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Rob Harrison is the alias of a Special Demonstration Squad undercover officer who infiltrated a number of London left-wing / anarchist groups including State of Emergency Collective, No Borders London, Globalise Resistance, rampART and the International Solidarity Movement from 2004 to 2007.

'''''The full profile of 'Rob Harrison' will be published early July 2019.'''''

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	'''Rob Harrison''' is the alias of a [[Special Demonstration Squad]] undercover officer who infiltrated a number of London left-wing / anarchist groups including State of Emergency Collective, No Borders London, Globalise Resistance, rampART and the International Solidarity Movement from 2004 to 2007.<ref name="email.ucpi.11Dec2018">Email to core participants, '20181211-UCPI_to_all_CPs-publishing _HN18', ''Undercover Policing Inquiry'', 11 December 2018, referencing update of the webpage [https://www.ucpi.org.uk/cover-names/ UCPI.org.uk/cover-names].</ref><ref name="AW.article.13Dec2018">Asa Winstanley, [https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/asa-winstanley/police-spy-infiltrated-palestine-activists Police spy infiltrated Palestine activists], ''The Electronic Intifada'', 13 December 2018 (accessed 17 December 2018).</ref>		'''Rob Harrison''' is the alias of a [[Special Demonstration Squad]] undercover officer who infiltrated a number of London left-wing / anarchist groups including State of Emergency Collective, No Borders London, Globalise Resistance, rampART and the International Solidarity Movement from 2004 to 2007.<ref name="email.ucpi.11Dec2018">Email to core participants, '20181211-UCPI_to_all_CPs-publishing _HN18', ''Undercover Policing Inquiry'', 11 December 2018, referencing update of the webpage [https://www.ucpi.org.uk/cover-names/ UCPI.org.uk/cover-names].</ref><ref name="AW.article.13Dec2018">Asa Winstanley, [https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/asa-winstanley/police-spy-infiltrated-palestine-activists Police spy infiltrated Palestine activists], ''The Electronic Intifada'', 13 December 2018 (accessed 17 December 2018).</ref>

