GUIDE TO THIS MONTH'S ARTICLES - November / December 2023
November-December 2023
Surveillance: Spying on dissent
It is so easy now for governments to spy on dissent. There is spyware that turns protesters’ phones into weapons, there are drones that watch protests from above, and there is facial recognition. They are only some of the technology taking away our rights.
In this edition, we look at the impact of state surveillance on society and movements, and how activists are fighting back.
From this magazine:
Read about the Spanish state spying on protesters in Catalan.
There are protests around the world against Israel’s attack on Gaza. Has Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu lost the support of Israel’s friends?
Israel is a leader in the growing spyware industry. Read about how Israel is making money and keeping political power by selling its spyware tested in occupied Palestine. And what are the dangers of spyware?
The Welsh town of Aberfan and the Brazilian town of Bento Rodrigues are thousands of miles apart but they both had mining disasters. Many people died. The disasters were almost 50 years apart but the two towns have the the same story to tell and now they are working together to get compensation for their lost lives and their lost homes.
In a school in Bristol, UK, children are strikng to support the children in Palestine.
Two Palestinians now living in Scotland talk about the Israeli occupation and bombing of their home country.
Big polluting countries are not cutting their CO2 emissions, they are making money from Africa’s forests.
