[ssf] no 2 id meetings

[zerosevenfour two]

Everyone knows about the danger: not the seemingly harmless bit of plastic 
in
your wallet –but a massive and intrusive database that fundamentally changes
the nature of UK Citizenship.

Generic media the ID card Bill -

Generic media the "serious organized" crimes Bill -

The ID card and National identity register are not the Government's only 
tools.
There are other supplementary Bills, like the Serious Organised Crime and
Agency Bill.

If both bills are approved (that's why we have to act NOW), then it will be
possible for anyone to be fingerprinted without consent.

You can find the Bill here, in whichever format you prefer:
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200405/cmbills/008/2005008.htm

And the list of amendments here (link to successive pages at the bottom of
each):
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200405/cmbills/008/amend/cmam008.htm

The legislation referred to in the article from the Independent is contained 
in
the Serious Organised Crimes and Police bill, which is going to call for the
construction of the Serious Organised Crimes Agency.

This is widely referred to as the UK version of the USAs FBI.

Now, this bill, in the follow quoted section, contains law that will make it
possible for police to fingerprint anyone they cannot otherwise ID, even if
they are not under arrest or anything;

108 Fingerprints
A constable may take a person’s fingerprints without the appropriate
consent if—
(a) the constable reasonably suspects that the person is committing
or attempting to commit an offence, or has committed or
attempted to commit an offence; and
(b) either of the two conditions mentioned in subsection (6B) is met.
(6B) The conditions are that—
(a) the name of the person is unknown to, and cannot be readily
ascertained by, the constable;
(b) the constable has reasonable grounds for doubting whether a
name furnished by the person as his name is his real name.

The bill, just before the part above, also allows the photographs or video 
clips
to be taken of anyone contain within the above categories, not just by 
police,
but also now by the army of CSOs that patrol our streets.

All of this new technology is available to the police now, because they have
just recently completed the transition to the new TETRA digital radio system
(instead of the older analogue radios), which allow for the transmission of
data along side voice comms.

When viewed alongside the Identity card bill, this is a meaningful 
development,
as the ID bill allows the government (the home secretary really) to allow
anyone they choose to have access to the information contained within in -
information which obviously includes, or will include eventually, the
fingerprints and iris scan of everyone in the country.

The key thing to remember is that the prints taken on the road side will not 
be
added to the database - it's only to check ID on the spot...

However, it is another candid display of the governments desire for a police
state-like country where everybody has a file that is centrally stored, and
anyone can be fingerprinted and the like on demand.

Sadly, it tells us more about their authoritarian tendencies to control and
know, than about their wanting to defend out freedoms.

Join your Sheffield local campaign:

sheffield at no2id.net

Web page under construction.
Links:
http://www.no2id.net/
http://wiki.sheffieldsocialforum.org.uk/
http://www.defy-id.org.uk/
http://www.riseup.net/

There is a meeting which is open to all based upon seeds for change format: 
This
will take place from 6pm at new roots cafe, Burngreave Thursday Feb 10th 05: 
The
G8 Justice and Home Affairs ministers are having a mini-summit in Sheffield,
(http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/regions/sheffield/2005/01/304469.html) June
15th - 18th. Already groups across Sheffield are planning actions and events
for this date: If you want to be part of the growing network of people who 
are
not 4 the g8/id cards, desire to be part of an ad-hoc group of non organised
non hierarchical people then join the urbanparanoia elist email:
no2idsheffield at riseup.net

ID cards are a "poll tax" upon all: Our time is not to be passive but 
active:
also goto  http://www.defy-id.org.uk/greasypalms.htm you will note some of
those who will profit from this are based right here in sheffield: Over the
next few weeks we aim to hit them hard: Come to meeting to get involved:

0742
http://urbanparanoia.co.uk/g8

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