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Anarchist News Review: Spycops victims, IWD and protest sentencing results

It’s was inevitable that Starmerite Labour would come for welfare in a vain attempt to look tough on the poor ~ We discuss the implications of that, talk about the factors which make the sort of international solidarity of the IWD marches so important, and on the (somewhat related) shameful behaviour of the State as

Spycops victims refuse to give evidence in open letter

Witnesses demand fair treatment as Inquiry accused of unreasonable deadlines ~ Cristina Sykes ~ Over a hundred witnesses and groups involved in the Undercover Policing Inquiry have signed an open letter in which they declare their refusal to hand in any evidence, given the Inquiry’s unreasonable deadlines for doing so. While its next hearings have

Exclusive: Braverman tried to curtail Spycops inquiry

FOIA request reveals Home Office attempted to change terms of reference, as campaigners warn of “impossibly tight schedule” for proper disclosure ~ Scott Harris ~ A Freedom of Information Act request reveals that Conservative Home Secretary Suella Braverman attempted to curtail the Undercover Policing Inquiry. The Undercover Research Group has obtained an exchange of letters

Transcript: Freedom and ASS at the Spycops Inquiry

Freedom, among many other left organisations, was targeted by the Special Demonstration Squad (SDS) multiple times over the years, most notably by senior officer Roger Pearce. The Advisory Service For Squatters, which has premises with Freedom in Angel Alley, has also been targeted, and speaking on behalf of both for the inquiry’s introductory sessions Rajiv

Spycops inquiry: Real name of ‘Bobby’ Lewis to be revealed

After more than six months of legal wrangling at the Undercover Policing Inquiry, chairman Roger Mitting has agreed to release the real name of officer Anthony ‘Bobby’ Lewis to the women he abused while working as a spycop infiltrating the Stephen Lawrence campaign. Lewis, listed as HN78 in inquiry documents, has previously admitted to maintaining

Spycops Inquiry: An ugly picture has emerged

Freedom’s recently uncovered links to the scandal of Metropolitan Police officers infiltrating and manipulating peaceful radical groups are just part of a series of major revelations and events swirling around the Undercover Policing Inquiry over the last week. The probe into police spying against over 1,000 organisations over a 40-year period has seen multiple new

Scottish Government Refuses Spycops Inquiry

The Campaign Opposing Police Surveillance reports on the Scottish government decision yesterday that it will not probe the political undercover policing scandal. The announcement by Justice Secretary Michael Matheson came hours after he finally published a report into undercover policing in Scotland. The review had been conducted by HM Inspectorate of Constabulary in Scotland. It had