London Repression Newswire Archive

18-08-2007 23:59

Bring a Banner

The GLA have put a whopping great metal fence right round Parliament Square and moved Brian Haw's enclave into an ever tinier patch. But this also gives the opportunity for a huge show of solidarity. Make Brian a peace banner and bring it with hooks to fix on the lovely new fence. If all of you brought something we could make a display even bigger than the one the Police (unlawfully) took away last year. Read more >>

18-08-2007 18:00 | 2 additions

Policing the Police at Climate Camp

A personal account of FIT Watch

FIT Watch was set up a couple of months ago to oppose and monitor the activities of the Forward Intelligence Teams. These are cops who routinely harass and intimidate protesters (for full background see www.fitwatch.blogspot.com). Whilst we’ve had a presence at a couple of public meetings, Climate Camp has been our first opportunity to practice our tactics in a protest situation Read more >>

18-08-2007 12:21

FIT Watch Spotter Card

Here is the spotter card used by FIT Watch at climate camp. We had several requests for the coloured original, so here it is.

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18-08-2007 12:08 | 2 additions

Activists Target Carmel Agrexco in Conjuction with Climate Camp

At 1pm, approximately 20 activists from London, Brighton, Reading and the nearby Climate Camp entered the Carmel Agrexco site in Hayes Middlesex where some activists have D-locked the gates shut. They are being entertained by Samba. Four police arrived on the scene almost immediately. Read more >>

18-08-2007 10:21

interview with fitwatch at climate camp

earlier this week, a fitwatch supporter was arrested for 'obstructing a police officer in the course of their duty'. but what exactly is the duty of the harrassing, invasive forward intelligence team photgraphers and officers? do they get off on watching campers peeing (see other indymedia article 'peewatch')? short filmed interview with arrestee Read more >>

18-08-2007 03:18 | 2 additions

SOCPA - report and film of yesterday's raid on parliament square

the greater london authority and uniformed police mounted another expensive and unilateral raid on peace protestors in parliament square yesterday morning. they were there to enforce bye-laws but there are serious questions about the legality of the raid both in terms of jurisdiction and also in arbitrariness of conditions. Read more >>

17-08-2007 22:48 | 1 addition

SOCPA - assaults and arrests tonight at parliament square

aqil shaer, a long-standing supporter of brian was viciously assaulted and arrested by the known thuggish parliamentary policeman nicknamed 'fatgut'. another unknown man was arrested by police after assaulting brian's supporter 'barbara tucker'. Read more >>

17-08-2007 21:48

Witness/photographs/videos of FIT at camp needed

During the last few days there has been lots of people who have witnessed and documented the actions of the FIT Teams and FIT Watch, mainly around the entrance to camp, whose evidence could help court cases. Read more >>

17-08-2007 18:15

Police on PeeWatch at Climate Camp

A first timer at Climate Camp discovers that eco loos aren't safe from the zoom lens of an overbearing and intimidating police operation Read more >>

17-08-2007 14:54 | 2 additions

SOCPA - pics of this morning's parliament square raid

when brown seized power he promised a lifting of socpa conditions on the right to protest near parliament. today, in preparation for the visit of nelson mandela, his henchmen helped ken livingston's henchmen to crack down even more on brian haw's protest, forcing their support tents into an impossibly small area in another expensive police operation. Read more >>

17-08-2007 12:44

S.O.S. - The Met are raiding and removing tents of supporters of Brian Haw

http://www.bbc.co.uk/london/content/webcams/546501.shtml Read more >>

17-08-2007 10:48 | 1 addition

FitWatch faceup to FIT

The Forward Intelligence Team (FIT) were photographing and video individuals and families, including small children, as they arrived at the Climate Camp on Thursday. This was in addition to permanent CCTV and helicopter surveillance of the Camp. Read more >>

17-08-2007 09:48

SOCPA - parliament square GLA raid this morning!!!! URGENT

urgent newsflash
gla backed by 'flatcap' officers have arrived at parliament square. it seems they are going to attempt an eviction of the tents there. Read more >>

16-08-2007 20:57 | 1 addition

Media Wars - Thursday at the Climate Camp

What was the police FIT (Forward Intelligence Team) doing at the main gate of the Climate Camp, today? Read more >>

16-08-2007 19:31

The Cuban Five: Mission against Terror and Hypocrisy

The allegation of «Conspiracy to gather and to transmit information on National Defense» is the technical charge, according to US criminal law (18USC & 794), commonly called «Conspiracy to commit espionage». It is without doubt the central topic of the legal process against five Cuban prisoners wrongly held in the United States... Read more >>

15-08-2007 21:03

small pics of police blunder at climate camp on tuesday

few small pix from the provocative incursion by police yesterday as described here:

http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/08/378258.html

http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/08/378256.html
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15-08-2007 12:41

Video of police trying to remove super-glue women from climate camp gate

Video clip in MP4 H264 low res 320 x 240. 2 mins 30 secs. Approx 4mb.
Use VLC (videolan.org) to view.

Made available under creative commons non-commercial, attribution, share-alike license.

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15-08-2007 00:11

Oaxaca Street Art

Some photos taken from the street art, graffiti and stencil work around the centre of Oaxaca city. Read more >>

14-08-2007 23:52

Video of attempted mass police incursion onto climate camp site

Video is H264 MP4. approx 4mb. 320 x 240, Use VLC (videolan.org) to view.

Copyright, some rights reserved. Available under the creative commons non-commercial, attribution, share-alike license. Non-commercial means DONT'T upload it to corporate video sharing sites! Read more >>

14-08-2007 23:00 | 1 addition

Stand off after police incursion at climate camp, tuesday evening.

At around 7.30 a group of around 20 police tried to march through the camp but were met with a very large and vocal group of climate campers determined not to let them go any further. After a brief scuffle police retreated and a standoff developed that lasted around half an hour, eventually dissipated by driving rain. Read more >>