Editing WOMBLES (section)

== In the media ==
{{external media |audio1=[http://anarchistinterviews.podomatic.com/entry/2009-01-31T09_21_49-08_00/ Interview with a member of the WOMBLES]}}

The WOMBLES quickly became a personification of the anti-capitalist and [[anti-globalisation]] movements for the mainstream media of the United Kingdom. The ''[[Evening Standard]]'' decided to 'infiltrate' the WOMBLES before the 2001,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-935389-prepare-for-may-day-madness.do |title=Prepare for May Day madness &#124; News |website=www.thisislondon.co.uk |access-date=5 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605062853/http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-935389-prepare-for-may-day-madness.do |archive-date=5 June 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref> 2002<ref name="HQ" /> and 2003<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-4646991-underground-with-the-wombles.do |title=Underground with the Wombles &#124; News |website=www.thisislondon.co.uk |access-date=5 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605063000/http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-4646991-underground-with-the-wombles.do |archive-date=5 June 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Mayday protests in London. Individuals were identified as leaders and followed around by police and journalists at demonstrations.<ref name="Rosser">{{cite news |last1=Rosser |first1=Nigel |title=The timid child who rebelled |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/the-timid-child-who-rebelled-6300420.html |access-date=24 November 2019 |work=Evening Standard |date=2 May 2002 |archive-date=28 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220128071442/https://www.standard.co.uk/hp/front/the-timid-child-who-rebelled-6300420.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

Even after the WOMBLES had ceased to organise large scale demonstrations, the media continued to use their name as shorthand for a notorious group of anarchists. The WOMBLES were said to be organising against the G20 in 2009 according to the ''[[Daily Mirror|Mirror]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/sunday-mirror/2009/03/29/anarchy-back-in-the-uk-115875-21236624/|title=Anarchy back in the UK|website=[[Daily Mirror]]|access-date=15 October 2018|archive-date=5 June 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605012952/http://www.mirror.co.uk/sunday-mirror/2009/03/29/anarchy-back-in-the-uk-115875-21236624/|url-status=live}}</ref>