'Go On, Get Out There, And Make It Happen': Reflections on the First Ten Years of Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty (SHAC)

Upton, Andrew

doi:10.1093/pa/gsr027

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“…This, combined with government lobbying by HLS and their wealthy allies, was a wake-up call to the British government that then introduced a series of increasingly repressive measures to deal with the SHAC campaign (Mills 2012: 51; see also Home Office 2004). Escalation of repression consisted of multiple initiatives involving the British government, the criminal justice system, tighter cooperation with and counseling of protest targets, and even international initiatives through Europol and cooperation with the FBI (see e.g., Upton 2012). Subsequently, SHAC organizers announced the dissolution of the campaign in 2014 (SHAC 2014).…”

Section: The Shac-hls Conflictmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Unintended Consequences of Escalated Repression*

Ellefsen¹

2021

Mobilization: An International Quarterly

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This article examines the unpredictable consequences of escalated repression on the dynamics of contention. By examining sequences of interactions among contenders in the course of one conflict, analysis traces pathways through which the escalation of repression impacts activists and protest targets in ways that seemingly go against the intentions of repressive agents. Three types of outcomes of repression are identified: a worse situation for protest targets; triggered radicalization; and a “chilling effect” on lawful protest. This article contributes by demonstrating a temporally sensitive approach that traces how certain pathways combine to produce these unintended outcomes. The empirical case studied is the life cycle (1999–2014) of the British conflict between the Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty animal rights campaign and the Huntingdon Life Sciences corporation, which also involved the government, criminal justice agencies, and private businesses.

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Section: The Shac-hls Conflictmentioning

confidence: 99%