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Police Spies Out Of Lives @spiesoutoflives.bsky.social · 3h

Thank you @cwunews.bsky.social for inviting us to speak about #spycops at your #equalities conference today, and for your support & solidarity.

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COPS campaign @copscampaign.bsky.social · 13h

The new #spycops inquiry hearings will hear from Doreen Lawrence who says that not only did officers spy on her grieving family but that it was sanctioned by the Home Office.

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Doreen Lawrence alleges Home Office was involved in Met spying on family

‘Egregious’ police surveillance was sanctioned by government department, mother of Stephen Lawrence tells inquiry

www.theguardian.com

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The #SpyCopsBot @spycopsbot.bsky.social · 1d

In 1987 Winston Silcott, along with Mark Braithwait and Engin Raghip, was convicted of the murder of PC Keith Blakelock. their convictions were quashed in 1991 #spycops (@tombfowler.bsky.social)

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Veggies Catering Campaign @veggies.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 1d

Tom Fowler has done a short recap of Monday at #spycops inquiry.

A surprising change of tone from Met Police lawyer; apologizing, admitting wrongdoing and how the managers had failed.

The Home Office lawyer claimed new codes & safeguards in place in 2000, shifting responsibility for previous […]

Original post on social.coop

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Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 4d

#OtD 11 Oct 1946 the UK govt announced that 39,535 people were squatting in 1038 military camps across England and Wales. Many were ex-servicemen's families demanding housing after WWII, and eventually a forced the govt to build mass council housing stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8350...

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BristleKRS @bristlekrs.bsky.social · 4d

Anticipating heaps of in-depth coverage of the extensive crimes of this heinous individual across the various outlets of News UK... Oh wait 🤦

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BristleKRS @bristlekrs.bsky.social · 4d

There was a lot of very interesting things in it, I will have to listen to it back in full when I get some child-free time 😁

The scale and complexity and sheer grimness of it all really came across 😱

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BristleKRS @bristlekrs.bsky.social · 4d

My grandad and assorted comrades - I will have to go through my mum's papers to find out who else is in it

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Alan Owlport 🦉 🎃 @alanallport.bsky.social · 6d

“Drawing on unpublished first-hand accounts, this is a gripping history of the experiences of the Commandos and their unsung allies in one of the bloodiest battles of the Burma Campaign.”

bookshop.org/p/books/jung...

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BristleKRS @bristlekrs.bsky.social · 6d

Thanks for the heads-up 👍

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Unofficial Guardian (UK) Bot @guardian-uk-rss.bsky.social · 7d

Demand the Impossible review – powerful punk rage at injustices of police violence and spycops scandal

Everyday oppression is explored through the narratives of a Black Lives Matter activist, a blacklisted construction worker and an environmental campaigner

www.theguardian.com

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BristleKRS @bristlekrs.bsky.social · 6d

Just received my copy of 'Jungle Commandos' by Lucy Betteridge-Dyson - looking forward to digging into this long-needed account of the hellish Battle of Arakan and getting some sense of what those there endured. @lmbd1418.bsky.social