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Unravelling the Spycops Files
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Narrated by:
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Charlotte Worthing
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Kate Wilson
About this listen
'It was exciting when it started, then comfortable and domestic, and over time we grew apart. If it had been real, our relationship wouldn't have made a chapter in a memoir. But Mark was a fictional character, contrived by the British state to violate me and undermine the values I held dearest. And the entire time, EN31 was sitting around the corner, writing it all down, watching our lives unfold.'
In 2003, British police infiltrated a group of idealistic young environmental activists, forming sexual relationships and spying without warrant on hundreds of innocent civilians.
Kate Wilson fought back. She took the Met to court, at times battling alone without funding or legal representation, enduring bullying, psychological intrusion and further state surveillance. It took her nearly twenty years to uncover the eerie truth about Britain' s secret political police.
In her own words, and those of the officers who documented her every move, this is Kate's story.
Critic Reviews
'An essential book about repression and resistance, bold, lucid and deeply inspiring' (Olivia Laing, author of THE GARDEN AGAINST TIME)
'The British police thought it could use and discard Kate Wilson, but it messed with the wrong woman. Her courage, determination, clarity and insistence on justice are absolutely awe-inspiring' (Oliver Bullough, author of BUTLER TO THE WORLD)
'When I say "everybody should read this book", I don't mean everybody who is interested in human rights, in police ethics, in feminism, in the future of the planet, in freedom of speech and the right to protest, in security, in women's security, in policy and monitoring, in budget decisions, in what the law is for, in sexual politics, or any other kind of politics. I mean everybody' (Louisa Young, author of YOU LEFT EARLY)
'Unforgettable, devastating, essential. I couldn't put it down. Proves the systemic nature of the British state's abuse of women beyond any doubt' (Asa Winstanley, Electronic Intifada)
'This story of the betrayal of a brave eco-activist is a searing page-turner. The criminalisation of Kate Wilson and her fellow campaigners was truly shameful. Disclosure firmly places the British police on the wrong side of history' (Peter Hain, former Secretary of State for Northern Ireland)