UKs Approach To Spotting Terrorism: You Might Be A Terrorist IfBy Michaela Whitton Prevent is one strand of Britains counter-terrorism strategy which has had various mutations since the terrorist attacks in London on July 7, 2005. The most recent and controversial addition to the widely discredited strategy has been the statutory duty placed on every local authority, educational institution, and NHS Trust plus the police and Prison Service to report those suspected of being drawn into terrorism. Sound scary? It is. As a result, multiple organizationshave formed the Together Against Prevent campaign to express their opposition to the damaging methods, which rely on a tangled web of vague definitions to allegedly counter radicalization. Earlier this week, the names of seven primary school pupils feared to be at risk of radicalisation were inadvertently revealed by an east London primary school. The names were revealed after a parent submitted a Freedom of Information request asking if certain children had been targeted. The response to that parent from the school included the line: Our project will combine a universal teaching module with a range of tools designed to ensure early intervention for any children who are felt to be vulnerable to radicalization. Child protection officials have also been criticized for warning parents that young people who take issue with government policy or question what they are told in the media may have been radicalized by extremists. A leaflet distributed by an inner-city safeguarding board as part of an anti-extremism drive lists these signs as specific to radicalization: Once a young person has been identified as being vulnerable to being drawn into terrorism, they are referred to the Channel programme. Recently released figures reveal that eight people a day are referred to the controversial programme as part of the Prevent strategy. A social care worker who works with young people with learning disabilities told Anti-Media that it is mandatory for staff within her organization to take the Channel General Awareness course. Certificates of completion of the course go on all staff files, she said. After completing the 25-minute course, the website boasts that participants should be able to explain: By using early intervention to protect and divert people away from risks of being drawn into terrorist activity, the Channel course relies on a number of highly dubious case studies to help participants identify risk factors for those vulnerable of being drawn into terrorism. The first case study is Zayn, who is becoming increasingly isolated and spends a lot of time online. The second is Geedi, who has developed them and us thinking. Callums anti-establishment views, mixed with mental health issues, show he has reasons for intent to involve himself in terrorism. If workers are merely undertaking an online 25-minute course, the alarming reportsconcerning how the Channel programme is being used and the way referrals are made come as no surprise. These reports, of course, tell us nothing of the negative qualitative effects on British families who are subjected to unwarranted intrusions into their private lives; or how the teaching, health, and caring professions are effectively becoming an arm of the security services. This article (UKs Approach To Spotting Terrorism: You Might Be A Terrorist If) is free and open source. You have permission to republish this article under a Creative Commons license with attribution to Michaela Whitton and theAntiMedia.org. Anti-Media Radio airs weeknights at 11pm Eastern/8pm Pacific. If you spot a typo, email edits@theantimedia.org. ALL this from government sponsored acts of violence as in the case of 911 and this 711 and 311(fukushima). 