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Activists & The Surveillance State, Glasgow

Lecture Theatre 718, Adam Smith Building Bute Gardens, University of Glasgow, Glasgow

Activists vs the surveillance state: Learning from Repression What can activists learn from each other across generations, communities, struggles and countries about state security practices, about the interests that they protect, and from the resistance of activists and movements being spied upon? Drawing from a new collection edited by Aziz Choudry, with contributions from/on Aotearoa/New […]

Blacklisted Workers: 10 Years & No Justice, London

Committee Room 10, House of Commons Westminster, London

It's ten years since the Information Commissioers Office raided an obscure company, the Consulting Association, and uncovered a major scandal. More than 3,000 people were on a secret illegal construction industry blacklist. Those who'd organised trade unions, complained about unpaid wages or taken action to try to get overdue wages were on the list. Many […]

Activists & The Surveillance State, Brighton

University of Sussex Room 333, Arts C, University of Sussex, Brighton

Past Struggles, Present Realities, Future Victories? Social movement learning and knowledge production Aziz Choudry on the new book he edited, Activists and the Surveillance State: Learning From Repression. The use of secret police and security agencies to disrupt and undermine political opposition to the prevailing social political and economic order has a long history. Many […]