‘Shrewsbury Pickets, Political Policing and the State’ - event video now online

On 31 March 2021 PILC brought together a panel of speakers for an online discussion following the historic court victory of the Shrewsbury 24.

A recording of this online discussion, featuring footage of the controversial documentary The Red Under The Bed, is now available to watch:

https://youtu.be/srzSteIADaU

The event featured the following speakers:

Saskia O’Hara (Public Interest Law Centre, host)

Annabel Timan + Piers Marquis (barristers from Doughty Street Chambers)

John McDonnell (Labour MP)

Dave Smith (Blacklist Support Group)

Ricky Tomlinson (Shrewsbury picket and jailed trade unionist)

More than 300 people watched the meeting live online.