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Laurie Penny

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Laurie Penny

Laurie Penny, a writer, journalist and activist from London, writes regularly for The New Statesman and the Independent. She is the author of Penny Red: Notes From the New Age of Dissent.


Articles

News and Features

At Zuccotti Park, Police Protect the One Percent (Occupy Wall Street, Police Brutality)

Attacks on peaceful protesters rarely make the police or government look anything but weak and cowardly.

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The Occupy Movement From Liberty to London (Movements, Occupy Wall Street, Social Justice, Activism, Global Justice Movement, Economy, Society, World)

Visiting occupations in New York, Madrid, London and beyond, one finds almost eerie similarities, but also important differences.

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Cyberactivism From Egypt to Occupy Wall Street (Occupy Wall Street, Internet and New Media, World)

The battle for the Internet has politicized prankster cybercollectives like Anonymous--and now authorities are cracking down.

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Blogs

How The Disabled Were Dehumanized
Press coverage of a young man thrown out of his wheelchair during the UK student protests suggests that "real" disabled people...
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Update From the UK Student Protests: Police Beat Protesters Trapped in Parliament Square Kettle
The supposed heart of British democracy has become a searing wound of rage and retribution.
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Police Detained UK Student Protesters En Masse: A Firsthand Account
Take a protest, toss in hundreds of police officers with riot shields, then block the protesters into an area of open space with no toilets...
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Inside the Millbank Tower Riots
"This is scary but not as scary as what's happening to our future."
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