“Brandon Darby of Austin, Texas was an activist in the global struggle against capitalist neoliberalism. Brandon Darby was also working undercover as a snitch for the FBI. Surprisingly, he’s proud to be an informant and has come out in the open about it…”
Prominent Austin Activist Admits He Infiltrated RNC Protest Groups as FBI Informant, Democracy Now, January 6, 2009:
“An Austin-based activist named Brandon Darby has revealed he worked as an FBI informant in the eighteen months leading up to the Republican National Convention. Darby has admitted to wearing recording devices at planning meetings and wearing a transmitter embedded in his belt during the convention. He is expected to testify on behalf of the government later this month in the trial of two Texas activists who were arrested at the RNC on charges of making and possessing Molotov cocktails.”
- Ratting out the RNC protesters: From the FBI mole’s mouth, Matt Snyders, Minneapolis/St. Paul City Pages, January 3, 2009
Texas activist involved in New Orleans projects admits to being an FBI informant, Desiree Evans, Facing South, January 6, 2009
US: New reports of police spying on activist groups, Hiram Lee, wsws.org, January 6, 2009
Betrayed! FBI Provocateur Sets-Up Anti-RNC Activists on Trumped-Up “Terrorism” Charges, Tom Burghardt, Dissident Voice, January 8, 2009
See also : Rob Gilchrist (Aotearoa/New Zealand) | Ryan Paterson-Rouse and Somali Young (Aotearoa/New Zealand) | Mehmet Ersoy (Australia) | Setha Sann (Australia) | Anna (United States) | Marilyn Hedstrom, Chris Dugger, Andrew Darst and Rachel Nieting (United States) | Lacey Phillabaum and Jennifer Kolar (United States)
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