Kate Wilson - Disclosure Unravelling the Spycops files - Manchester event

Kate Wilson - Disclosure Unravelling the Spycops files - Manchester event

By George Street Community Bookshop

Overview

Hear from Spycops campaigner and author Kate Wilson who took on the Metropolitan Police and won!

At a time where the policing of protest is ever more under the spotlight, Kate Wilson will be discussing her book Disclosure: Unravelling the Spycops Files and what we have learnt from the ongoing Undercover Policing Inquiry.

Kate Wilson's acclaimed book "Disclosure: Unravelling the Spycops Files" was published earlier this year. Kate will be discussing the book, her remarkable journey and the latest from the still ongoing #spycops inquiry.

Details of the book:
https://housmans.com/product/disclosure-unravelling-the-spycops-files/

An interview with Kate from the Guardian:
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/may/22/spies-lies-and-betrayal-my-ruinous-relationship-with-an-undercover-cop

Deceived activist Kate Wilson wins tribunal against Met Police
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-58749590

This event is hosted by Partisan Collective.

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Proceeds go to the campaign.

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


Category: Government, Other

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  • 1 hour 30 minutes
  • In person

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Bridge 5 Mill

22a Beswick Street Ancoats M4 7HR United Kingdom

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Nov 21 · 6:00 PM GMT