In the absence of a realistic threat to the status quo from Islamic fundamentalists, the state has tentatively been trying to paint anarchists as a parallel and growing internal threat to the nation.
Despite minimal evidence, the conjecture of the police that a major anarchist atrocity is inevitable has been taken almost verbatim by the mainstream media and was pushed even further during the G20, with several ludicrous stories appearing about what the movement might get up to appearing.
Rob Ray picks some of the best for Freedom.
Yea thats pretty good - i was actually there that day and my friends were at the scene of Ian Tomlinson's death.
One of them is a 5th year medic at Barts, London and she gave him medical assistance until (and this is all caught on film) the police charged them off!
Was really scary though to know what had happened and that it wasn't a heart attack and then get all the media, well practically all running the polices line. 'The Guardian' were the best on this issue, i think the guy won an award recently for best investigative journalism or something, and were central to collection of all the evidence.
The standard were awful the daily express were as well running articles like 'anarchists to take over city' - maybe the square mile although that would be a BIG kettle but it's just the ridiculous fear fueling about it all!