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Monthly Archives: December 2011

I went to the same school as Julian Assange, but we learned different lessons

Sunday, December 18, 2011

I want to talk a little about techno-political theories of change, and outline where the paths of Julian Assange and I diverged. Although I don’t talk about it very much, I was a cypherpunk in the 1990s. I contributed a little to a software project to protect human rights workers in China. I collaborated with [...]

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Water cut off to Chinese rebel village

Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Rebel Chinese village of Wukan ‘has food for ten days’ The rebel Chinese village of Wukan, which has driven out the Communist party, has resorted to smuggling in food past a police ring of steel which has cut off its population of more than 20,000. A demonstration in the centre of Wukan village, in south [...]

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Protecting democratic protest from suppression by use of sublethal chemical weapons

Sunday, December 11, 2011

I have decided to do something to prevent the abuse of chemical weapons by police. If I was a lawyer I might sue. I’m an engineer: I design. So I am presenting a simple plan for a chemical weapons protection system which is suitable for construction by peaceful protesters. I am aware this is a [...]

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