Revealed: how eco-spy masterminded G8 protest

[Joanne98]

The undercover police agent exposed at the heart of the environmental protest movement was one of the masterminds of the G8 protests in Gleneagles in 2005.

The Sunday Herald has learned police officer Mark Kennedy was one of the prime organisers, moving people and equipment to and from the protest base camp in Stirling, earning him the title “Transport Mark”. His organisational blueprint was then used for the three other “climate camps” – massed protests against power stations and airports in Drax, Kings North and Heathrow.

It has also emerged that one of Kennedy’s last acts while undercover was teaching activists how to spot police spies in their midst.

Activists at the Earth First gathering last August in Derbyshire said Kennedy, known to the movement as Mark Stone for seven years, was the most “articulate and vocal” contributor at a workshop on police infiltration. He also registered to be the “main point of contact” after the session.

http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/transport-environment/revealed-how-eco-spy-masterminded-g8-protest-1.1080175

[NightWatcher]

1. Proving once again why if you must act, you must act ALONE

"They" say that you have to be careful who you trust, but then they announce the secret location of the rendezvous.

People are social creatures and we seek out the companionship of others, but many times operational security suffers as a result. I learned that not only are there plants, but almost anyone can be flipped if they get squeezed.

[socialist_n_TN]

2. But you really CAN'T act alone................

It's got to be a movement and an international one at that because the capitalist Evil is world wide. There'll be a lot of cops undercover, but everyone won't be a cop. Just the ones that seem the MOST violent. They sould be the ones suspected first.

[NightWatcher]

4. I'm not talking a movement, I'm talking direct action

It sounds cheesy but use the Monkeywrench Gang as guidance. If you see a problem, remedy it. Don't wait around for a committee to develop an action plan.

These guys got pinched by acting as a group and not knowing that there was a cop in their midst.

[formercia]

5. Only you can stop buying at Wally World

or any other Multinational Reich-Wing Corporation.

As far as violence goes,it is not acceptable.

[leveymg]

3. Osama bin Kennedy. eom

[Downtown Hound]

6. Piece of shit. n/t