IMGpapers 1968–75

Newspapers of the International Marxist Group and its forerunners, 1968–75

DWARF DRIVEL

Black Dwarf Vol. 13, No. 10, 27 January 1969 · p. 4 of the scan · 744 words

The scan: v13n10-jan-27-1969.pdf (PDF, Marxists Internet Archive, opens at this page)

Uncorrected machine reading. This text was read by machine (Apple Vision OCR) from a scan of a newspaper page, and the page was cut into articles by machine, at the headlines found by their type size. Nothing has been corrected: expect misread words, text from a neighbouring article, and titles that are the machine reading of the headline, some of them only fragments. Quote from the scan, not from this page.
How this article was cut and titled: headline found by type size in the OCR geometry (split_tabloid.py); 3-3 of 4; machine-segmented newspaper page; uncorrected Vision OCR.

page 4 of the scan

of Worcestershire?

When men tell them: I fought for you in the last war", the Dwarves should say "Where?" *In what *In what regiment?™ *In what company of that regiment?" (IF this last is a fighting unit).

Very lew people (comparatively) fough in the last war. I every 10,000 men, 9,000 supply troops suchlike (RASC, RAPC, ACC, RAMC, SRCMP.)

The 1000 remaining formed an infantry regiment (which does the actual killing).

These were broken down as follows: H.Q. company (alwzys in permanent reserve and never actually, going forward to the sault); the heavy wespons company who So his A. B.C, and D. The hat the the army arrow. 9U men to cach h of a product from 10,000 was it? These 360 men to kill or be killed. Not 6O, do not tell people that they fought for hem. nor was Mr Dance, MP one of them. We fought for bully-beef. 3/- a day, and because we were told to. We had no seals, and we were frightened of the Germans and they were rightened of us. Up at a battalion attack, start-line at 3a.m on a cold wet morning Knowing that half of us would be dead by nightfall, is not an exercise indulged in by the Dances and the Powells of this world Maybe if we did have an ideal it was that the lads of Worcestershire.would take a leaf out of our book and use it to stop clowns like Dance waving flags in our faces to blind us to the trouble here, by pointing to the Germans and saying: They're the cause of everything.

the leaf from our book. I ask them to scek nut a tilleman among the conservative party Keward of 210,000 to first one discovered Fraternally.

Jo Durkin, Secretary, The Veteran Infantry Soldiers* 244 Heathfield Road.

Southport, The Editor, If the "Dwarf" persists in publisting such drivel as the correspondence between Lennon and Hoyland it will lose the few readers it has. Mr.Hoyland should be told that hourgeoise like Lennon are cured not converted. There is not anything Lennon's trunking hunger and a few weeks in Fidel's canefields would not correct.

Rather than waste your time with such trash, devote anotner page to the ideas of On Tuesday 17th December 1968, the state police moved against the South Yorkshire Peaco Centre. At Ham. on that day they raided it in my absence. Without warrant or lawful authority they removed one the 18th State Policeman Sgt. Adams, accompanied by a Constable, visited my home at 7.30p.m. They complained to me about the window and asked for a signed statemont after they had csulioned no. I refused to give them one. They then invitod me to agree to an informal chat concerning their allegation that the window was ar ahscene exhibition. I agreed or condition that my wife was allowed to be room and take part. No notes were feen by myself or my wife, the sergeant however take notes. They photographs they had taken approximately 60 pictures in my window and claimed that 5 were indecent. AT 8.30p.m after warning me that I would be prosecuted under the Vagrancy Act of 1824, they left Today December 23rd, appeared at the Local Magistrates Court as ordered in the Summons. Present in court was my friend and intelligent example, print excerpts Venceremos.

Fields" and "A Day in the Life" sure as lief! were not part of what mado Che Guevara into the kind of socialist he was yours faithfully, R.Sentes. 27 Keswick Road, London S.W.15 associațe, school teacher Chris Weeks. I asked would ask the High Court myself to remove the case from the jurisdiction of the Local Magistrates on point of law, and the posted.

friends i London, Christmas, and a Happy New dear. say Good Merry Danny Rogm.

Corner Shap 158 Comerery Road Doncaster Yorkshire 24.12.68 PS. 1 replaced the Anti-War Window on Saturday 21st Dec. For so long as I remain I/C of that Peace Centre, that window display tays. 1 am running short of pictures on Biatr ind Vietnam. If the police raid again I will b out of stock. Please help me by sending a few

----- pull-quotes -----

£10,000 REWARD May I proffer some advice to Dwarves

whither the Romanoffs P

window blind containing an anti-war pictorial displayin Wodnesday

that the case be remitted to the High Court of Cour poti was refused. 1 then told th

Meanwhile to my od Luck,

← HUMAN RIGHTSANGRY ZIONIST →

Something wrong on this page?