Indymedia UK article on Mark Stone , aka Mark Kennedy , a police officer who infiltrated the Nottingham activist scene in 2001 . Kennedy/Stone admitted his role after being confronted
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UPDATE: Stone goes rogue and reveals details of operations and "outs" other officers. A police chief with detailed knowledge of the deployments of undercover officers in the protest movement said Kennedy's breach of protocol could lead to the "relocation of a considerable number of people". At an estimated 250,000 per person what have the UK government been spending taxpayer money on while making huge austerity cuts?

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Original Indymedia UK link | Second undercover officer revealed (guardian) | Undercover activist spied on green activists (guardian) | British police spy at Shell to Sea in Mayo – MEP wants Justice Minister to get answers from counterpart
Other Cases
Infiltration of Arms Trade Activist Groups | Diaz Raid : “ Martin Hogbin is responsible" | Agent Provocateurs Caught in the Act
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Mark Kennedy (policeman) info | Drax power station

Several hundred people took part in "A Spectacle Of Defiance And Hope" in Dublin on the night of Friday 10th December to protest the way the government have cut funding to vital community services. Janice Feighery a co-ordinator at an after school computer program for young people said “Community programmes are being devastated by the cuts. Our work with young people is strangled by lack of funds." The spectacle draws to a close the week of protests against the austerity budget.

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"They are literally ripping the heart out of our communities, out of our families and our society. People are sick and tired of hearing all of the bad press coverage. We have something that will appeal to you to get involved and may even be inspired to bring others along."
- From Community Workers' Cooperative

"The Spectacle’s participative, imaginative and heartfelt approach will demonstrate that there is another way to a more equal and a more just Ireland. The Spectacle says STOP this madness of punishing ordinary people for the mistakes of others."
- From Claiming Out Future

"There will be no speeches only street theatre, music , chants, defiance and hope!"
- From rade.ie

Around the world countries have been betrayed by their politicians who have worked hand in glove with their capitalist partners to systematically destory each economy and then to hand them over to a private financial elite composed of bankers, investors and speculators and other parasites.

From Iceland to Lativa to Greece to Ireland the Financial Coup has taken place. It has already long ago taken place in such countries as the USA where big capital and big finance captured their governments long ago where corporations like Goldman Sachs have their own people in government dictating the bailouts. But many other countries are on the list. The austerity which the capitalists smile down on, have already hit most of Europe especially in countries like Spain, Portugal, Hungary and the UK.

The current crisis is the cumlination of a fairly long process starting in the late 1970s when the leading capitalist powers decided to go on the offensive and launched the Neo Liberal era which saw an claw back against all the rights gained by workers in the previous 70 years. At that time they also lent huge quantities of money to corrupt governments in the developing world and this ushered in the era of mega slums and third world debt bringing in the era of financial imperalism allowing the resources of these countries to be hauled away for almost free. continues below

"An injury to one is the concern of all", according to Free Education for Everyone spokesperson.

Indymedia Links:
Interviews with students on the now infamous protest | Students Occupy Department Of Finance
Other Links:
FEE (Free Education for Everyone) official website | Photos from protest
Wikipedia Links:
2010 student protest in Dublin | 2010 student protest in London | 2008–2010 Irish financial crisis | COINTELPRO

News is coming in that upwards of thirty students have occupied the Department of Finance in the centre of Dublin with several hundred supporting them in the streets outside. Tens of thousands of students are demonstrating as part of the USI protests against plans to introduce fees, these students carrying out the occupation appear to have broken away from the main demonstration which is taking place around the corner in Merrion square.

Indymedia Links:
French student protests | Police attack student demo | Interviews with students who took part | Profile of Gary Redmond USI president | Anti capitalist protest | students and unemployed protest education cuts | 1% Network Find The Pot Of Gold On Shewsbury Road | Walking Tour sees 'how the 1% live | John Pilger on UK austerity measures |
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WSM coverage | EdufactoryIreland site | Trade Union TV video | RTE video coverage | Irish times coverage
Girl knocked unconscious by gardai

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USI