Algorithms, facial recognition, and tightening protest laws signal a deepening surveillance state ~ Blade Runner ~ The UK is expanding its use of predictive policing and surveillance, framing it as a response to crime, protest, and public safety. But the direction is clear: more monitoring, earlier intervention, and more control over dissent. In early April,
A winding discussion starts with China’s Deepseek and its impact on US dominance in the sphere of artificial intelligence. We then move on to Belarus, the Hungarian pursuit of anti-fascists, and the ineffectiveness of liberal governments in holding back fascism (again) before rounding off with some discussion on the fight against high speed rail in
Items discussed in this program: Valencia anger after flooding • First contact with Ocalan in almost 4 years • Trump victory and the ‘far right international’ • UK at Climate summit • AI job losses
After many iterations, tireless tweaking of prompts, and splicing with our own home-grown algorithm, we are glad to present our new AI columnist.
“The systems do have biases; it’s whether they are biases that are not allowed in the law.”
As the state doubles down on binary gender, trans resistance challenges the machinery of control from below ~ Blade Runner ~ On 16 April 2025, the UK Supreme Court ruled that the term “woman” in the Equality Act 2010 refers exclusively to so-called “biological sex”.
From destroying the environment to betraying the disabled, the government is running the same play—will people fall for it?
This year marks the 30th anniversary of the party and protest phenomenon’s first high-profile action on Camden High Street in 1995 and to mark the event, it’ll be back on May 17th ~ Anon ~ Although Reclaim The Streets (RTS) had existed in embryonic form for several years before May ’95, that action marked an
Their work in supporting anti-authoritarian armed resistance against Russian occupation has spilled over to directing aid to civilians living on the front ~ Josie Ó Súileabháin ~ “If people are tired of this war, tell them to come and join the fight.
As a new chancellor is inaugurated, German companies are preparing to increase arms production and stop relying on US protection ~ Omar Kardoudi, El Confidencial ~ The geopolitical shift in the landscape brought about by Donald Trump’s arrival in the White House has forced European countries to develop their own defence plans.
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