Class War

Class War
FounderIan Bone
Founded1983 (1983)
Dissolved1997 (1997) (revived in 2015)
Merger of
HeadquartersLondon
NewspaperClass War
Membership (c.1986)150
Ideology
Political positionFar-left

Class War was a British anarchist political organisation and newspaper established by Ian Bone in 1983. It first gained attention due to its invocations of violence against the ruling class, and rose to prominence within the British left during the 1984–1985 miners' strike and the 1990 poll tax riots. The organisation went into decline during the 1990s and ultimately dissolved in 1997, although a small splinter group continued to publish its newspaper in London until the mid-2000s. An incarnation of Class War was later registered as a political party to contest the 2015 United Kingdom general election.