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              Vijfde Kroniekschrijver
Vrijdag, 14 November, 2008 ZOALS [[THE]] WAARNEMER TROTS UIT POLITIE LIJN OVER Eco-TERRORISME
Waarnemer lanceerde een breedte deze week tegen de milieubeweging. Headlined?De politie waarschuwt van het kweken van bedreiging van eco-terroristen? - handily sub-geleid?De vrees voor dodelijke aanval door eenzame non-conformist als ambtenaren alarmeert belangrijke firma's aan gevaar van groene extremism? ? het artikel gaat dat beweren?De ambtenaren vrezen dat a? eenzame non-conformist? de eco-extremist kan een terroristenaanval proberen die op het doden van grote aantallen Britten wordt gericht.? Natuurlijk niet wordt één stukje van bewijsmateriaal bedoeld in het dun vermomde rookwolk-stuk voor de Nationale Extremism Tactische Eenheid van de Coördinatie (NETCU). De woorden van een naamloze politiebron zijn allen het neemt om het spook te produceren van hetneutrale zelfmoord bombarderen komend aan een stad-centrum dichtbij u. Blijkbaar,
Het stuk werd geschreven door één Teken Townsend (milieujournalist van het jaar en toevallig auteur van een mildy-amuseert gerechtigd boekdeel?Vijftig manieren aan fuck de planeet?) en de geheimzinnige Inkeping Denning, wie doesn? t zelfs het werk bij Waarnemer. Wanneer SchNEWS gecontacteerd Teken bij zijn bureau, eerst scheen hij verdedigings en groeide meer en meer agressief aangezien het gesprek ging. Wanneer gevraagd of hij? D braakte enkel een politiepersmededeling uit die hij heeft gezegd?U trekt aan? t kent ongeveer om het even wat NETCU partner? zij trekken aan? t enkel stok uit persmededelingen?. Welke vreemd wordt gegeven dat de eenheidscommentaar zeer openbaar op het werk dat zij hebben gedaan? controleer enkel hun website SchNEWS 503). Meer onlangs hadden wij natuurlijk de veel bekend gemaakte ontdekking van a? wapens geheim voorgeheugen? dichtbij dit jaar? s het Kamp van het Klimaat. Voor zover de politieke politie betroffen is zijn de media enkel een ander wapen in de bestrijding van binnenlandse onrust? en voor trek enkel hun journalist-dupes waarheidssaldo aan en feit-controleert? t komt in het. When we asked Mark where the claim that Earth First! advocates the disappearance of 80% of the population had come from he said, ?I don?t know ? they [NETCU] said they had seen them in blogs? ? How?s that for speaking truth to power? So why the sudden appearance of the article? It contains little that could be described as news, just a load of cobbled together wild-eyed speculation. One answer is that concern for NETCU jobs in the face of the credit crunch has triggered a search for a new enemy and a broader remit. How convenient that now the animal rights (AR) movement is in ?disarray?, a new target hovers into view. OFF WITH HIS SUBHEAD Another possible explanation is that the growing movement against climate change has got the state more worried than we realise, and the idea is to spread fear amongst activists that they are being heavily watched. At the moment campaigners are generally regarded in a positive light and public support is absolutely crucial for successful defiance of the state. Just look at how lightly anti-GM activists and peace protestors are treated by the authorities compared to their animal rights counterparts. Perhaps the time has come to drive a wedge between environmental activists and the general public, and of course the best way to do this is with the emotive issue of ?violence?. Are we observing the beginning of a smear campaign? So far it?s AR that has felt the full weight of state-orchestrated demonisation. Despite the fact that the movement has never been responsible for a single death they are routinely described as ?terrorists? or ?extremists?. A political climate has been created which enables the state to crack down hard. New criminal offences are drafted targeting the movement and people are imprisoned simply for organising demos (Sean Kirtley ? see SchNEWS 634). The SOCPA legislation (sec 145) banning demos aimed at disrupting ?contractual obligations? currently only protects ?animal research? organisations. A who?s who of UK media organisations have lined up to take a pop at the AR movement ? Dispatches, Panorama and all the main papers have parroted the police line that AR is full of dangerous violent fanatics with an irrational belief system. High profile waves of arrests make the front page, so do the convictions, but news of acquittals languish in the back pages. The actual cause that the AR movement is fighting for receives virtually no media examination. The industrial-scale use of animals for food and vivisection is one of the great hidden evils of our lifestyle ? rather than confront that, it?s obviously best to throw those that confront it into prison. The opening of the new Oxford animal lab, albeit two years late and millions over budget, is now being hailed as a victory by vivisectionists. Of course the very fact that they were able to achieve this much is because of a huge mobilisation on the part of the state. Back in SchNEWS 590 we described how Thames Valley Police accidentally taped themselves saying that they were ?going to wage a dirty war? against SPEAK, with one commander adding that, ?We?re going to prosecute the shit out of them.? Publicity surrounding the tape didn?t prevent the arrest and prosecution of Mel Broughton, a prominent spokesperson for the campaign (see SchNEWS 616). Last week he was acquitted of possessing an explosive substance ? packets of sparklers ? with intent. Two other charges led to hung jury. Despite this, the prosecution demanded a re-trial and Mel was remanded in prison with a trial date to be fixed ?some time next year?. NETCUs attempts to take ?ringleaders? of the AR off the streets by fair means or foul continues. We don?t know what agenda Townsend?s actually working to but it?s been clear for a while that the police want an increased ability to deal with all forms of dissent. Public demonisation is a key plank in the strategy. We?ll leave the last words to John Curtin, long term AR campaigner: ?We used to be regarded as Robin Hood figures for what we did ? rescuing animals from a life of torture in laboratories ? and now we?re terrorists ? the same people doing the same things.?
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