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Jul 16 2019

BRIAN HIGGINS – A PERSONAL AND POLITICAL TRIBUTE

Category: Against Imperialism,Against Unionism,Capitalism and Communism,Combined struggles for Emancipation, Liberation and National Self-Determination,For Self-Determination: Struggles against Alienation,How they are organised,How we organise,Independent class organisations,Ireland,Radical Independence Campaign,Scotland,The EU,The Socialist Republican Break-up of the UK,Trade Unionism,UK state/British imperialism — RCN @ 4:25 pm

Communist, Republican, Trade Union Militant,

Scottish Internationalist, Glasgow Bear

9th February 1941 – 2nd June 2019

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BRIAN HIGGINS

A PERSONAL AND POLITICAL TRIBUTE

Brian made a big impression upon whomever he met. Nigel Jeffrey, who encountered him on the picket line during the 1984-5 Miners’ Strike wrote, “Brian Higgins stands out because he was 6′ 6″ plus… He was a big lad as broad as he was tall… There must have been half a dozen police went for this Brian Higgins and snatched him… He was shoving them off left, right and centre.” [1] Continue reading “BRIAN HIGGINS – A PERSONAL AND POLITICAL TRIBUTE”

Tags: 1972 Building Workers Strike, 1984-5 Miners Strike, Alberto Durango, Allan Armstrong, Author: Dave Douglass, Authors: David Smith and Phil Chamberlain, Bill Morris - TGWU, Blacklist Defence Group, Blacklisted, Brexit, Brian Higgins, Building Worker Group, Consulting Association, Derek Simpson - TGWU, Des Warren, Dominic Hehir, en McCluskey - UNITE, From Davitt to Connolly, George Howell - First International, Gerard Coyne - UNITE, Hand Report, Helen Jackson, Hugh Scanlon, Ian Allinson, Ian Allinson - Grassroots Left, Independent Workers Union, Jack Jones - TGWU, James Connolly, Jeremy Corbyn, Jerry Swain, John Jones, John MacLean, Justice for Cleaners Campaign, Kenny Irvine, Laings Lock Out Committee, Lindsey Refinery Dispute, Liverpool dockers, Nigel Jeffrey, Oil Industry Liaison Committee, Peter Cassels, Radical Independence Campaign, Rank and File or Broad Left? A Short History of the Building Worker Group, Republican Faction, Scottish Rank & File Teachers, Scottish Republican Forum, SWP 'Downturn Theory', TGWU, The Dirty Thirty - Heroes of the Miners' Strike, The Key to My Cell, The Secret War Between Big Business and Union, Tim Roache - GMB, Tommy McKearney, Tony Cliff, Trade Unions - Are They Fit for Purpose?, UCATT, UNITE

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Mar 24 2014

UNDERCOVER BUT WITHIN SITES – POLICE INFILTRATION OF TRADE UNIONS

Category: For Emancipation: Struggles against Exploitation,For Liberation: Struggles against Oppression,How we organise,Independent class organisations,Other Social Struggles,Political Campaigns,Trade Unionism — RCN @ 12:29 pm

Emancipation & Liberation has been covering the long term of blacklisting of building worker, Brian Higgins. Brian has also been involved over many years in a struggle with the UCATT bureaucracy. More recently, developments over Stephen Lawrence have highlighted the use of undercover police to infiltrate defence campaigns. Here Mark Metcalf reveals how the police infiltrated the Brian Higgins Defence Campaign.

Mark Jenner, police infiltrator into the Brian Higgins Defence Campaign

The government has just ordered an inquiry into the role of undercover police spies. Mark Metcalf, who first revealed the activities of one spy in The Big Issue in the North three years ago, reveals more about his activities and asks whether the inquiry will go far enough.

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Tags: 'Operation Herne', Author: Mark Metcalf, Blacklist Support Group, Botes, Brian Higgins Defence Campaign, Building Worker Group, Colin Roach Centre, Consulting Association, Dominic Hehir, Independent Police Complaints Commission, Information Commissioners Office, John Jones, Mark Jenner, Metropolitan Police, Southwark Direct Labour Organisation, Special Demonstration Squad, Stephen Lawrence, Terry Mason, Theresa May, UCATT

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