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Authoritarian Britain is made freer by the EU

Published on: 31 May 2016

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The idea that the EU undermines English liberty is nonsense: it has helped curtail the British state's repressive...
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Climate activists and blacklisted workers face the same struggle against surveillance

Published on: 31 May 2016

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The climate movement and trades union movement need to come together to stop repressive corporate/state spying.
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Undigested Snowden

Published on: 31 May 2016

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These pieces of research indicate a pattern of behavioural change that dampens dissent and resistance to overbearing...
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Has a generation of activists given in to surveillance?

Published on: 24 May 2016

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Reflections after months poring over interviews with activists about surveillance.
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Published on: 23 May 2016

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St Andrews University and openDemocracy interviewed 25 activists, and surveyed more than a hundred, about the...

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