The spying was part of a covert, illegal national anti-radical program initiated by the FBI ~ Peter Werbe ~ “To be GOVERNED is to be watched, ins…
Files on the Fifth Estate
Tag: State surveillance
A wall of electronic eyes replacing human feeling
We’re caught in a lose-lose situation in the modern media world: refusal lessens our reach, engaging sets us up as targets ~ Rob Ray ~ A couple o…
Freedom winter 2025-6: Watched, databased, yet to be controlled
Editorial from our new journal issue on Surveillance exploring states’ ambitions to constrain and refuse our freedom – and ways to fight ba…
Police install a spy camera at a Barcelona squat
As disseminated by the group Ègida -Defensa Collectiva Anarquista, the video surveillance team focused directly on the squat door, which is why th…
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Starmer’s downfall – long time coming yet inevitable
The outgoing PM is a textbook example of a public figure who jettisoned principles in the search for power ~ Paul Gravett ~ The revolving door of U…
EU votes to speed up deportations
Removal of undocumented people becomes easier as far-right international continues to rise ~ Blade Runner ~ An alliance of centre-right and far-rig…
Notes from the US: Sadistic idiocy
MAGA apologists square multiple circles just in order to ‘live with themselves’ ~ Louis Further ~ A new study by members of the School …
Dissident Russian artist murdered in Poland
Assassination of Semyon Skrepetsky is a threatening message to the entire Russian opposition in Europe ~ Nikita Ivansky ~ Bashkir artist Semyon Skr…
Lament for a lost revolution
A century since the General Strike of 1926 ~ punkacademic ~ In the opening week of May 1926, Britain had its first, last, and only General Strike.
