A blunder by an undercover policeman has revealed how the Metropolitan Police spied on the private lives of members of an anti-capitalist group.
Quite amazing fuck up by this undercover which blew his cover. Are Globalise Resistance another SWP front btw?
Yeah, but Guy whatsisname who was the SWP paid organiser who ran GR left the SWP, and in general GR is now an assemblage of generally non-SWP affiliated independents who, as one participant told me on the march on sat, are now looking for a clear purpose.
After the big anticuts demo, Globalise Resistance is going to be permanently active once more. The movement in he UK is exciting, diverse and going places and we think GR has something to offer.
The conversation involving Mr Wellings took place in 2005, and was recorded when the officer accidentally telephoned another of the group's members without knowing he had done so.
So does this mean that the SWP have had the name and photograph of an undercover for 6 years and not told anyone about it? That looks pretty shitty to me.
in general GR is now an assemblage of generally non-SWP affiliated independents who, as one participant told me on the march on sat, are now looking for a clear purpose.Quote:
After the big anticuts demo, Globalise Resistance is going to be permanently active once more. The movement in he UK is exciting, diverse and going places and we think GR has something to offer.Am I wrong in thinking they have only just re-activated?
I wondered why there were several GR flags around on the 26th. I'd assumed the SWP had found a box mouldering away in the basement or something.
Guy SWP Taylor has actually left? When did he annouce this?
yeah i saw loads of Globalise Resistance flags on 26th. and at times they were marching with black bloc / radical or militant workers bloc
Taylor was part of the Rees/German/nineham split. I read Weekly Worker for the lefty gossip 
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Would any of these independent non-SWP people actually be from Counterfire? It would explain why a grouping that had been dormant for years suddenly had several people literally under its banner.
Would any of these independent non-SWP people actually be from Counterfire? It would explain why a grouping that had been dormant for years suddenly had several people literally under its banner.
don't know, but i wouldn't be surprised. The only thing is, Counterfire seem to love the promotion of the 'Counterfire' brand
Out of interest what are Counterfire's politics?
The former SWP central committee member John Rees (counter fires ideolgical leader) was a critical member for a long time (stop the war coalition and respect).
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Yeah GR was the SWP's anti-summit front group.