Today's quick reads
Three articles selected for you today from New Internationalist magazine.
‘I’ve painted the hallway red’
Activists in Brazil are taking on the housing crisis through mass-occupations. Richard Matoušek reports from São Paulo on how the formidable movement is building popular power to provide secure homes.
Will new laws tame the tech giants?
513 - June, 2018
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The backlash against social media titans is in full swing. But are moves to bring them to heel, including new privacy laws, appropriate? Mike Morel investigates.
No room for dissidents
Georgia was once hailed as a ‘beacon of democracy’ by Western powers, but geopolitics and economic interests have taken priority over human rights, writes Onnik Krikorian.
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