Political policing hit the headlines almost a decade ago, when the activities of Mark Kennedy (aka “Mark Stone”) were exposed in the public. Since then, the public inquiry into undercover policing has made slow progress – and inevitably become London-centric. This talk will aim to correct this by taking a look at the fragmentary evidence […]

Join the United Families and Friends Campaign for this year's annual remembrance procession which takes place in central London on Saturday 26 October 2019. The United Families and Friends Campaign (UFFC) is a national coalition of families and friends of those that have died in the custody of police and prison officers as well as […]

Film: Solidarity (UK, 2019, 76mins), followed by Q&A with director Lucy Parker & producer Kate Parker For decades, a secret blacklist kept thousands of people out of the UK construction industry. Most of the major firms were involved, vetting thousands of applicants and supplying the blacklist with information on 'undesirables'. Workers who organised to ensure […]