Mark Kenney: A detailed chronology of his activities
Hydra | 10.02.2011 07:00 | Analysis | Repression | Social Struggles | Sheffield | World
A detailed overview of Mark Kennedy's actions between 2002-2010, in different countries. It will no doubt generate more information, so please comment or email the address included.
See the database on
http://www.powerbase.info/index.php/Mark_Kennedy:_A_chronology_of_his_activities
The original purpose of this chronology was to collate info from various places, and to try to help comrades in other countries access it. It is not for the mainstream press. Obviously information posted here is read by many different groups, including the state, but it is important to share this information among our networks as much as possible, to ensure that information doesn't come out in the press before people involved know.
This project is a collaboration with people in various countries and campaigns. There is a large amount of information so apologies if there are factual errors. All sources of information have been verified as extensively as possible. For obvious reasons attempts have been made avoid using the press as source material. Information here contains overlap with some of what has been reported in the press, but has also all been independently confirmed. This is not a place for media reports, and any references to events cited on Indymedia have also been clarified by individuals connected to them.
The lack of information here about the exposure, events following on from the exposure, and any reference to sexual relationships is deliberate; not because this is unimportant, but so as to create a record that looks at political work only. Obviously there is overlap but that is not the concern here.
The level of detail here investigating times in Denmark is important, but also it is important to remember that Mark was much more involved in Berlin than any other city outside the UK. In order to respect peoples' confidentiality, detailed reports of this does not feature here.
It is also important to note that one of the worst pieces of reporting in connection to his political activities has been to do with the coverage of the Saving Iceland campaign. The role Mark Kennedy played in the campaign has been greatly exaggerated by the mainstream press, especially the Guardian. The database attempts to deal with some of these errors.
We are currently compiling similar lists about “Lynn Watson” and “Marco Jacobs”.
If you have useful info, please email
hydra@riseup.net. Thanks to all those who have worked on it so far.
In solidarity,
Hydra.
http://www.powerbase.info/index.php/Mark_Kennedy:_A_chronology_of_his_activities The original purpose of this chronology was to collate info from various places, and to try to help comrades in other countries access it. It is not for the mainstream press. Obviously information posted here is read by many different groups, including the state, but it is important to share this information among our networks as much as possible, to ensure that information doesn't come out in the press before people involved know.
This project is a collaboration with people in various countries and campaigns. There is a large amount of information so apologies if there are factual errors. All sources of information have been verified as extensively as possible. For obvious reasons attempts have been made avoid using the press as source material. Information here contains overlap with some of what has been reported in the press, but has also all been independently confirmed. This is not a place for media reports, and any references to events cited on Indymedia have also been clarified by individuals connected to them.
The lack of information here about the exposure, events following on from the exposure, and any reference to sexual relationships is deliberate; not because this is unimportant, but so as to create a record that looks at political work only. Obviously there is overlap but that is not the concern here.
The level of detail here investigating times in Denmark is important, but also it is important to remember that Mark was much more involved in Berlin than any other city outside the UK. In order to respect peoples' confidentiality, detailed reports of this does not feature here.
It is also important to note that one of the worst pieces of reporting in connection to his political activities has been to do with the coverage of the Saving Iceland campaign. The role Mark Kennedy played in the campaign has been greatly exaggerated by the mainstream press, especially the Guardian. The database attempts to deal with some of these errors.
We are currently compiling similar lists about “Lynn Watson” and “Marco Jacobs”.
If you have useful info, please email
hydra@riseup.net. Thanks to all those who have worked on it so far. In solidarity,
Hydra.
Hydra
e-mail:
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more emails used by mark kennedy / stone
10.02.2011 19:11
climbwithcorky@... (rest to come)
AS
Was everything passed on?
10.02.2011 19:21
There are several instances where it doesn't look like this was the case. The most notable is probably the Heathrow Climate Camp site take. Though the camp was anticipated, the actual site seemed to be a surprise to the cops. Only a handful of cops turned up during the night and by the early hours of the morning there was still only one panda car and 4 cops. Even by midday, the campers were still outnumbering the cops present. It was not until the afternoon of the first day that the cops got their operation set up and their numbers on the ground. I got the impression in an early argument with a chief inspector that they expected the site to be somewhere nearer the actual airport perimeter.
There is no definite conclusion to be drawn from this. MK may have kept information he knew to himself for his own reasons or his immediate bosses may have been playing internal politics with other police organisations (happens all the time). The most optimistic conclusion is that MK's bosses knew the site in advance but didn't pass the info on as they had only one source. This is standard security practice so as not to compromise a single source.
BUT "Lynn Watson" was also present. Did she know the exact site location in advance, as MK certainly did? Probably not. When did she actually arrive on site? I've heard it said that she was present at the site take, but most who were at the take didn't know exactly where they were going in advance.
As I was not on site until first light, a few hours after the take (only one solitary cop to be seen), I'm not certain about the above. The "only one source of info" theory doesn't mean there weren't many infiltrators at Heathrow, but would suggest that MK was the only one with advance knowledge of the precise site.
Stroppyoldgit
Thanks
12.02.2011 10:47
Antifascist
what was needed
12.02.2011 16:57
Information presented in such a clear and easily accessible way , measuring and tracking the scope of Kennedy's infiltration will I'm sure take some of the state-induced paranoia out of the whole affair.
Stroppy
I saw your comment on another thread . I agree we shouldn't be arguing ( other than in a constructive way )
all the best ......joe
joe mcivor
Nice one Hydra
13.02.2011 10:23
Gabby
edits
13.02.2011 11:39
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Lynn Watson
15.04.2011 15:20
donkeykong