  king mob was a radical group endeavouring to contribute to worldwide proletarian social revolution, based in london during the 1970s. it was a cultural mutation of the situationists and the anarchist group uaw/mf. they sought to emphasize the cultural anarchy and disorder being ignored in britain. they derived their name from christopher hibbert's 1958 book on the gordon riots of june 1780, in which rioters daubed the slogan "his majesty king mob"' on the walls of newgate prison, after gutting the building. ==actions== king mob appreciated pop culture and distributed their ideas and political ideas through various posters and through their publication king mob echo, which provoked reaction by celebrating killers like jack the ripper, mary bell, and john christie. one flyer in particular celebrated valerie solanas' 1968 shooting of andy warhol and included a hit-list of: yoko ono, mick jagger, bob dylan, richard hamilton, mario amaya (who was also shot by solanas), david hockney, mary quant, twiggy, marianne faithfull, and it editor barry miles. the king mob group allegedly planned a series of audacious actions, including blowing up a waterfall in england's lake district, painting the poet wordsworth's house with the words "coleridge lives", and hanging peacocks in london's holland park. however, none of the aforementioned plans were executed. an action that was carried out, inspired by the new york-based black mask's "mill-in at macy's", involved king mob appearing at the selfridges store in london, with one member, dressed as father christmas, attempting to distribute all of the store's toys to children. members of the london constabulary subsequently forced the children to return the toys. ==graffiti== graffiti attributed to king mob was observed in many places particularly in the notting hill area, including, "i don't believe in nothing - i feel like they ought to burn down the world - just let it burn down baby" the most celebrated graffito attributed to king mob was the slogan which was painted along a half-mile section of the wall beside the tube(railway) commuter route into london between ladbroke grove and westbourne park tube stations in west london: same thing day after day- tube - work - dinner - work - tube - armchair - tv - sleep - tube - work -how much more can you take? - one in ten go mad, one in five cracks up king mob was also responsible for various attacks on art galleries and for organizing a battle between local skinheads (whom they considered to be &q
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