siege in some detail, and not so according to some of
the police officers who were actually there, and were
shot at!
This March saw Ian Blair make an embarrassing public
climb-down, blaming inaccurate press reporting and
his own desire to portray the excitement of his life as
a young policeman. Scotland Yard conceded "These
events took place 31 years ago. The Commissioner
recounted his memory of the incident when he was a
young PC in the form of an anecdote and far too much
emphasis is being put on it".
Hmmm. If Blair can't tell the truth about basic details
of events 30 years ago, why should we believe him on
any issues now?
All is not lost though. In the spirit of fairness Class War
approached Sir Ian's office for an interview to allow
him to set the record straight, and the Commissioner
has given us the following exclusives:
     "How I Caught The Great Train Robbers And Was
       Back At the Station In Time for Z Cars"
     "Dr Crippen Didn't Fool Me"
     "Ronnie and Reggie: My Part in Their Downfall"
     "DNA Testing ­ How I Invented It In My Lunch
       Hour"
     "Jack the Ripper: I Nearly Had The Bastard".

PRINCE HARRY POLL

NOW HE'S FINISHED his army training at Sandhurst,
and is supposedly being sent to fight in Iraq, where
else do you think Prince Harry should serve?
There are three options in this exclusive Class War
poll:
A. I think we should keep Prince Harry in Iraq ­ it's
    barmy in Basra!
B. It's got to be Afghanistan ­ the Taliban would
    love to shoot him up the Khyber Pass
C. There's no rush. Lets wait until the Americans
    invade Iran, then send him there.
Please send your answers to:
The Where I Would Like Prince Harry To Be Killed
Competition.
The Ministry of Defence, Main Building,
Whitehall, London SW1A 2HB.

Aristocrat In Not Useless Shock!

OVER THE YEARS Class War may have given the
entirely false impression that the aristocracy was
utterly useless and could serve no purpose whatsoever
other than target practice for working class youths
looking to take up shooting as a character building
hobby.
However the case of a Yorkshire landowner and former
MP, Sir Mark Sykes, has prompted us to have a radical
rethink. The owner of the historic Sledmere House
near Driffield, died in the Spanish flu epidemic that
spread across Europe after the First World War.
After a life-time of privilege and exploitation, idle
Sykes was buried in a lead-lined coffin. As this has a
preservative quality, virologists may be able to carry
out unique research into Spanish flu by digging up
the old parasite and cutting him up into little pieces.
Professor John Oxford is just one expert waiting with
his toolkit ready to start hacking away at this old
parasite!
Who said the ruling class were useless?
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