NFB 2/C18 YORKSHIRE

NOTES FROM THE BORDERLAND issue 2

below the reproduced front cover & editorial you will find

a detailed description of the articles in this issue

a sample article (on fascist/secret state activity in West Yorkshire)

details of how to buy this/other issues of Notes From the Borderland

NOTES FROM THE BORDERLAND issue 2 green colour cover 44 pages

The second number of this uniquely hard-hitting parapolitical publication saw NFB cut through the fog of disinformation swirling around the body politic in a big way. Stories include:

--Our first, and most lengthy (16 page) to date, exploration of the careers of ex-MI5 officers David Shayler & Annie Machon. Given their prominence, no serious parapolitical magazine could ignore the pair, although we did what nobody had done till then, or has subsequently--cross-referred public claims to known details of MI5 operations they were implicated in. Thankfully, our ongoing research into MI5's post-Cold War agenda, published in 'Turning Up the Heat' previously, put us in an advantageous position. Areas covered include MI5/Special Branch operations against the IRA, Combat 18, Meibion Glyndwr, Anti-EU groups, Animal Liberation, Anti-Fascism, Anarchists, the Far Left (SWP & Red Action). The motives for Shayler and Machon's disclosures were analysed, also the invidious predicament civil rights group Liberty found itself in by too close proximity to the pair. The points of contrast--and convergence--between the Shayler/Machon line & official MI5 pronouncements are reviewed. Intriguingly, one convergence encompassed a crucial issue--Shayler Machon & MI5 all agreed MI5 no longer monitored 'subversives'. NFB's point was that they still did (and do), but merely reclassified them as 'terrorist. All this way before 9/11 and subsequent posturing by Machon & Shayler as genuine 'civil libertarians'. Virtually none of the sharp questions raised here have been answered, or evidence refuted--in short this is a must-read text for all those gullible liberals & more recently 9/11 'Truth' campaigners (see NFB issue 7) taken in by the charmless pair of snake-oil merchants.

--The 'Last Century Left' often spuriously dismiss the idea of Leftists researching the secret state and its impact on politics (unless it be to furnish excuses for perennial political failure). The excellent work of Victor Serge is ignored & hackneyed platitudes from Lenin trotted out. Unmentioned in all this (even less understood) is the masterpiece by Karl Marx 'Herr Vogt: A Spy in the Workers Movement'. A text exemplary in its method, showing just how at home Marx would be with modern-day parapolitical analysis. Indeed, the text is enduringly relevant for anybody interested in radical social transformation, and a strong corrective to the liberal pap that characterises the Last Century Left approach to such matters as the majority of secret state-planted media stories today.

--The importance of comprehending how the secret state interferes in target's lives on a micro level cannot be overstated. We explore here Mind Control techniques used to intimdate individuals.

--We evaluate the career of fascist thug/agent provocateur Matthew Collins, who claims to have renounced his past views and now works for the MI5-linked Searchlight magazine/organisation. His story, past and present, does not add up by any stretch of the imagination, and we outline some disturbing allegations about his activities never properly responded to (surely he can't have been at the off-license all this time?).

--the dissolution of the'Revolutionary Communist Party' associated with LM magazine is briefly reviewed: the transformation of key personnel into the pro-capitalist 'Institute of Ideas' is for another day...

--Events outside England's capital are often de-prioritised by the London-based media & political establishments, not a mistake NFB makes: as illustrated by this detailed examination of murky political goings on in West Yorkshire involving Combat 18, the BNP, anti-fascists, Special Branch, Searchlight, MI5 and Channel 4. A classic and rigorous study exemplifying the NFB approach--and given the Redwatch resurgence in recent years, a timely reminder of how it all began. Article below

A fact & fun-packed edition, full of in-depth research, backed up with a wealth of internal documents, all fully footnoted. NFB is a magazine those hungry for solid information will love--and people engaged in political dirty tricks bitterly hate. In short, all the in-depth investigative journalism you could wish for--and would never find in the Guardian or Panorama.

