Liberties
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Curb the surveillance state! Email your MP!
On Wednesday, Home Secretary Theresa May is expected to introduce new ‘snooping’ laws. But she knows she’ll only get them through if enough MPs support them. A growing number of MPs from all political parties are starting to speak out against her plans. If enough of us email our MPs in the next 24 hours,… Continue reading
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Statement by English PEN and Index on Censorship on the government’s counter-extremism strategy
In its new strategy, the government is proposing measures that may criminalise legitimate speech and shrink the space for open debate throughout society. The UK already has legislation dealing with criminal offences in this category, including the Terrorism Act and the Public Order Act, and there is no need for new laws that may seriously… Continue reading
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The Trade Union Bill is an attack on the NHS, our services, and all that it means to be British By Caroline Molloy
Tonight, David Cameron attempts to drive through a bill which will make it ‘close to impossible’ for trade unions to take any lawful industrial action. Senior Tory MP David Davis this weekend complained that parts of the Trade Union Bill (which gets its second reading this evening) resemble something General Franco would have come up… Continue reading
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UK Government cover up
Cover ups. Government scandals. Most have been exposed using Freedom of Information laws designed to keep democracy open. But now ministers are plotting to stifle these laws. Freedom of Information exposed the MPs’ expenses crisis. Unless there’s a huge public outcry against the government’s plans, our right to know what they’re up to could be… Continue reading
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Thousands barred from public spaces; latest council bans; checking the checks; outdoor smoking bans; and more…
18 June 2015 — Manifesto Club BRIEFING DOCUMENT – DISPERSAL POWERS USED AGAINST PROTESTERS AND HOMELESS Our Campaign Against the ASB Act briefing document exposes how police forces are using new powers to bar people from public spaces. Dispersal powers have been invoked at public events including bonfire night and Christmas lights switch-on, and used against Continue reading
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Defend the Human Rights Act!
David Cameron wants us to think that everyone agrees with his plan to scrap the Human Rights Act. But only 24% of us actually voted for his government. Unbelievably, he’s trying to abolish the law which gives us the right not to be tortured, the right to a fair trial and the right to an… Continue reading
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NHS Care.data soon to become active
Care.data – the scheme that would give our personal medical data to private companies. It’s being rolled out in just a few weeks’ time. But 92% of 38 Degrees members think we should get the scheme stopped until we can make sure our health data won’t end up in private hands. Continue reading
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The UK Gagging Law is now in Force
The gagging law is now in force. Whether you’re new to 38 Degrees, or were part of the fight against the law, it’s going to affect us all. So, I wanted to give you an update about what it means for 38 Degrees in the coming months. Continue reading
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Abandoning the Human Rights Act UK. Counterstrike and Replacement By Binoy Kampmark
The Human Rights Act (1998) is deemed insidious in a range of ways. It supposedly clips sovereignty by slipping European law into the lives of British citizens. It stands guard over British officials. For that reason, the British conservatives are advocating the British Bill of Rights and Responsibilities as both counter strike and replacement. The… Continue reading
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The Tories attack the Human Rights Act!
Today the Conservatives unleashed their long-awaited plans to repeal our Human Rights Act and replace it with a so-called “British Bill of Rights”. The proposals are legal nonsense, politically provocative and designed to put us on a collision course with the Court of Human Rights. Continue reading
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Every Internet user in the UK can be spied on without a warrant By Robert Stevens
The UK government has acknowledged that every UK citizen who uses Google and accesses web site services Facebook, Twitter and YouTube, can be monitored, under existing legislation, by the security services. Continue reading
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On being a domestic extremist By Kirsty Styles
I’m not sure how long I’ve been a domestic extremist, or even whether I really am. But if my name has made it onto Scotland Yard’s list, I’ll be there alongside Green peer and London Assembly member Jenny Jones. And no doubt the information compiled about me would be nothing a seven-year-old couldn’t find in… Continue reading
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TOR is ’90 per cent of the net’ claims City of London Police Commish – and he’s dead wrong By Richard Chirgwin
I can’t tell you whether Leppard said “BitTorrent” and was mis-transcribed, or whether he slipped, but I’d like to address the assertion that TOR – The Onion Router – is “90 per cent of the Internet”. It’s a piece of silly scare-mongering, and would be laughable except that numbers like this are being used to… Continue reading
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Here’s how we Reset the Net
Yesterday was unbelievable. Together, we as everyday Internet users harnessed the power of the largest websites on earth and launched the biggest effort in human history to shut down mass surveillance on the web. Continue reading
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Reset the Net! Update 5 June 2014
Just today, we received a very special message from Edward Snowden himself. All of us at Fight for the Future are humbled, knowing that our huge victories this year mobilizing against government surveillance would not have been possible without him risking everything to expose the abuses of the worlds’ most powerful governments. Continue reading
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Don’t ask for your privacy. Take it back
A few weeks ago we organized a game-changing encampment at the FCC that helped put REAL net neutrality back on the table, even as corporate lobbyists are pulling out all the stops to kill it. You need to see it for yourself. Click here to get the full story on how we took on the… Continue reading
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Barnardo’s and G4S, partners in the child detention business By Frances Webber
Four years ago the coalition government promised to end child detention for immigration purposes. But they didn’t. Instead, the UK’s biggest children’s charity and security giant G4S created a prettier prison. Continue reading
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What does mass surveillance do to Human Rights? By Elspeth Guild 12 May 2014
Where such mass, weakly targeted surveillance techniques have been used in Europe, the Human Rights Court has found them inconsistent with the right to respect for privacy. Mass surveillance is by definition arbitrary. Continue reading
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The criminalisation of political opposition in America By Patrick Martin
“While the current rash of anti-democratic measures largely targets non-citizens, mainly of Middle-Eastern descent, they constitute a fundamental attack on the basic rights of the entire population. These attacks will be extended to American citizens, especially those who oppose the government’s policies, sooner rather than later.” Continue reading
The New Dark Age 