{"id":594,"date":"2007-02-20T04:31:42","date_gmt":"2007-02-19T18:31:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/slackbastard.anarchobase.com\/?p=594"},"modified":"2007-07-22T02:12:59","modified_gmt":"2007-07-21T16:12:59","slug":"working-class-punk-strike-a-pose-theres-nothing-to-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/slackbastard.anarchobase.com\/?p=594","title":{"rendered":"“Working class punk” : Strike a pose \/ There’s nothing to it"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u2018Victim of white supremacist abuse returns to join protest chorus\u2019<\/a>
\nMarika Dobbin
\nMelbourne Times<\/em>
\nOctober 18, 2006<\/p>\n

A LOCAL woman who was intimidated and racially abused by a group of men last month will attend a protest against neo-Nazism outside a Fitzroy pub<\/a>…<\/p>\n

Blondien (not her real name) says she was walking alone to her car on Johnston Street the same night [as the Blood & Honour<\/strong> ISD Memorial Gig<\/em>, September 23, 2006] when she was surrounded by about seven men. She says the men screamed abuse at her, calling her a black c..t and forcing her to repeat the insults.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s disgusting that people would single out one person and you have to say stuff about your race to get out of it,\u201d Blondien said…<\/p>\n

Hotel co-owner Gary (who wouldn\u2019t give his surname) said: \u201cI\u2019m not getting involved in someone else\u2019s bullshit.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Speaking of bullshit<\/a>, on Friday March 2nd, The Blurters<\/strong>, Charter 77<\/strong>, PBG<\/strong> and Slick 46<\/strong> are having a gig at The Birmingham<\/strong>; effectively scabbing on a boycott<\/a> of the pub that was called for following its hosting of a neo-Nazi gig last year<\/a>, and which resulted in the abuse outlined above. In doing so, the bands are joining the likes of The Assailants<\/strong>, Bulldog Spirit<\/strong>, Distorted Truth<\/strong>, Marching Orders<\/strong> (see below), Standard Union<\/strong> (Adelaide) and The Worst<\/strong>, all of whom have played gigs at The Birmy in the intervening period.<\/p>\n

In practice then, and all posing aside, for some, being a ‘working class punk’ means acting like a racist Tory, and joining others — in this case boneheads — in shitting on other workers. In comparison to the violent antics of B&H in other countries, however, ‘Blondien’ may be considered somewhat fortunate. In Belgium last May<\/a>, for example, a member of the Belgian branch of B&H shot two people to death in cold blood: a white baby and her black nanny. Members of his organisation were also busted by Belgian police ‘…in a Belgian neo-Nazi terror plot’<\/a> (AFP\/Reuters, International Herald Tribune<\/em>, September 8, 2006).<\/p>\n

The continued support for The Birmy by some local punks is warmly received by local boneheads:<\/p>\n