Every few years, the issue of infiltration into anarchist and activist groups becomes a topic of conversation again. Most recently it has been the journalist Max Parry, targeting Palestine Action. Journalists are the least of the threats against us – the list includes informers, corporate spies and the police. Anyone campaigning for justice or change
Freedom republished NetPol’s callout in the last few days of responding – by 29 February 2024
Netpol’s Kevin Blowe rounds up the set of incoming laws which threaten to outlaw all but the most useless forms of protest.. Nothing quite illustrates how a spark can seem to catch and then fail to fully ignite than these two grim facts. There are young people in prison in Britain today because they came
In advance of planned protests by Extinction Rebellion this week, Netpol is calling on the Metropolitan Police to prevent a repeat of the systemic discrimination towards disabled protesters that we documented in our report “Restricting the Rebellion” in 2019.
Anarchist Bookfair workshop supports call for celebration of all the “Aggravated Activists” Participants at a workshop organised by Netpol at this year’s Anarchist Bookfair in London have supported a proposal to take on, own and embrace the new police label of “aggravated activism” – by proclaiming and promoting 15 February 2023 as Aggravated Activist Day.
During the G7 summit last weekend, officers from Devon & Cornwall Police arrested 29 members of the animal rights and climate emergency group Animal Rebellion, in what looked like the deliberate targeting of anyone associated with them for harassment, searches, and arrests. The largest number of arrests were last Saturday when, in an apparently surveillance-focused
Recently we’ve had a bout of whinging on Twittergram about our advice to not use the Duty Solicitor at the police station. Since this has included such august bodies as the Law Society and generated a fair amount of debate here’s some detail and background on why this has been the policy of all protest
The Conservative government is planning to introduce major changes to public order legislation to crack down on protests, under a new “Protection of the Police and Public Bill” planned for 2021. In September, Home Secretary Priti Patel denounced environmental campaigners Extinction Rebellion as “so-called eco-crusaders turned criminals” at the Police Superintendents’ Association conference and, at
The Chief Constable of Kent Police has this year paid a cash settlement to an anarchist writer and organiser who they had stopped and interrogated under Schedule 7 of the Terrorism Act. On 19th May 2013, Tom Anderson (a pseudonym to protect his identity) and another person was stopped while travelling by ferry from Dunkirk
On March 25th the Coronavirus Act 2020 received Royal Assent and became law. The contents of this ‘emergency bill’ are wide in scope: they cover increased police powers, changes to health and social care legislation, postponement of elections, changes in burial procedure and changes in statutory sick pay, amongst other measures. The next day Health
The admins suspect the account was deleted as a result of a flooding of reports by fascists —It has been over a week since the Telegram application has deleted the public channel @nobordercalais (“No Border infos – Calais & more”) without any warning.
Palestine Action says its activists this morning again blockaded the Instro Precision Elbit factory in Kent, obstructing entrances with vehicles and climbing on security boxes and the ledge of Discovery Park House.
When the far right perpetrates mass murder on the cusp of world war, comparison is not a provocation but a duty
What does it mean to be a trans anarchist at this point in the 21st century?
Ritual apologies and promises of justice tomorrow offer no solutions to the underlying causes of Grenfell.
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