Geography in the HoC
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200607/cmhansrd/cm061123/debindx/61123-x.htm
On Thu, 23 Nov 2006, Duncan Fuller wrote:
> You 'public geographers' you. Or are you...?!
>
> Good stuff.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: A forum for critical and radical geographers
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of D F J Wood
> Sent: 23 November 2006 12:45
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: A student being repeatedly shot with a stun gun by UCLA police
>
> You might also all want to read our 'Report on the Surveillance Society'
> for the UK Information Commissioner which came out recently...
>
> http://www.ico.gov.uk/about_us/news_and_views/current_topics/Surveillanc
> e_society_report.aspx
>
> David.
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> Dr David Murakami Wood
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> School of Architecture Planning and Landscape
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: A forum for critical and radical geographers
>> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Jon Cloke
>> Sent: 23 November 2006 12:36
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: A student being repeatedly shot with a stun gun
>> by UCLA police
>>
>>
>> Absolutely. As a consequence of which, as the founding member
>> of Leicester
>> No2ID I would urgently recommend those of you of an activist
>> bent (which
>> should really be all of you) in the UK to get in contact with
>> your local
>> No2ID group (which you can find by locating it at
>> www.No2ID.net) and joining
>> up forthwith.. time to stand up and be counted whilst the
>> counting's still
>> to be done.
>>
>> Jon Cloke
>> Newcastle University
>>
>>
>> From: Sam Kinsley <[log in to unmask]>
>> Reply-To: Sam Kinsley <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: A student being repeatedly shot with a stun gun
>> by UCLA police
>> Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2006 12:42:25 +0000
>>
>> Thank you Jon for highlighting this appalling case. Given the
>> move towards a more authoritarian approach to policing &
>> criminal justice readers of this list might be interested in
>> Henry Porter's timely documentary 'Suspect Nation' which will
>> be aired on the More4 channel this evening:
>>
>> "Since Tony Blair's New Labour government came to power in
>> 1997, the UK civil liberties landscape has changed
>> dramatically. ASBOs were introduced by Section 1 of the Crime
>> and Disorder Act 1998 and first used in 1999. The right to
>> remain silent is no longer universal. Our right to privacy,
>> free from interception of communications has been severely
>> curtailed. The ability to travel without surveillance (or
>> those details of our journeys being retained) has disappeared.
>>
>> "Indeed, as Henry Porter (the Observer journalist famous for
>> his recent email clash with Tony Blair over the paring down of
>> civil liberties) reveals in this unsettling film, our
>> movements are being watched, and recorded, more than ever before."
>>
>> http://www.channel4.com/more4/documentaries/doc-feature.jsp?id=107
>>
>> -------------------------------
>> Sam Kinsley
>> School of Geographical Sciences
>> University of Bristol
>>
>> On 19/11/06 12:37, jon swords wrote:
>>> That is sickening.
>>>
>>> UCLA have announced a full investigation:
>>> http://www.ucla.edu/bulletin/powell-incident.html
>>>
>>> Jon
>>>
>>>> From: Jon Cloke
>>>> Subject: A student being repeatedly shot with a stun gun by UCLA
>>>> police
>>>> Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2006 18:21:11 +0000
>>>>
>>>> Here's a brief taste of life under King George, especially for our
>>>> friends
>>>> over the pond..
>>>>
>>>> http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/november2006/161106tortu
> redid.htm
>>>
>>> Jon Cloke
>>> Newcastle University
>
>
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