Tag Archives: state security services

Students and researchers beware

Targeting Muslims under anti-terror laws freezes intellectual enquiry and needs to be opposed by all radicals, oppositionalists, and leftwingers, urges Michael Copestake (first published in the Weekly Worker) Running in parallel with the government’s revamped ‘Prevent’ strategy for managing parts of the British Muslim community through its religious and community organisations (under ...

The pros and cons of internet power

James Turley looks at the role of new media in politics One of the more curious features of the western media coverage of the recent events in Iran has been the prominence given to social networking websites. In particular, Twitter - which allows users to easily distribute short and typically frivolous messages to those who sign up ...