In the 1990s Lois Austin was chair of Youth Against Racism in Europe, who were infiltrated for years by undercover police officer (now whistleblower) Peter Francis. Lois will be talking not only about her experience in YRE but also the revelations of recent years, her part in the Campaign Opposing Police Surveillance alliance of people […]
The second Preliminary Hearing is expected to consider any decisions in respect of legal representation and funding where satisfactory agreement has not already been reached by the Core Participants and their representatives. Applications for the funding of Core Participants’ legal representation will also be considered. This hearing will take place in court 76 of the […]
Blacklisted tells the controversial story of the illegal strategies that transnational construction companies resorted to in their attempt to keep union activists away from their places of work. This is a story of a bitter struggle, in which collusion with the police and security services resulted in victimization, violence and unemployment, with terrible effects on […]
The construction industry blacklist campaign comes to Holyrood. Speakers: Neil Findlay MSP, Dave Smith (Blacklist Support Group), Jackson Cullinane (UNITE) With the Pitchford public inquiry limiting itself to England and Wales, it will be interesting to hear what member of the Scottish government have to say. Everyone welcome but please contact jackson.cullinane@unitetheunion.org as soon as […]
Blacklisted tells the controversial story of the illegal strategies that transnational construction companies resorted to in their attempt to keep union activists away from their places of work. This is a story of a bitter struggle, in which collusion with the police and security services resulted in victimization, violence and unemployment, with terrible effects on […]
The Socialism 2015 conference includes a workshop entitled Big Brother is Watching: Why Surveillance is Mounting. Speakers: Lois Austin (ex-chair of spycops-infiltrated Youth Against Racism in Europe, now also in COPS) Dave Smith (Blacklist Support Group and COPS) Neil Cafferky (Socialist Party national committee) Tickets for the day are £20 waged, £10 unwaged or low […]
Following last year's We Do Not Consent conference, Defend the Right to Protest are putting on another big day, Policing the Crisis. WORKSHOPS INCLUDE: Undercover policing and the new inquiry Imran Khan lawyer to Doreen Lawrence, Janet Alder sister of Christopher Alder, Rob Evans The Guardian/author Under Cover Surseh Grover The Monitoring Project Jules Carey […]
When Mark Kennedy's infiltration of activists planning to shut down Nottinghamshire's Ratcliffe on Soar coal fired power station led to the collapse of a trial, the spycops scandal hit national awareness and began the slew of revelations that is still flowing forth. Nottingham Playhouse have commissioned a play, Any Means Necessary, based on events around […]
Speakers: Dave Smith; Author of Blacklisted Frank Keogh; West Midlands Unite the Union Dave Smith is a blacklisted construction worker and author of Blacklisted. In it he tells the controversial story of the illegal strategies that transnational construction companies resorted to in their attempt to keep union activists and health and safety reps away from […]
The next case management hearing for blacklisted construciton workers is 7-8 December 2015 at the Royal Courts of Justice. This is the first court appearance since the major firms admitted their guilt and apologised for their involvement in the blacklisting organisers, the Economic League and the Consulting Association. We have yet to hear what the […]