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