No War But The Class War

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No War But The Class War (NWBTCW) has been used as the name for a number of anti-authoritarian, anti-capitalist groups.

The first NWBTCW group appeared in London during the 1990-1991 Gulf War. The group dissolved after the war stopped. It included some people who were formely part of the London based Class War.

The second NWBTCW group appeared in London during the 1999 Kosovo War. This too dissolved after the war stopped. This group also included ex-members of Class War.

The third NWBTCW group appeared in London following the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in October 2001. Efforts, particularly by the Communist Workers' Organisation, to turn this into a network of groups across England failed. A split in the group which was characterised as between theory and practice lead to the 'actionists' leaving to attempt a copy of the Italian Disobedients, which failed after an attempt to occupy Old Street roundabout along with Critical Mass was swamped by Police much like all the other so-called actions by this group. The 'theorist' section transmuting itself into the No War But The Class War Discussion Group, which eventually also dissolved.

The name was taken up by a group in the San Francisco Bay Area. This was endorsed by the Anarchist-Communists of Berkeley, the International Makhnovist Support Apparatus of the Einsteinist Tendency, Kevin Keating's Mission Yuppie Eradication Project, the Black Hat Bloc, the Aufheben Reading Circle, Provos Action, and the Internationalist Communist Group.

No War But The Class War has been a slogan used by people not necessarily linked to any of these groups.