Ian David Bone (born August 28, 1947 in Myr, Wiltshire) is an English anarchist and current publisher of anarchist newspapers such as Class War and The Bristolian . He has been an activist of various social campaigns since the 1960s, including participating in the rally against the 2001 election “Vote Nobody”.
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| Birth name | Ian David Bone |
| Date of Birth | August 28, 1947 (71 year) |
| Place of Birth | Myr , Wiltshire , England |
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| Occupation | social and political activist |
In 2006, Bone published his autobiography "Beat the Rich . " He also broadcasts on the London radio Resonance FM called Anarchy in the UK, in which he interviews anarchists.
Bone was named by the British newspaper The Sunday People "the most dangerous man in the UK." [one]
Activity
Ian Bown was the son of a butler . He himself noted that this fact largely contributed to his subsequent political vzgyalam. [2] He studied political science at Swansea University , becoming an active anarchist from the 1960s to the early 1990s. He created the anarchist agitator-magazine Alarm in Swansea . in the 1980s, with like-minded people, he created the anarchist newspaper Class War (in addition to the newspaper, Class War is also an association of British anarchists). The confrontational style of the newspaper made Boun a prominent figure in the politics of the 1980s. But the highest fame came to him when he appeared on the Jonnathan Ross show.
Bone lived in London throughout the 1980s. Then, in the early 90s, he moved to Bristol , where he became involved in various campaigns. Ian Bown left the Class War Federation in 1992, saying that there was “too much deadwood”.
In October 1994, Ian Bone organized the Anarchy in the UK festival. Billed as “10 days that shook the world”, the festival was supposed to be a large gathering of anarchists from all over the world, as Bone thought it was an attempt to bring together anarchists from different directions. The events included an attempt to dissolve a parliament, an anarchist picnic, punk concerts, and a conference on various aspects of anarchism. The festival was criticized by some anarchist groups (including Class War) for having focused too much on political life and paid little attention to the problem of class struggle.
In 1997, Bone helped create another UK anarchist organization, the Movement Against the Monarchy. With this organization, he organized the largest anti-monarchist march of the twentieth century in Britain. About 1,500 people took part in this march. Ian Bown left the Movement Against the Monarchy in October 2000. In 2001, Bone began a campaign to vote for “Nobody” (Vote Nobody) in the local elections in Bristol. [3]
In the same year, he launched The Bristolian, a newspaper that distributed independent Bristol news, which other media ignore. The newspaper was distributed free of charge in the bars and pubs of Bristol, including Bown himself. The Bristolian’s weekly print run reached 15,000. Many Bristolian flyers Ian Bown wrote on his own, but local journalist Roy Norris and his longtime partner Jane Nicole also helped him. In 2003, the success of The Bristolian led to the creation of the “Bristolian Party”, which put forward its candidates in local elections in an attempt to mobilize mass discontent with the policies of the Bristol City Council. Bone was criticized by the anarchist community for his participation in this campaign. On May 1, 2003, 2,560 people voted for the Bristolian party, which won 8% of the vote in 12 branches .
On December 6, 2006, Bone appeared on Channel 4 on Starkey's Last Word talk show, along with Ed Wisey (a member of the conservative party) and Harriet Harman (Labor Party), who discussed the Iraq war . In it, Bone argued, the soldiers who are now fighting in Iraq should massively desert , and on May Day people should block the government building ( 10 Downing Street, 10) . And both politicians next to him (Wisey and Garman) should be immediately brought to trial for war crimes . [four]
In December 2007, Bone sold the rights to screen his biography (Beat the Rich, Bash the Rich) to cult British director Gregg Hall for £ 10. [5] Bone reserved the right to follow the film making process from start to release. [6] To promote the book, Bone organized a “Beat the Rich” march across Notting Hill, claiming he would march to the home of conservative party leader David Cameron . [7] On the March of the Bay of the Rich in November 2007, there were about 80 people. Another 220 people expressed their intention to attend, but not to join the march. The event was carefully controlled by the police, and many marching police were detained. After the march, Ian Bone promised more events in the near future.
Works
- Bone, Ian. Bash the Rich: True Life Confessions of Anarchist in the UK. - Naked Guides Ltd, 2006. - P. 280. - ISBN 0-9544177-7-1 .
- Anarchy in the UK podcast episodes
- Ian Bone's appearance on the Jonathon Ross show on YouTube
Links
- ↑ Saner, Emine . London: The Guardian (October 20, 2006). The appeal date is December 18, 2006.
- ↑ Bash The Rich , pp. 2-3
- ↑ Mills & Bone Subverting Democracy . Bristol Radical History Group. The appeal date is October 29, 2015.
- ↑ Starkey's Last Word staff . Starkey's Last Word, Video Report , More4 , Channel 4 Television Corporation (6 December 2006). (Video broadcast.)
- ↑ Hall, Greg Broke but making films . Bash The Rich Film . WordPress.com (3 March 2012). The date of circulation is March 3, 2012. Archived May 11, 2012.
- ↑ Hall, Greg Brief Introductions . Bash The Rich Film . WordPress.com (9 March 2008). - "Greg Hall autobiography, Greg Hall." The date of circulation is July 3, 2008. Archived April 8, 2008.
- ↑ Jack, Ian . From the Henley to the Notting Hill: The Guardian (6 October 2007). The appeal date is October 29, 2015.