SOLDIERS

I KNEW A LAD WHO WAS IN MY CLASS AT SCHOOL. HE WAS ALRIGHT, A BIT OF A PENIS AT TIMES BUT NICE ENOUGH. THE KID DIDN'T COME FROM A RICH FAMILY AND HE HAD THREE LITTLE BROTHERS UNDER THE AGE OF TEN. HIS DAD DIDN'T LIVE WITH THEM AND HIS OLD DEAR INEVITABLY HAD TROUBLE LOOKING AFTER THEM AND SUBSEQUENTLY HIS LIFE AT HOME WASN'T THAT GREAT.
HE WASN'T EXACTLY DESTINED FOR OXBRIDGE AND THERE WERE FUCK ALL JOBS ROUND MY WAY BEYOND SITTING IN A FACTORY FOR 8HOURS A DAY EARNING JUST ENOUGH MONEY TO GET YOU PISSED ENOUGH TO FIGHT AT THE WEEKEND FOR A BIT OF EXCITMENT.
THEREFORE WHEN HE FINISHED SCHOOL MY MAN CONSIDERED HIS ONLY REAL OPTION WAS TO JOIN THE ARMY.

DID HE FUCK WANT TO GO TO IRAQ AND SHOOT AT KIDS AND I DON'T THINK HE HAD A PARTICULARLY ADVANCED ANALYSIS AND SUBSEQUENT STRONG BELEIF IN CAPITALIST ACCUMULATION AND THE IMPERIALIST DRIVE THIS THROWS UP. HE WAS BASICALLY IN A SHIT SITUATION AND WANTED TO GET OUT. THE LAST THING THIS DUDE WANTED WAS TO END UP NECK DEEP IN A FUCKING WAR IN THE DESERT SO SCARED HE'D SHOOT AT ANYTHING THAT MOVES.

THE ARMY RECRUITS AROUND 25% OF ITS CANNON FODDER FROM THE NORTH EAST AND ESPECIALLY NORTHUMBERLAND, WHY? WELL MAINLY BECAUSE THERE IS FUCK ALL ELSE IN THE NORTHEAST AND NORTHUMBERLAND. THATCHER KILLED THE REMAINS OF WHAT INDUSTRY THERE WAS LEFT THERE IN THE 80'S AND SINCE THEN THE PROCESSES OF CAPITALISM HAS CONTINUED TO REEK HAVOC. BECAUSE THE 'LEFT' HAS BEEN FUCKING IMPOTENT AND INFESTED WITH HIPPY FUCKS WITH NO SENSE OF CLASS ANALYSIS AND THERFORE NO SENSE OF BUILDING A REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENT ROOTED IN THE WORKING CLASS FOR FUCK KNOWS HOW LONG (DON'T GET ME STARTED ON THE SWP), THE ARMY, (NOT TO MENTION THE FASH) HAVE BEEN ABLE TO EXPLOIT THE POVERTY, DESOLATION AND ALIENATION THAT THEIR PAYMASTERS HAVE INFLICTED ON ORDINARY PEOPLE IN THE NAME OF CAPITALISM.

JUST REMEMBER THAT IT IS BECAUSE THE 'LEFT' HAS BEEN SO INEFECTIVE THAT THE ARMY IS SO STRONG.
THE RICH MAN'S OCCUPATION OF IRAQ IS A FUCKING HIDEOUS THING AND I EXPECT THE PEOPLE OF IRAQ TO FIGHT BACK WITH ALL THEY HAVE, BUT I DO NOT BELEIVE THAT IT IS RIGHT OR PROGRESSIVE TO NOT MOURN THE DEATHS OF 'BRITISH' OR 'AMERICAN' SOLDIERS WHO DON'T HAVE A LOT OF CHOICES.

YOU WILL BE MORE HELPFULL TO THE PEOPLE OF IRAQ IF YOU GO AND START DOING SOME REAL ORGANISING IN THE AREAS WHERE THE ARMY RECRUITS. HELP BRING ABOUT A SITUATION THAT ALLOWS PEOPLE LIKE MY MATE FROM SCHOOL TO TAKE CONTROL OF THEIR OWN LIVES AND HAVE SOME REAL FUCKING CHOICES ABOUT WHAT THEY DO WITH THEIR LABOUR SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO GO AND KILL THEIR OWN IN IRAQ FOR THE RICH MAN'S DOLLAR.
VIVA LA ANARQUIA...