UK G20 London Summit Newswire Archive
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Bad apples vs social change: policing after the G20 protests
12-08-2009 15:01
Since the G20 protest in London this year the policing methods used over April 1st and 2nd have been dissected and discussed regularly in the media and in parliament. Reports have been produced and protests condemning police violence have been organised. Thousands of words have been published both in mainstream and independent media sources discussing civil liberties and issues around the right to protest. But has anything actually changed?Remember Hiroshima and Nagasaki!
06-08-2009 13:42
IPCC calls for immediate change in policing tactics: G20 pdf Bishopgate Report
06-08-2009 13:10
Lots of coverage appearing online and on tv news of the latest IPCC report into G20 policing, this one in relation to police tactics in dealing with the Climate Camp on Bishopgate and the specific experiences of one woman mostly at the hands of TSG.The report is available here:
http://www.ipcc.gov.uk/Bishopsgate_Report.pdf and reprinted below for information purposes.
HMIC has made three immediate recommendations:
- No surprises – Protestors and public should be made aware of
likely police action in order to make informed decisions.
- A release plan to allow vulnerable or distressed persons or those
inadvertently caught up in the police containment to exit.
- A review of current public order training.
How Independent is the Independent Police Complaints Commission?
05-08-2009 22:51
Public confidence in the police took a knock after the death of Ian Tomlinson at the G20 protests in April. As videos of police violence spread like wildfire on YouTube, their actions were roundly condemned by politicians and the media. Things have died down for the moment. With the MPs’ expenses scandal and Westminster going into meltdown police chiefs must have been quietly relieved when the public’s attention shifted elsewhere. Investigations into police misconduct continue at the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC). But what exactly does the IPCC do? Is it effective? And who does it serve?Protest Mediators: A Plan To Make Protest Even More Benign
03-08-2009 07:49
What is the point of protest?
To create change. I would have thought that was obvious; it is the only rational response to the question. So why has so little change happened as a result of protest in the Western world in the last 30 years?
Saifee Durbar: Trans African Rail
25-07-2009 16:45
Saif Durbar seeks to make Africa self sufficient with a coast-to-coast railroad.Houses of Parliament G20 peace activist receives caution
23-07-2009 10:08
A peaceful protester who trespassed into the grounds of the Houses of Parliament by scaling the perimeter fence received a caution from the Metropolitan Police.Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Constabulary
08-07-2009 14:34
Inspecting policing in the public interest/ adapting to protestIan Tomlinson killed by police imposter?!
02-07-2009 16:22
City of London Police suggest to his family that Ian Tomlinson may have been killed by an imposter!Camp for Climate Action Launches Legal Challenge Against G20 Police
30-06-2009 16:22
Climate Campers have launched a Judicial Review against the Metropolitan Police, challenging the policing of the G20 Climate Camp in the City protest on 1st April and marking the start of a David and Goliath legal battle.Full article | 1 addition | 17 comments
What's body fascism doing in a nice riot like this?
27-06-2009 23:02
Imagine the following scenario: a reporter from a mainstream magazine goes to a Climate Camp event, and asks for someone to do an interview with. The media team sends a camper to do the interview, and this camper happens to be Asian, or black. The reporter says: "Sorry, our readers prefer to look at pictures of white people. Do you have anyone white we could interview?" How would the Climate Campers react? Hopefully they would tell this reporter to fuck the hell off, at the very least.New evaluations of G20 protests available
04-06-2009 15:35
Shift Magazine have put all their reports, interviews and analyses of the G20 London protests online.Anarchist beware of those how talk too much
31-05-2009 17:21
Do not pay your council tax, tell them your not, and see how long it takes for the courts to go into overload.Saturday 23 May - Stop Police Violence, Kettle New Scotland Yard!
19-05-2009 15:26
March via Downing Street to New Scotland Yard.
The United Campaign Against Police Violence has called a national demonstration to highlight the issues of police violence and demand justice for those who have died in police custody.
The police tactic of "kettling" demonstrators - essentially detaining protestors and bystanders without charge - will be turned on its head on the protest, when we kettle New Scotland Yard.
Shift Mag 6: Summer of Rage?
16-05-2009 16:10
Issue 6 of Shift Magazine is out! It includes articles by Steve Cohen "writing as a Jewish traitor", interviews with the Whitechapel Anarchists and with Marina Pepper, a diary of the G20, thoughts on violence and the Climate Camp, and a review of the film "Baader Meinhof Complex". This is the editorial:G20 Agents Provocateurs
15-05-2009 15:20
If anyone at the G20 witnessed 'violent protestors' passing through police lines after flashing ID, can they please post it here. Consider making a formal complaint to the IPCC or contact
info@tombrake.co.uk if you wish to remain anonymous.
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15-05-2009 12:37
Check out the show, starting 9pm tonight...Video: Parliamentarians interview Nicola Fisher and other key G20 witnesses
14-05-2009 01:01
Select Committees interview Nicola Fisher and other key G20 witnessesParliament Protest — Jam Cam shut
11-05-2009 12:42
Tamils on the streets again to protest the carnage of Sat night.Clearly it is the media blackout and spin that is deviating these ordinary peace loving people to take to the streets.
G20 police 'used undercover men to incite crowds'
10-05-2009 07:50
Jamie Doward and Mark Townsend The Observer, Sunday 10 May 2009