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Life sentence

Life sentence

In the last of our series celebrating NI at 50, Debbie Taylor argues that women are imprisoned by domestic work.

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Towards a post-capitalist internet

Pervasive surveillance is Big Tech’s bread and butter. To break free, we must build a new World Wide Web beyond capitalism, argues Juan Ortiz Freuler.

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Protest spy tech

Protest spy tech

Your counter-surveillance guide.

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Opposite Page: A visualization of the Skid Row neighbourhood in downtown Los Angeles, one of the most heavily policed areas in the US.

Overwatched and underserved

In Los Angeles, a group of activists are standing up against police surveillance of their neighbourhoods. Bethany Rielly speaks to Hamid Khan and Matyos Kidane of the Stop LAPD Spying Coalition about what it means to take on one of the US’s most powerful forces.

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A demonstration in New York City, US, in support of Amazon workers at the Bessemer Warehouse in Alabama, in February 2021. Staff alleged the retail giant was employing union busting tactics including surveilling and interfering with the election process during a union drive by workers. Photo: Ben Von Klemperer/Shutterstock

Under Amazon’s eyes

Taj Ali explores how the retail titan has turned its dystopian systems of surveillance onto striking workers.

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Palestinian men scroll on their smartphones outside a store in Gaza City. The captive population is a ‘testing ground’ for Israel to develop surveillance tools it then exports to repressive regimes around the world. Photo: Ibraheem Abu Mustafa/Reuters

Spy games

Israel is at the forefront of the booming spyware industry that threatens human rights, press freedom and democracy worldwide. Antony Loewenstein examines spyware’s role in Israel’s occupation of Palestine, and why governments are failing to reign in its insidious spread.

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Anti-coup protesters confront police in Yangon, Myanmar, after the junta took over the country in February 2021. Photo: Xiao Long/Alamy

360° repression

Since seizing power in 2021, Myanmar’s military junta has expanded its use of surveillance to hunt down and jail its critics. Preeti Jha reports on the methods it employs and how anti-coup activists are adapting to the shrinking space for dissent.

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Action & info

Action & info

Action, and further reading on surveillance.

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A protester faces off with riot police at an attempted eviction of an occupied building in the Poble Sec neighbourhood of Barcelona. In recent years it’s been revealed that undercover officers in the Spanish National Corps infiltrated several activist groups in the city, including housing rights. One took part in at least four anti-eviction protests during his deployment. Photo: Pau de la Calle/NurPhoto/Alamy

Spies, damned spies

Bethany Rielly explores the chilling impact of the Spanish state’s intrusive surveillance tactics against Catalan civil society. Is there a chance of justice?

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Mixed Media: Music

Mixed Media: Music

The Book of the Sediments; Cloud horizons.

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Mixed Media: Books

Mixed Media: Books

Bluebeard’s Castle; Traces of Enayat; Austria Behind the Mask; Standing Heavy; To the Lighthouse.

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 Illustration: Andy Carter

What if...

We were not socialized to be monogamous? Bethany Rielly asks us to end our judgements over multiple partners.

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 Illustration: Emma Peer

Agony Uncle

Ethical and political dilemmas abound these days. This month: Gentrification.

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Life sentence

In the last of our series celebrating NI at 50, Debbie Taylor argues that women are imprisoned by domestic work.

Debbie Taylor November, 2023 546 Buy
Towards a post-capitalist internet

Pervasive surveillance is Big Tech’s bread and butter. To break free, we must build a new World Wide Web beyond capitalism, argues Juan Ortiz Freuler.

Juan Ortiz Freuler November, 2023 546 Buy
Protest spy tech

Your counter-surveillance guide.

November, 2023 546 Buy
Overwatched and underserved

In Los Angeles, a group of activists are standing up against police surveillance of their neighbourhoods. Bethany Rielly speaks to Hamid Khan and Matyos Kidane of the Stop LAPD Spying Coalition about what it means to take on one of the US’s most powerful forces.

Bethany Rielly November, 2023 546 Buy
Under Amazon’s eyes

Taj Ali explores how the retail titan has turned its dystopian systems of surveillance onto striking workers.

Taj Ali November, 2023 546 Buy
Spy games

Israel is at the forefront of the booming spyware industry that threatens human rights, press freedom and democracy worldwide. Antony Loewenstein examines spyware’s role in Israel’s occupation of Palestine, and why governments are failing to reign in its insidious spread.

Antony Loewenstein November, 2023 546 Buy
360° repression

Since seizing power in 2021, Myanmar’s military junta has expanded its use of surveillance to hunt down and jail its critics. Preeti Jha reports on the methods it employs and how anti-coup activists are adapting to the shrinking space for dissent.

Preeti Jha November, 2023 546 Buy
Action & info

Action, and further reading on surveillance.

November, 2023 546 Buy
Spies, damned spies

Bethany Rielly explores the chilling impact of the Spanish state’s intrusive surveillance tactics against Catalan civil society. Is there a chance of justice?

Bethany Rielly November, 2023 546 Buy
Spotlight: Roger Ballen

Words by Subi Shah.

Subi Shah September, 2023 545 Buy
Mixed Media: Music

The Book of the Sediments; Cloud horizons.

Louise Gray September, 2023 545 Read
Mixed Media: Film

Brother; Our river...our sky.

Malcolm Lewis September, 2023 545 Buy
Mixed Media: Books

Bluebeard’s Castle; Traces of Enayat; Austria Behind the Mask; Standing Heavy; To the Lighthouse.

Conrad Landin September, 2023 545 Buy
What if...

We were not socialized to be monogamous? Bethany Rielly asks us to end our judgements over multiple partners.

Bethany Rielly September, 2023 545 Buy
Agony Uncle

Ethical and political dilemmas abound these days. This month: Gentrification.

September, 2023 545 Buy