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With false documents against “Euro-anarchists”: Exchange of Anglo-German undercover police highlights controversial operations
Examination of several recently exposed cases suggests that the main targets of police public order operations are anti‐globalisation networks, the climate change movement and animal rights activists. The internationalisation of protest has brought with it an increasing number of controversial… Further reading
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The EU Security-Industrial Complex
Interview with Ben Hayes about his book “NeoConOpticon” On the occasion of the current Swedish EU Council Presidency, on 29-30 September 2009, the Fourth European Security Research Conference takes place in Stockholm. This “major component in the evolution of civil… Further reading
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Turn off the Stockholm Programme!
Campaign against the next five-years plan for EU homeland affairs Following Tampere 1999 and Hague 2004, the EU plans to decide the next five-year plan on “Justice and Home Affairs” (JHA) this year. After the implementation of data retention and… Further reading
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Social Movements Against the Global Security Architecture!
A Critique of the Militarisation of Social Conflict and the Securitisation of Everyday Life Assessment of the Strategy Papers of the ‘Future Group’ (on the future of EU Home Affairs policies) and the ‘new strategic directions’ of NATO, put forward… Further reading
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Collapsing the European security architecture
More security-critical behaviour in Europe! At the latest since 9/11, the EU took severe changes in their home affairs policy. New agreements and institutions were created to facilitate police networking (Europol, Frontex, CEPOL, new databases and their shared access). The… Further reading