“Adrian Radford” (above, looking cool ‘n’ deadly) is apparently a partner in the awesomely-titled BLACKchrysalis operations unit. The BLACKchrysalis operations unit flogs DVDs, in which Adrian, “a former SIS (MI6), British Military Intelligence and UK police instructor” brings his personal instruction and techniques “into the comfort of your own office and home at a fraction of the cost of residential training courses”.
From 2004 to 2007, Adrian “supplied his police handlers with detailed information on hardcore extremists”. Like his more amateurish New Zealand counterpart Rob Gilchrist, Adrian had heap ’em big sympathy for the righteous: ‘”I have 100% sympathy with people genuinely concerned at the plight of animals,” said Radford, who worked at the ALF under the name of Ian Farmer.’
Animal terrorist group foiled by informant dressed as a beagle
The Sunday Times
Jack Grimston
March 1, 2009An undercover agent tells how he infiltrated the heart of the Animal Liberation Front to sabotage attacks and glean intelligence on its leaders…
Whether or not Adrian dons a beagle outfit in his DVD series remains to be seen.
In the US, numerous members of the ALF and the ELF have been arrested over the last few years, and many have been sentenced to lengthy jail terms as a result of their actions (both real and alleged). One of the ALF’s principal targets has been Huntingdon Life Sciences, which does Bad Things to other animal species in the name of science. The SHAC7 are one of the victims of the government backlash against the campaign to shutdown HLS:
The SHAC7 are 6 activists and a corporation, Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty USA Inc., that have been found guilty of multiple federal felonies for their alleged role in simply campaigning to close down the notorious animal testing lab, Huntingdon Life Sciences. Five of the individuals are currently in federal prison (the sixth, Darius Fullmer, has been released, after completing his one year sentence). They are not accused of actually smashing windows, liberating animals or even attending demonstrations, rather reporting on and encouraging others to engage in legal demonstrations and supporting the ideology of direct action…
Oddly, according to Jack Grimston, the ALF’s ‘action anthem’ is ‘Sandstorm’, “a techno trance hit by the Finnish producer Darude”.
Speaking of violent Scandinavian techno:
From Salem to Stolberg: Right-Wing Martyrs and Right-Wing Violence
‘Antifascists from Stockholm and Aachen’
anarkisterna.com
February 24, 2009On December 6, 2008, the eighth so-called “Salem March” took place in the Stockholm suburb of the same name. The Salem March is a meeting of the (northern) European right to commemorate Daniel Wretström, a 17-year-old youth with connections to the extreme right. Wretström was fatally injured during a fight with a group of young migrants at a Salem bus stop. The Salem March has developed into the biggest annual meeting of the extreme right in Scandinavia…
On a completely awesome but totally unrelated note, on March 21 Warwick Capper will be going head-to-head with the Wicked Witch from Ipswich Pauline Hanson in the ding-dong battle for the Queensland state seat of Beaudesert.
Go Warwick!
June 1985 ——> March 2009!
Avoid starring through windows.
Only take what’s you’res.