AGAIN PLUCKING THE WHITE ROSE: YORKSHIRE REVISITED

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NOTES FROM THE BORDERLAND issue 2 *below the reproduced front cover & editorial you will find* *a detailed description of the articles in this issue* *a sample article (on fascist/secret state activity in West Yorkshire)* *details of how to buy this/other issues of Notes From the Borderland*



NOTES FROM THE BORDERLAND issue 2 green colour cover 44 pages The second number of this uniquely hard-hitting parapolitical publication saw NFB cut through the fog of disinformation swirling around the body politic in a big way. Stories include: --Our first, and most lengthy (16 page) to date, exploration of the careers of ex-MI5 officers David Shayler & Annie Machon. Given their prominence, no serious parapolitical magazine could ignore the pair, although we did what nobody had done till then, or has subsequently--cross-referred public claims to known details of MI5 operations they were implicated in. Thankfully, our ongoing research into MI5's post-Cold War agenda, published in 'Turning Up the Heat' previously, put us in an advantageous position. Areas covered include MI5/Special Branch operations against the IRA, Combat 18, Meibion Glyndwr, Anti-EU groups, Animal Liberation, Anti-Fascism, Anarchists, the Far Left (SWP & Red Action). The motives for Shayler and Machon's disclosures were analysed, also the invidious predicament civil rights group Liberty found itself in by too close proximity to the pair. The points of contrast--and convergence--between the Shayler/Machon line & official MI5 pronouncements are reviewed. Intriguingly, one convergence encompassed a crucial issue--Shayler Machon & MI5 all agreed MI5 no longer monitored 'subversives'. NFB's point was that they still did (and do), but merely reclassified them as 'terrorist. All this way before 9/11 and subsequent posturing by Machon & Shayler as genuine 'civil libertarians'. Virtually none of the sharp questions raised here have been answered, or evidence refuted--in short this is a must-read text for all those gullible liberals & more recently 9/11 'Truth' campaigners (see NFB issue 7) taken in by the charmless pair of snake-oil merchants. --The 'Last Century Left' often spuriously dismiss the idea of Leftists researching the secret state and its impact on politics (unless it be to furnish excuses for perennial political failure). The excellent work of Victor Serge is ignored & hackneyed platitudes from Lenin trotted out. Unmentioned in all this (even less understood) is the masterpiece by Karl Marx 'Herr Vogt: A Spy in the Workers Movement'. A text exemplary in its method, showing just how at home Marx would be with modern-day parapolitical analysis. Indeed, the text is enduringly relevant for anybody interested in radical social transformation, and a strong corrective to the liberal pap that characterises the Last Century Left approach to such matters as the majority of secret state-planted media stories today. --The importance of comprehending how the secret state interferes in target's lives on a micro level cannot be overstated. We explore here Mind Control techniques used to intimdate individuals. --We evaluate the career of fascist thug/agent provocateur Matthew Collins, who claims to have renounced his past views and now works for the *MI5-linked Searchlight* magazine/organisation. His story, past and present, does not add up by any stretch of the imagination, and we outline some disturbing allegations about his activities never properly responded to (surely he can't have been at the off-license all this time?). --the dissolution of the'Revolutionary Communist Party' associated with LM magazine** is briefly reviewed: the transformation of key personnel into the pro-capitalist 'Institute of Ideas' is for another day... --Events outside England's capital are often de-prioritised by the London-based media & political establishments, not a mistake NFB makes: as illustrated by this detailed examination of murky political goings on in West Yorkshire involving Combat 18, the BNP, anti-fascists, Special Branch, Searchlight, MI5 and Channel 4. A classic and rigorous study exemplifying the NFB approach--and given the Redwatch resurgence in recent years, a timely reminder of how it all began. Article below

A fact & fun-packed edition, full of in-depth research, backed up with a wealth of internal documents, all fully footnoted. NFB is a magazine those hungry for solid information will love--and people engaged in political dirty tricks bitterly hate. In short, all the in-depth investigative journalism you could wish for--and would never find in the Guardian or Panorama.

AGAIN PLUCKING THE WHITE ROSE: YORKSHIRE REVISITED ARTICLE TO FOLLOW SHORTLY--WATCH THIS SPACE!! *(if you can't wait, scroll to box below & purchase NFB* 2 now}**

	RETURN TO HOME PAGE		*VISIT BACK ISSUES PAGE, AND BUY THIS ISSUE OF NFB/OTHERS*
	RETURN TO HOME PAGE

		PAGE LAST MODIFIED 29/10/06