Ian Bone

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name = Ian Bone


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birth_date = August 28 1947
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occupation = :"This aricle is about the British anarchist; for other uses, see Ian Bone (disambiguation)."Ian Bone (born August 28 1947), is a prominent English anarchist and an active publisher of anarchist newspapers and tabloids, such as "Class War" and "The Bristolian". He has been regularly involved in social campaigns since the 1960s, including the 2001 "Vote Nobody" election campaign.

In 2006 he published his autobiography, "Bash the Rich". A film version is currently in production.

Bone was famously dubbed 'The Most Dangerous Man in Britain' by British tabloid newspaper the "The Sunday People". [cite news |date=2006-10-20 |url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,,1926760,00.html |title= We need to push and shove and throw things |publisher=The Guardian |accessdate=2006-12-18]

Activities

Bone was an active anarchist throughout the 1960s to early 1990s. Initially he set up the anarchist agit-mag "Alarm" in Swansea. In the 1980s, with others, he set up the anarchist paper "Class War". The confrontational style of the paper led to Bone becoming an infamous figure in the politics of the 1980s. His personal stock was at its highest when he appeared on the Jonathan Ross show. following the publication of 'Bash The Rich' Bone rejoined Class War after a long period of distance from the group [http://ianbone.wordpress.com/2007/12/08/why-ive-rejoined-class-war/]

Based in London for most of the 1980s, he moved to Bristol in the early 1990s where he became involved in various campaigns, but often keeping a low profile. In 2001 Bone started the Vote Nobody campaign which encouraged residents in Easton, Bristol to turn out for the local election and vote for 'Nobody'. Bone attended the founding meeting of Bristol Indymedia.Fact|date=July 2008

In that same year he started "The Bristolian", a scandal-sheet that purported to give "independent news from Bristol that the other papers won't touch". Freely distributed throughout the bars and pubs of Bristol -- and by Bone himself in Bristol's Corn Street -- the news-sheet gained a weekly circulation of over 15,000. He wrote much of the paper himself, but was assisted by local journalist Roy Norris, and by his long-term partner Jane Nicholl. In 2003, the success of "The Bristolian" led to the Bristolian Party, which stood in the local elections in an attempt to mobilize widespread discontent with Bristol City Council's policies. Bone was criticised by some in the anarchist community for his involvement with this campaign.Fact|date=March 2008 On May 1, 2003 a total of 2,560 people voted for the Bristolian Party, which gained an 8% share of the vote within the 12 wards they contested. "The Bristolian" was runner-up for the Paul Foot Award for investigative journalism in 2005. [cite news|date=2005-10-14 |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/bristol/4341090.stm |title= Scurrilious magazine scoops top award |publisher=BBC News |accessdate=2006-12-18] It ceased publication shortly afterwards.

On December 6, 2006 Bone appeared on Channel 4's current affairs discussion show Starkey's Last Word, alongside Ed Vaizey and Harriet Harman, discussing the Iraq war. In it, Bone contended that the solution to the failing war was that British soldiers serving in Iraq should take part in mass desertion, that 10 Downing Street should be blockaded on May Day (International Workers' Day), and that the two speakers beside him, both of whom were pre-war advocates of the Iraq invasion, should be put on trial for war crimes. [cite news | last =Starkey's Last Word staff | title =Starkley's Last Word, Video: The Iraq Study Group reports | work =More4 | publisher =Channel 4 Television Corporation | date =December 6, 2006 | url =http://www.channel4.com/more4/microsites/L/lastword/top-stories/topstories-feature.jsp?id=139 | (Video broadcast.)]

On October 27, 2006 Bone led a meeting at the London Anarchist Bookfair.Fact|date=July 2008

In December 2007, Bone sold the film rights to his bestselling book "Bash the Rich" to cult British film maker Greg Hall for £10. [cite web |url=http://bashtherichfilm.wordpress.com/2008/03/09/the-bristolian/ |title=The Bristolian |accessdate=2008-07-03 |author=Hall, Greg |authorlink=Greg Hall (film-maker) |date=2008-03-09 |format=html |work=Bash The Rich Film |publisher=WordPress.com |quote=Ian declares that I shall have the film rights for £10 and not a penny more! ] A blog has since been created to follow the film from its conception to release. [cite web |url=http://bashtherichfilm.wordpress.com/2008/03/09/brief-introductions/ |title=Brief Introductions |accessdate=2008-07-03 |author=Hall, Greg |authorlink=Greg Hall (film-maker) |date=2008-03-09 |format=html |work=Bash The Rich Film |publisher=WordPress.com |quote=This Blog was set up to keep people informed on the developments of Bash The Rich, Ian Bones autobiography being adapted into a film by Writer/ Director Greg Hall. ]

Works

*cite book |title=Bash the Rich: True Life Confessions of an Anarchist in the UK |last=Bone |first=Ian |authorlink= |coauthors= |year=2006 |publisher=Naked Guides Ltd |location= |isbn=0954417771 |pages=280

References

External links

* [http://ianbone.wordpress.com/ The Ian Bone Blog]