Subversion, sabotage & spying: Political policing & state racism in the UK

London South Bank University

At this two-day conference on Saturday 16 and Sunday 17 April 2016, an impressive line up of speakers will examine the role and impact of undercover policing and the surveillance of protest groups and 'suspect communities'. About the conference Government policy continues to invent and punish ‘suspect and targeted communities’ and frustrate genuine attempts to hold its agencies […]

Pitchford Inquiry preliminary hearing

Royal Courts of Justice Strand, London, United Kingdom

Lord Justice Pitchford This Pitchford Inquiry hearing will consider whether it is appropriate for the Inquiry to seek undertakings from the Attorney General and possibly others in relation to the use to which evidence given to the Inquiry can be put in any future criminal investigations, criminal prosecutions or disciplinary proceedings.

Blacklisting: High Court Apology

Royal Courts of Justice Strand, London, United Kingdom

On Wednesday at 10:30am in the High Court, lawyers for construction firms involved in blacklisting will be reading out their public apology. There are two versions of the statement - one of them states that the claimants agree that the firms apology is sincere, that the compensation is fair and reasonable and that those affected […]

Demo outside hearing for Marco Jacobs case

Royal Courts of Justice Strand, London, United Kingdom

Mark 'Marco' Jacobs Although seven women deceived into intimate relationships with undercover police settled their case last November, and another one a year earlier, there are still several similar cases continuing. The group of three activists in Cardiff that are taking legal action against the police for the deployment of Marco Jacobs in the South Wales […]

Pitchford Inquiry preliminary hearing: Dead children’s identities

Royal Courts of Justice Strand, London, United Kingdom

Lord Justice Pitchford Stealing the identity of a dead child was mandatory for Special Demonstration Squad officers for around 20 years. From the mid 1970s onwards, it was the foundation of the fake identity, and about fifty officers are understood to have done it. In 1999, one of first (if not the very first) officers […]

Blacklisting, Bullying and Blowing the Whistle conference

University of Greenwich Old Royal Naval College, 30 Park Row, London

This two day conference, organised by Blacklist Support Group (BSG) and the Work & Employment Research Unit (WERU) at the University of Greenwich supported by New Internatinalist and Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust, will reveal and discuss the hidden injuries of the modern workplace which are often neglected by mainstream media and academia. A key aim […]

Blacklisted – Film Premiere

University of Greenwich Old Royal Naval College, 30 Park Row, London

A new documentary by producer Tom Wood from Reel News, with original and archive footage to tell the hidden story of blacklisting in the UK over the past 100 years. Followed by Q&A plus an afterparty. ALL WELCOME The new, expanded and updated edition of the Blacklisting book will be published on the same day. […]

The State & Political Policing: Hillsborough, Orgreave & Shrewsbury 24. Liverpool

Casa Bar 29 Hope Street, Liverpool

Coinciding with the Labour Party conference in Liverpool, this meeting has a heavyweight lineup of people involved in decades of struggle for justice. The Hillsborough, Orgreave and Shrewsbury cases began with events of the 1970s and 1980s, and show the same pattern of state abuse and sustained cover up. The families of 96 Liverpool fans […]

Agitate Organise Resist conference, Sheffield

Quaker Meeting House 10 St James Street, Sheffield

Six key people from a broad spectrum of campaigns will speak together in Sheffield. All targeted by Britain's political police units, all denied justice for many years, they are coming together to inform and inspire. Speakers Sheila Coleman - Chair of the Hillsborough Justice Campaign Barbara Jackson, Orgreave Truth and Justice Campaign Eileen Turnbull, Shrewsbury […]

COPS Scotland public meeting, Glasgow

Jury's Inn 80 Jamaica Street, Glasgow

Public meeting to launch the Campaign Opposing Police Surveillance in Scotland. Speakers include: Donal O'Driscoll Donal Is one of 201 'core participants' at the Pitchford Inquiry into Undercover Policing. These are individuals and groups known to have been spied upon by undercover police. Donal is also part of Undercover Research Group who have done extensive […]