Loz Kaye is the former leader of Pirate Party UK. He has spoken widely on mass surveillance, digital rights and intellectual property, with appearances on the BBC, CNN and Russia Today amongst others. He's based in Manchester where he is involved in community activities - in particular fighting for green space, reclaiming heritage and empty buildings and supporting the LGBT community.
Ever since the election, the government has been promising new laws on surveillance powers. Finally the draft bill has been presented, and it has a truly staggering scope. It would allow the state to hack citizens and businesses here and abroad, intercept data in bulk, and force the keeping of all UK citizens’ communications information
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The one message from the Corbyn campaign that all the Labour leadership hopefuls should be able to agree on is that “business as usual is not enough”. After two lost General Elections clearly the Labour party – and progressive politics in general, desperately needs to find a new way to connect with the electorate. Much
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By exploiting the patent system to keep generic drugs off the market, Big Pharma makes lifesaving medicines unaffordable to many in need. In this video Tahir Amin, co-director of the Initiative for Medicines, Access, and Knowledge, explains how it works, and what his group is doing to stop it. Learn more: http://www.opensocietyfoundations.org
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In amongst all the bad headlines and social media furore a quiet revolution is underway in British politics… The aftermath of the 2015 General Election has continued to be cruel. The scrap for the Labour Leadership has engulfed British progressive politics and been played out in excruciating slow motion. On one hand we have had
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