Kate Wilson's book launch: DISCLOSURE: UNRAVELLING THE SPYCOPS FILES
Join
us for a fascinating evening with Kate Wilson in conversation about her
brilliant new memoir with Habib Kadiri (Stopwatch) and Helen Benyon.
Following revelations about Mark Kennedy and the growing spycops scandal, Kate took on the Metropolitan Police for breach of human rights – and won. She had a one-year relationship with ‘Mark Stone’ in 2003, but years later discovered he was a police officer, part of a unit that infiltrated political groups, forming sexual relationships and spying on hundreds of innocent civilians. Hear her discuss how it took her over a decade to uncover part of the eerie truth about Britain’s secret political police, what we have learnt from the disclosure of thousands of secret police files, and why her story and fight matter to all of us.Kate Wilson is a life-long campaigner and her landmark victory in the trial 'Wilson v the Commissioner' established that British undercover police operations targeting her movements were unlawful and ‘unnecessary in a democratic society’, and consistently violated basic human and political rights.Books will be on sale at the event.‘Gripping’ Olivia Laing, Guardian‘Astounding ‘ Stuart Jeffries, Observer‘Shocking’ City A.M.‘Awe-inspiring’ Oliver Bullough‘Everybody should read this book … I mean everybody’ Louisa Young‘Unforgettable, devastating, essential’ Asa Winstanley, Electronic Intifada‘A searing page-turner’ Peter Hain, former Secretary of State for Northern Ireland‘A brilliant read’ Vera Baird, former Victims' Commissioner for England and Wales‘Enlightening’ John Zerzan‘A must-read’ Jeremy Corbyn‘A highly intelligent memoir’ Rob Newman
Don't miss this unique opportunity to hear from women at the heart of the spycops scandal.
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