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| − | There were three main Occupy London encampments, the most famous of which was on the steps of St. Pauls' cathedral, London.<ref>https://occupywiki.org.uk/wiki/Category:Occupations_in_London</ref> | + | There were three main [[Occupy|Occupy London]] encampments, the most famous of which was on the steps of St. Pauls' cathedral, London.<ref>https://occupywiki.org.uk/wiki/Category:Occupations_in_London</ref> |
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| − | The [[City of London Police]] circulated a letter to members of London’s business district in which they police warned that the Occupy London camped out on the steps of St. Paul's cathedral posed the greatest threat of all to British society.<ref>[[Document:Unthinking extremism - Radicalising narratives that legitimise surveillance]]</ref> Like other Occupy movements worldwide, they were forcibly removed. | + | ==Government response== |
| + | The [[City of London Police]] circulated a letter to members of London’s business district in which they police warned that the Occupy London camped out on the steps of St. Paul's cathedral posed the greatest threat of all to British society.<ref>[[Document:Unthinking extremism - Radicalising narratives that legitimise surveillance]]</ref> Like other Occupy movements worldwide, they were forcibly removed. <ref name=wsws>https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2012/02/occu-f29.html</ref><ref>https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2012/jan/27/occupy-protesters-evicted-london-office</ref> | ||
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| + | At the time, Occupy London feared it may have been infiltrated by [[undercover police]], in order to create a pretext for police violence. "Chances are that we have been infiltrated by the police. That is one of the tactics police use to undermine and to corrupt a movement, because basically they have corporate interests at heart," Venus CuMara, an Occupy activist living at the camp, said.<ref>https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/occupy-london-black-bloc-police-eviction-296697</ref> There were also fears that the [[anarchist]] (but heavily infiltrated by police) group [[Black Bloc]] could turn up and cause unrest in the event of an eviction, as happened at Occupy Oakland in [[California]].<ref>https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/occupy-london-black-bloc-police-eviction-296697</ref> The feared pretext did not eventuate, and twenty arrests were made as a small group of protesters peacefully resisted.<ref name=wsws/> | ||
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| The London encampments of the Occupy protest movement. | |
There were three main Occupy London encampments, the most famous of which was on the steps of St. Pauls' cathedral, London.[1]
Government response
The City of London Police circulated a letter to members of London’s business district in which they police warned that the Occupy London camped out on the steps of St. Paul's cathedral posed the greatest threat of all to British society.[2] Like other Occupy movements worldwide, they were forcibly removed. [3][4]
At the time, Occupy London feared it may have been infiltrated by undercover police, in order to create a pretext for police violence. "Chances are that we have been infiltrated by the police. That is one of the tactics police use to undermine and to corrupt a movement, because basically they have corporate interests at heart," Venus CuMara, an Occupy activist living at the camp, said.[5] There were also fears that the anarchist (but heavily infiltrated by police) group Black Bloc could turn up and cause unrest in the event of an eviction, as happened at Occupy Oakland in California.[6] The feared pretext did not eventuate, and twenty arrests were made as a small group of protesters peacefully resisted.[3]
References
- ↑ https://occupywiki.org.uk/wiki/Category:Occupations_in_London
- ↑ Document:Unthinking extremism - Radicalising narratives that legitimise surveillance
- ↑ a b https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2012/02/occu-f29.html
- ↑ https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2012/jan/27/occupy-protesters-evicted-london-office
- ↑ https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/occupy-london-black-bloc-police-eviction-296697
- ↑ https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/occupy-london-black-bloc-police-eviction-296697
