Flashback: 1 May 2007: Operation Achilles – SHAC under attack
On this day exactly 10 years ago, a massive police operation codenamed Operation Achilles was launched at dawn against campaigners trying to close down Huntingdon […]
State and corporate repression
AR prisoner Debbie Vincent due for release next month
Infiltration of political and protest groups is sometimes spoken about as an historical phenomenon. The Pitchford Inquiry covers spycops from 1968 to 2010 but that […]
Free Sven and Natasha – campaign update
For most of us, the campaign against Huntingdon Life Sciences is a piece of history. After trying for 15 years to close down this notorious […]
Flashback: 30 November 1989 – journalist in fur coat receives “torrent of abuse”
27 years ago today Daily Express journalist Annie Leask decided to wear a full length fur coat on the streets of London to test what the […]
Black Flag magazine gives space to animal rights
It is unusual for anarchist publications, especially class struggle ones, to give coverage to animal rights. Black Flag, however, has done just that in its […]
Flashback: 9 May 2006 – Operation Tornado: anti-vivisection campaigners under attack
On 9 May 2006 a series of dawn raids which took place at nine homes in Herefordshire, Worcestershire, Shropshire, the West Midlands and Gloucestershire led […]
Kevin Johnson sentenced to 3 years but due for release in 3 months
The following comes from the supportkevinandtyler.com website: In August of 2013, Kevin Johnson (aka Kevin Olliff) and Tyler Lang were arrested and charged with possession […]
Learning from the Heathrow 13: Reflections on struggle, repression and prison
The following appeared today on the Bristol Anarchist Black Cross website. I usually don’t read something and agree with every word but this superb article […]
Flashback: 30 July 1995 – police spy dresses up at pagan garden party
Exactly 20 years ago, I held an all day party in the back garden of my flat. Part of it was devoted to the play […]
Hunt sabs acquitted after earning praise from judge
It’s uncommon for hunt saboteurs to receive justice in a court of law. They often find themselves in the dock on trumped up charges, with […]
16 – 21 March: Week of action against corporate media
One of the biggest obstacles to the transformation of society is the power and influence of the corporate media. Therefore it’s great to see a […]
How to find out if you’re on the “domestic extremism” database
If you’re campaigning for social justice, animal rights or to protect the environment or part of a leftwing group, then it’s likely you’re already on […]
Hunters still getting away with murder!
Last August and early into the new fox hunting season, a sab was ridden down and seriously injured by Mark Doggrell of the Blackmore and Sparkford […]
Are we all “domestic extremists” now?
If you’re reading this then the chances are you could be a “domestic extremist”? Do you even know what that means? Don’t worry since not many […]
30 January: Islington Against Police Spies “Sack Bob Lambert” demo
Islington Against Police Spies (IAPS) was set up late last year following a meeting at London Metropolitan University. This is where disgraced ex-police spy Bob […]
Flashback: 20 January 2001 – HLS saved from the brink
The first in a new series of posts which look back at past events on a particular day. 14 years ago today the notorious Huntingdon Life […]
Activist Eric McDavid released from prison in the USA
Some rare good news today as activist Eric McDavid was released from prison after serving nine years of a near 20 year sentence. He went free […]
Out with the old, in with the new…
The turning of one year into another usually leads to the casting of one’s mind back over the previous 12 months and to looking forward as well. Eight […]
Corporate Watch needs our support
Corporate Watch has been one of the few organizations to acknowledge and publicise the repression suffered by animal rights campaigners. While other bastions of the […]
Sunday 16 November: Defend the Right to Protest Conference
WE DO NOT CONSENT: Defend the Right to Protest is a major conference taking place on Sunday 16 November at SOAS, Thornhaugh Street, London WC1H […]