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28 Apr, 6 tweets, 2 min read
The #SpyCopsInquiry has recommenced after lunch. We are hearing the witness statement of Ernest Rodker being read out by his son, Oli Rodker.
You can read it yourself: ucpi.org.uk/wp-content/upl…

#spycops
Unlike the evidence being given by the police, this Non-State core participant's evidence is also being live-streamed on Youtube:
Ernest was involved in the Stop the Seventy Tour campaign - disrupting sports teams from South Africa in protest at the apartheid regime.
His witness statement describes the kinds of non-violent direct action (NVDA) that the group carried out.
Rodker was unsurprised to hear that the group had been subject to police surveillance. He had previously been involved in other campaigns, such as the anti-nuclear movement
He was part of the Committee of 100, and along with many others, was sent to prison for his part in direct action against US nuclear-military bases

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30 Apr
The #SpyCopsInquiry starts again this morning, hearing from Lord Peter Hain.
He was involved in campaigning against apartheid.
As his opening statement says:

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"From the 1960s onwards, the international movement against the Apartheid regime in South Africa was one of the world’s largest social movements. Abhorrence at the racist and murderous regime was shared by people aroundthe globe."
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"They formed campaigns in support of those in South Africa who were struggling for change and people in Britain played a central rolein campaigning for, and eventually achieving,that change"
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Organisations would send delegates to these meetings.
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This afternoon the #spycopsinquiry will hear from Christabel Gurney OBE. Her witness statement is at ucpi.org.uk/publications/f…
You can watch proceedings (with a ten minute delay) at
(2)
First, the Inquiry checked if there were any questions for Jonathan Rosenhead. Mitting had a question for him – did he wish the Inquiry to act promptly about the miscarriage of justice that we heard about? Yes

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29 Apr
[UCPI 00000 8660] ucpi.org.uk/publications/s…
STST's first national conference took place in March 1970. Both of today's witnesses are listed as attending it. Image
Jonathan pointed out that the speech reported on was given by Peter Hain, who was“by no means an extreme leftist”
(we'll hear from Peter Hain himself tomorrow) Image
The Stop the Seventy Tour campaigners felt that it was important to hold as many demonstrations as possible, at sports grounds all over the country... Image
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29 Apr
The anti-apartheid activists would seek to disrupt matches and sometimes carried out pitch invasions.

(this picture is from Murrayfield in Edinburgh) Image
Jonathan talked about finally (“I tried several but I'm not very good at climbing fences”) getting on the pitch in Aldershot . Image
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"He said that it had been proved in the past specific organisations definitely had police spies among their members and attending their meetings"
"He added that everyone present should continually be checking up on each otherto ensure that each individual was a genuine revolutionary and not a police spy"
"He then said that any police spied found in revolutionary groups should, at least, get a 'good hiding' from the others"
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