EU: Refugee crisis: latest news from across Europe: 17-3-17
18 March 2017
Support our work: become a Friend of Statewatch from as little as £1/€1 per month.
EU
Historical images
of para-military policing
by Tony Bunyan
18.3.17
Follow us: 
| 
| Tweet
The following images are of para-military policing and the army in civil society
The
story and images
(pdf)
1. The first probably came out of the Kent State shooting or
Massacre on 4 May 1970 by the Ohio National Guard. See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kent_State_shootings
1st Image (pdf)
2. The second is the front
cover of "Movement" (February 1973) which highlighted
the emergence of para-military in the UK following on from "Bloody
Sunday" in Derry.
The adapted image form a soldier to a policeman was done by an
artist at Hornsey Art College (Crouch End Hill, North London)
as a linotype on brown cartridge paper.
"Movement" was a libertarian socialist magazine collective
which went on to become "Writing on the Wall" and then
"The Leveller".
2nd image(pdf)
3. The above image, with the permission of the artist, was used
on the front cover of "The history and practice of: The
Political Police in Britain" by myself. It was written after
the 1973-1974 miners strike and the emergence of the coercive
state.It
is still available from Statewatch
3rd image
4. The fourth image - remarkably similar to its predecessors - is now being given out at British Army Arms Sales Exhibitions. They have apparently copyrighted it!
Search our database for more articles and information
or subscribe
to our mailing list
for regular updates from Statewatch News Online.
Our work is only possible with your support.
Become a Friend of Statewatch from as little as £1/€1 per month.
Previous article
EU: Refugee crisis: latest news from across Europe: 16-3-17
Next article
EU: Refugee crisis: latest news from across Europe: 18-20-3-17
Spotted an error? If you've spotted a problem with this page, just click once to let us know.