Undercover cops

The cops murdered anti-fascist Blair Peach—then spied on his partner

Celia Stubbs gave evidence to the Undercover Policing Inquiry (UCPI) on Thursday.

How a cop infiltrated the SWP and abused a woman

The Undercover Policing Inquiry resumed taking evidence this week. One witness who gave oral evidence on Thursday was “Madeleine”.

LETTERS—More strikes in Myanmar can beat back the military

An article in the bosses’ Financial Times newspaper last week was headlined, “Protesters playing a dangerous game with the Myanmar economy, warn businesses”.

Spy cops followed Tariq Ali and hundreds of unnamed activists for years, inquiry reveals

The marathon whitewash of the Undercover Policing Inquiry finally got around to hearing evidence this week

How the spy cops were set up to infiltrate the left

Parliament and the press fumed with growing paranoia as the revolts of 1968 entered Britain.

Spy cops inquiry gives glimpse of scale of state infiltration

An inquiry has told 19 families that their dead children’s identities were stolen by spycops

Spy cops inquiry will not give their victims justice

03 November 2020
As the Undercover Policing Inquiry hearings begin, Simon Basketter says this latest chapter will not tell us the whole truth

Spy cop who was used against the Stephen Lawrence family

16 July 2019
The third police spy who targeted those fighting for justice for Stephen Lawrence has been named.

Be wise to the spies’ lies

16 October 2018
New revelations this week have underlined the extent of the British state’s spying operation in socialist organisations.

The spy at the heart of the Lawrence campaign

22 April 2018
Days before the 25th anniversary of Stephen Lawrence’s murder, we learned a little more about how the state used spies to undermine the Lawrence family.

A legacy of spies’ lies

27 February 2018
Intelligence services are neither intelligent nor a service. But the spooks are a dangerous force used to subvert opposition to our rulers

Revealed - how spy cops are waging a new Cold War against Muslims

10 May 2016
The security services use tried and tested propaganda and snooping to divide and terrorise, writes Tomáš Tengely-Evans

Make the spy cops probe transparent

22 March 2016
The father of murdered teenager Stephen Lawrence has demanded that Lord Justice Pitchford must conduct an “open and transparent inquiry” into undercover police.