Netpol condemns calls for expanding surveillance on “far left, anarchist and environmentalist” groups
PHOTO: Julia Hawkins on Flickr The report published today by conservative think-tank Policy Exchange, attacking campaigners from Extinction Rebellion, is a direct call for expanding surveillance on “far left, anarchist and environmentalist extremism”. The report’s...CALL-OUT: trained legal observers requested for Trump state visit next week
GBC legal observers at London anti-Trump protests in 2018. PHOTO: Netpol With one of our partner groups, Green and Black Cross (GBC), currently pausing its activities to reorganise and rebuild its capacity, the Network for Police Monitoring (Netpol) has...Five paranoid reasons why the police label campaigners as “domestic extremists”
This article first appeared on The Canary on 30 May 2019 It is unclear exactly how many people have their personal details included on the police’s national “domestic extremist” database – to give it its full name, the National Special Branch Intelligence System...Talking to the Cops – A Guide for Protest Groups
Acknowledging a renewed debate about the merits and risks for protesters negotiating or communicating with the police, one of the co-founders of environmental group Extinction Rebellion claimed in February that concerns raised by other campaigners were “a proxy for...