The Empire Strikes Back. Across the globe governments are using terrorism laws to prosecute protesters. Decca Muldowney traces the practice back to its colonial origins, and considers the future consequences for activism.
The Sotos are unlikely terrorists.
A couple with three children, Elizabeth and Ines Soto lived in the Dallas-Fort Worth area of Texas in the United States, where they printed anarchist zines in their garage on an office printer, using a paper cutter and book binder to put them together. They hosted stalls at zine fairs, selling titles such as ‘Plant Propagation for the People’ and were members of a local leftwing book club named after the twentieth century anarcho-feminist thinker Emma Goldman.
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