Police on horseback charge demonstrators against the Vietnam War, Grosvenor Square, 17 March 1968. 1968 was a time of tumult around the world. Political dissent was brewing to a boil in Paris, Mexico City, Berlin and beyond. The civil rights movement, and latterly opposition to the Vietnam War, had brought a new wave of confrontation to the streets of America and the screens of the world. The war, already p.

News and comment on law and policy, from a liberal and critical perspective. Please enter your email address to receive notifications of new stuff by me here and elsewhere. Brexit and the contest between process and publicity.

The Web and the problem of the examined life. Why is the rule of law so important? A legitimate president knows Hypocrisy is the homage that vice pays to virtue. Billionaire Backer Dumps Breitbart Because of Milo.

What is a regime? August 13, 2015. He explained that regime means the following. The institutions shape our lives more than we realize. Popular media shapes our character as much as the laws do. How the regime is founded determines a large part of its nature. Through the prerogative the Crown acts with arbitrary po.

Investigating political policing, spying on activists and undermining of dissent. Aims to create an one-stop resource on political policing and undercover surveillance. This blog discusses the undermining of protest and dissent, to support others holding those responsible to account.

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