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Spies on video- Martin Hogbin and Paul Mercer

Undercurrents | 20.02.2011 11:00 | Sheffield | World

Going through our video archive, undercurrents have found images of the following spies who have infiltrated protest groups

Paul Mercer

Martin Hogbin

Going through our video archive, undercurrents have found images of the following spies who have infiltrated protest groups

1.Paul Mercer- a spy for BAe who has infiltrated many protest groups.Mercer was publicly exposed for his role in spying on anti-arms trade campaigners, Campaign Against the Arms Trade (CAAT) in 2007. His contract for the operation was finalised through Global Open. We have images of him on M11 link road protests in 1995, surrounded by police looking like he is arguing with them. He has a stills camera with zoom lens around his neck.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pq-eVP_h1Y4

2.Martin Hogbin- a spy for Bae who worked undercover in CAAT. Images of Hogbin driving a van for Mark Thomas who dumped manure on doorstep of Labour HQ.Also images of Hogbin dumping fake blood on steps of the AMG of BAe with activist Chris Cole. Images of both holding a CAAT banner and both being arrested.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqx94zHd0rI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkC5UPQ-OVw

3.The car which undercover cop PC Boyling/Sutton drove to block the streets for the carnival against capitalism in 1999. Video images of 5 police pushing it away after the undercover cop 'accidentally' left the window open. This story was reported in the Guardian.

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The Car wich PC Boyling/Sutton dumped in carnval against capitalism

20.02.2011 11:16

Car which PC Boyling was in (still from undercurrent svideo)

We think this is the car which undercover cop PC Boyling/Sutton drove to block the streets for the carnival against capitalism in 1999. Video images of 5 police pushing it away after the undercover cop 'accidentally' left the window open. This story was reported in the Guardian.

Reclaim the Streets was a colourful collective opposed to cars. During its protests, members would block roads and start impromptu street parties. One notorious technique involved either crashing or parking "sacrificial cars" in the middle of traffic, sealing off the road. For police, they clearly constituted a potentially dangerous group of anarchists whose demonstrations had a record of descending into disorder.

Boyling's operation would prove to be so successful that he played a central organising role behind the so-called Carnival Against Capitalism in 1999, one of the major anti-capitalist demonstrations of the past two decades. Those involved in organising the protest recall that he was "navigator" in a car that had been intended to block Upper Thames Street, in central London, kickstarting a day in which thousands of activists would clash with police.

The woman who was driving the car – purchased for £200 – recalls how Boyling made what at the time appeared to be a stupid error. He left the window open, enabling police to open the door, take off the handbrake, and push the car away.

Confronted over his error, Boyling was said to have replied: "Oh, I forgot." The protest went ahead anyway, but it was a setback for the activists.

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To Undercurrents... — Anarchist from RTS in the 1990s
Post them here? — watcher
Carnival Against Capitalism is what it has been generally dubbed — Undercurrents
To the Anarchist from RTS — Undercurrents
To Undercurrents... — Anarchist from RTS in the 1990s
Arrested — Jo
to Anarchist from RTS in the 1990s — experienced activist
Be warned!!! — Sceptic
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To the Anarchist from RTS — Undercurrents
Undercurrents used as pretext — AF
Undercurrent archives — Worried former activist
Absolutely true — Tim
Undercurrents reply... — Undercurrents
Spreading half truths.. — Undercurrents reply to Tim
Undercurrents archive go online – scary! — Another ex-RTS activist
Carnival Against Capital — Anonymous
‘Could have phoned Undercurrents’ - bollocks — Tim
Proof that we cannot trust Undercurrents — Another ex-RTSer
Sequence of events — CH
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A little shocked — Phil King
Late admission — Anon
Undercurrents has perhaps outlived its usefulness — Jo
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Are you joking? — transmitter
A little too far 'transmitter', perhaps — Anon
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Hilarious Neil, hilarious... — Anarchist from RTS in the 1990s
i'd never call myself an anarchist from rts in the 1990's, it just sounds so... — keep it fluffy!
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A good reason not to trust 'Old Hand' — nom de plume
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Jimmy Goldsmith connection — RM
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