We resent the invasion of privacy, the feeling of being watched. Yet we, the privileged ones, with our material and cultural goods, need a sense of security. Hence we consent to the constant presence of police.
Surveillance culture can be enjoyable. Cool, a satellite camera zooms in on our house. Nifty, we can take a virtual tour down our street, down any street.
But wait, all this snuggling with Mr. Surveillance, have we adopted the ways of The Powers That Be? Now we have a problem. Could there also be a police presence in our heads?
- Regulars
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Confront ‘those in power’ with compassion
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Sinner's Corner: Coffee Addiction
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Get tough on your own crime
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The pastor's wife: No one wants to steal Jesus
24 - Culturosities
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Artifacts: T-shirts with Slogans
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Subverting Police Graffiti
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Old Geezers: Dorothy Day
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Flavours of the ‘enemy’
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Cinema Politika: How to ‘screen truth to power’
19 - Cops R Us
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With everyone watching
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How to cultivate criminality
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My shoplifting experienceis fairly limited
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Our incarceration culture
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How American securitypropagated my internationalinsecurity
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Rocking the boat: A briefhistory of anti-migranthysteria in Canada
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Do we need the cops?
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Skateboards, gang beatings and trouble with the law
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Detained: Securing territories and policing for profit
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Neighbours build safer communities
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Stop and watch the cops
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Confronting the monster
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‘We’re here, we’re queer’
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But after the gig
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Confessions from a repentant trooper
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Our greatest threat
58 - Poetry
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We are trees
61 - Experiments
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Illegal Eden
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No More supermarket Produce
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Taxing the tank
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Makeshift: a year of handmade clothes
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The Sound of Silence
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Winter Cycling
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Civil Disobedience
- A dead DREAM 66
- Airport opt-out 66
- Reverend Billy arrested .?.?. again 67
- Britain’s upper-middle class students unite 68
- Work for peace. Stop paying for war 69
- School of assassins 69
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News
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Wikileaks
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Canadian flotilla raises concerns, mail
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Website responds to catcalls
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Children taught good food sense
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Park dream becomes reality
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Human rights group calls foul over police raid
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Indecent proposalThe Modesty Survey
73 - Reviews
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The Coke Machine: The Dirty Truth Behind the World’s Favourite Soft Drink
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Mobilizing Hope: Faith-Inspired Activism for a Post-Civil Rights Generation
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The Story of Stuff
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Googled: The End of the World as We Know It
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The Age of Persuasion: How Marketing Ate Our Culture
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