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Moscow on the eve of the presidential election

Rustem Adagamov, writing under the name Drugoi, is Russia’s most popular political blogger. At one time a fan of President Medvedev, who appeared to embrace the Russian internet and its young, dynamic class of active users, Adagamov was brought into the Kremlin fold and given access to cover impor

By Rustem Adagamov

/ 1 Mar 2012

Project_ID: Who’s bugging the Russian opposition?

The 2011-12 election cycle has seen the full catalogue of dirty surveillance tricks return to Russian politics, from covert video recording to phone hacking of opposition leaders. Most have pointed the finger of suspicion directly at the door of the FSB. In reality, any one of a number of agencies

By Irina Borogan and Andrei Soldatov

/ 24 Feb 2012

'An excess of democracy'

Occupy and the direct action movements of today have much in common with the radical movements of the 1960s/70s. Can the new generation move beyond the successes and failures of the past, to develop an alternative political economy?

By Hilary Wainwright

/ 24 Feb 2012

Regeneration: the launch of a new collection on intergenerational justice

A new collection of essays on intergenerational justice was launched in London with an open debate. Is the generational prism useful, and what are the distinctive challenges for the young?

By Niki Seth-Smith

/ 24 Feb 2012

Subterranean politics and the European debate

Subterranean European politics draws on a new meaning of Europe already visible in cross-border citizens’ mobilisations, civil society networks, trade union struggles; it has now to shape Europe’s politics and policy-making.

By Rosemary Bechler

/ 23 Feb 2012

Netwar 2.0: the convergence of streets and networks

To the extent to which we are not witnessing a clash between two capitalisms but a process of reconfiguration realized through the hegemony of finance, information and circulation, the only way to change the current situation is through the autonomous organization of the multitude’s living labour

By Giorgio Griziotti, Tiziana Terranova and Dario Lovaglio

/ 23 Feb 2012

Localism and the web: a new era for England's democracy?

Local English democracy may look endangered, but new technologies are revolutionising the way we perceive our communities and take collective decisions.

By Gavin Barker

/ 10 Feb 2012

Whose network?

Reflections on Paul Mason's new book, 'Why It's Kicking Off Everywhere'.

By James Butler

/ 10 Feb 2012

‘Epic Win’ for Anonymous? Hacktivism and the 99%

The Anonymous 'V for Vendetta' mask is an icon of the Occupy movement. But how does this band of deviant web pirates fit with the Occupiers ethics of responsibility, transparency and democracy? Cole Stryker's new book goes some way to deconstruct the generalisations.

By Jamie Mackay

/ 2 Feb 2012

Jimmy Wales or Kim Dotcom - is anti-SOPA about fundamental principles or competing commercial interests?

In this podcast, Tony Curzon Price talks to Albert Wenger, partner at Union Square Ventures, the venture capital fund behind a lot of the most innovative and visible web companies of today, to try to understand: is anti-SOPA activism more about principle or about the competing interests of big Tec

By Tony Curzon Price and Albert Wenger

/ 28 Jan 2012

One to Another: the Occupy movement challenges the media

The Occupy movement challenges the deflection tactics of current media circumambulations: social media and sheer numbers will eventually triumph over the current status quo.

By John Wilson

/ 23 Jan 2012

Is new US pro-copyright Internet legislation the Trojan horse of a controlling state?

SOPA - the US's Stop Online Piracy Act - proposes to shift the balance of online power from technology and platform providers to traditional copyright holders. The dangers of this move are that it will limit innovation, silence free speech and put in place the machinery that is needed to censor th

By Joichi Ito and Ethan Zuckerman

/ 15 Jan 2012