Guy Aitchison is a Lecturer in Politics and International Studies at Loughborough University. He is a political theorist with interests in human rights, political resistance and migration. You can follow him @GuyAitchison.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKDigital rights and freedoms: Part 1
Under the rubric of state security on the one hand and commercial openness on the other, we are being lulled into an...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKDigital rights and freedoms: Part 2
More than rights, a set of guiding principles is needed to counterpose to the reigning ideals of ‘security’,...
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Published in: HomeHow capitalism is turning the internet against democracy, and how to turn it back
As capitalist corporations have come to dominate the internet, is it possible to fulfil the genuine democratic...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKVideo, Up The Anti : Reclaiming the future - lessons of protest
A collection of speakers from an Up the anti conference discuss lessons to be learnt from the return of mass...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKReclaiming 'common sense': new pamphlet is a rallying cry to the 99%
"This year will either see us create a new, more plausible, basis for our shared life, or settle back into the old,...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKReflections on Britain's student movement
This exchange revisits the student movement that erupted in Britain over the winter of 2010-2011. It produced a new...