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 ===Relationships===
-Rob Harrison is known to have had at least one sexual relationship while undercover, with 'Maya' (pseudonym) who he met through London ISM.<ref name="mitting.3May2019">Sir John Mitting, [https://www.ucpi.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/20190307-ruling-core_participants_28-RLR_22-costs_21-final.pdf Core Participants Ruling 28 / Recognised Legal Representatives Ruling 22 / Costs of Legal Representation Ruling Awards Ruling 21], ''Undercover Policing Inquiry'', 3 May 2019 (accessed 3 May 2019).</ref> Another London ISM campaigner recalled that he had 'chased' somoen in their group for a relationship. Rob also mentioned that his family were really racist so he had previously had a black girlfriend to spite them, and that he liked black women in general.<ref name="k.p.6May2019"/>
+Rob Harrison is known to have had at least one sexual relationship while undercover, with 'Maya' (pseudonym) who he met through London ISM.<ref name="mitting.3May2019">Sir John Mitting, [https://www.ucpi.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/20190307-ruling-core_participants_28-RLR_22-costs_21-final.pdf Core Participants Ruling 28 / Recognised Legal Representatives Ruling 22 / Costs of Legal Representation Ruling Awards Ruling 21], ''Undercover Policing Inquiry'', 3 May 2019 (accessed 3 May 2019).</ref> Another London ISM campaigner recalled that he had 'chased' someone in their group for a relationship. Rob also mentioned that his family were really racist so he had previously had a black girlfriend to spite them, and that he liked black women in general.<ref name="k.p.6May2019"/>
 ==Targets==
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 ===London International Solidarity Movement===
-* ''See also [[Rob_Harrison: timelines#London_ISM | London ISM timeline]]''
+* ''See also [[Rob_Harrison: timeline#London_ISM | London ISM timeline]]''
 The International Solidarity Movement, founded in 2001, is an international network which supports activists traveling to Palestine to act in solidarity with the struggles there. Left wing in orientation, it is described as having a mixed bag of politics, not aligned with any particular group or party. It espoused non-violence ethos and tactics.
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 ===No Borders London===
 [[File:No borders banner 7 October 2006 march.jpg|thumb|300px|No Borders banner on 'March for Migrant Rights', 7 October 2006, London]]
-* ''See also [[Rob_Harrison_timelines#London_No_Borders | London No Borders timeline]]''
+* ''See also [[Rob_Harrison_timeline#London_No_Borders | London No Borders timeline]]''
 The No Borders network in Europe began in 1999, with a transnational meeting in Amsterdam in December that year. The network focused on opposing immigration controls in Europe and anti-deportation campaigns, targeting those companies who profited from it, as well as series of camps and convergences across Europe and later the Americas.<ref> No Border Campaign, [http://www.tacticalmediafiles.net/campaigns/6406/No-Border-Campaign-_-Network No Border Campaign], undated (last accessed 2 March 2019)</ref>. In Europe, one of the largest of these camps was in Strasbourg, France in 2001, which UK activists cited as the inspiration for setting up groups across the UK.<ref>'Indy_mind', UK Indymedia,[https://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2002/07/36502.html No Border Camp Strasbourg]21 July 2002,(last accessed 2 March 2019)</ref><ref>Undercover Research Group, Interview with 'Jack Sheppard' (alias), 2 March 2018</ref>.
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 It is also know that he attended pre-camp organising meetings including one in Brighton<ref name="thomas.p.Sept19"/> which took place on 5 August 2007 at the Cowley Club.<ref>[http://www.nobordersnottingham.org.uk/all-articles/no-borders-camp-at-gatwick/ No Borders camp at Gatwick], ''No Borders Nottingham'', 17 July 2007 (accessed 28 September 2019).</ref>
-The camp took place 19-24 September 2007, depsite the owner of the original site pulling out of hosting it having come under pressure from police.<ref>The Gatwick No Border Camp press group, [https://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/09/381250.html The Gatwick No Border Camp forced to change location after police harassment], ''Indymedia (UK)'', 17 September 2007 (accessed 11 October 2019).</ref> Rob was due to attend but pulled out, saying he had to go to Derby to be with his mother - something considered strange at the time as it was the first mention he had made of Derby.<ref name="r.e.24Dec2018"/> However, NPOIU undercover police officer [[Marco Jacobs]], then active in No Borders South Wales, is known to have attended the camp.<ref>Stroppyoldgit, [https://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2011/01/472388.html?c=on#c264207 ‘@ @rchie’], ''Indymedia UK'', 3 February 2011 (accessed 19 January 2019).</ref>
+The camp took place 19-24 September 2007, despite the owner of the original site pulling out of hosting it having come under pressure from police.<ref>The Gatwick No Border Camp press group, [https://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/09/381250.html The Gatwick No Border Camp forced to change location after police harassment], ''Indymedia (UK)'', 17 September 2007 (accessed 11 October 2019).</ref> Rob was due to attend but pulled out, saying he had to go to Derby to be with his mother - something considered strange at the time as it was the first mention he had made of Derby.<ref name="r.e.24Dec2018"/> However, NPOIU undercover police officer [[Marco Jacobs]], then active in No Borders South Wales, is known to have attended the camp.<ref>Stroppyoldgit, [https://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2011/01/472388.html?c=on#c264207 ‘@ @rchie’], ''Indymedia UK'', 3 February 2011 (accessed 19 January 2019).</ref>
 ===State of Emergency Collective (Sack Parliament group)===
-* ''See also [[Rob_Harrison_timelines#State_of_Emergency | State of Emergency timeline]]''
+* ''See also [[Rob_Harrison_timeline#State_of_Emergency | State of Emergency timeline]]''
 State of Emergency was a London based direct action group which emerged from the anarchist milieu in mid 2006 to protest the UK's government involvement in wars. A key moment in its formation was a large meeting of the anti-war Lebanon Assembly group, from which the core of the group came together. The collective had the aim to grow anti-war protest beyond just holding large A-to-B marches, for instance through interventions during large Stop the War Coalitions protests. In late 2006 the group was better known as Sack Parliament, so named for its protest of 9 October 2006.<ref name="sp.org.13Sept06">[https://web.archive.org/web/20060913210936/http://www.sackparliament.org.uk/ SackParliament.org.uk], snapshot of website, captured by Archive.org taken 13 September 2006.</ref>
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 Among the group's actions and protests Rob is known to have been involved in are:
-* drove for Carmel Agrexco actions.<ref name="ans.i.1June2019"/><ref name="g.e.17July2019"/> One campaigner recalled he drove for a number of these blockades, transporting people, though possibly also people, and that on one such blocade he disappeared for a while to get food for the group.<ref name="Jane.p.12Oct2019"/>
+* drove for Carmel Agrexco actions.<ref name="ans.i.1June2019"/><ref name="g.e.17July2019"/> One campaigner recalled he drove for a number of these blockades, transporting people, though possibly also people, and that on one such blockade he disappeared for a while to get food for the group.<ref name="Jane.p.12Oct2019"/>
 * drove to do stenciling in Brighton as part of the campaign against the arms firm EDO MDM. He drove campaigners to other protests and actions relating to this campaign.<ref name="ans.i.1June2019"/><ref name="steve.24Oct2019"/>
 * the paint-bombing of election offices, for which Rob drove one of the groups taking part. The second group was unable to go, and Rob got very angry over their not taking part, causing a wedge between people.<ref name="fred.i.18Apr2019"/>