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CONTENTS THE BIG STORY SPYING ON DISSENT / R E U T E R S I R C O H E N A M 15 Spies, damned spies How far are states willing to go to spy on dissent? Bethany Rielly explores Catalonia’s murky world of police infiltrators and spyware to find out. 21 360° repression Myanmar’s military junta is expanding its sinister systems of surveillance, but anti-coup activists are adapting to the shrinking space for dissent. Preeti Jha reports. 24 Spy games Antony Loewenstein looks at Israel’s role in the insidious spread of dangerous spyware tools across the world. 28 Under Amazon’s eyes Taj Ali explores how the retail titan’s dystopian systems of surveillance watch workers on the assembly line and picket line. 31 Q&A: Overwatched and underserved Bethany Rielly speaks to Hamid Khan and Matyos Kidane of the Stop LAPD Spying Coalition on how they’re taking on police surveillance of their neighbourhoods. 34 Protest spy tech Police have an eye-watering arsenal of high-tech tools to spy on protests. We spoke to privacy campaigners to gather some top tips on how you can protect your devices and anonymity. A visualization by David Senior. 36 Towards a post-capitalist internet Big Tech’s model of surveillance is baked into today’s internet. Juan Ortiz Freuler makes the case for a new world wide web beyond capitalism. 4 CURRENTS Stories making the news   8 Democracy in the ‘coup belt ’ Plus: Borderlines   9 Introducing: Bernardo Arévalo Plus: Seriously? 10 UK spreads digital censorship Outcry over old growth logging in Tasmania Plus: Inequality Watch Plus: Sign of the Times 11 Prohibition emissions 12 Mega-development imperils uncontacted tribe in India Plus: Open Window 13 Down and out in Argentina Plus: Reasons to be cheerful REGULARS   6 Letters   7 Letter from La Muyuna Stephanie Boyd searches for the spirit world beneath the Amazon river. 40 Country Profile: Bermuda I B R A R Y/A L A M Y I C T U R E L N AT U R E P 42 Cartoon History: The Algerian War of Independence ILYA charts the long ‘dirty war’ that left Algeria finally free of French rule, but at what cost? 51 Temperature Check Danny Chivers reports on how the people of Ecuador took down the oil giants. 57 Southern Exposure Asmaa Waguih gets an enchanting shot of a whirling dervish in Old Cairo. 72 Hall of Infamy – Ren Zhengfei Who needs workers’ rights when you can bask in the genius of Huawei’s multi-millionaire CEO? NEW INTERNATIONALIST
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CONTENTS

THE BIG STORY

SPYING ON DISSENT

/ R E U T E R S

I R C O H E N

A M

15 Spies, damned spies

How far are states willing to go to spy on dissent? Bethany Rielly explores Catalonia’s murky world of police infiltrators and spyware to find out.

21 360° repression

Myanmar’s military junta is expanding its sinister systems of surveillance, but anti-coup activists are adapting to the shrinking space for dissent. Preeti Jha reports.

24 Spy games

Antony Loewenstein looks at Israel’s role in the insidious spread of dangerous spyware tools across the world.

28 Under Amazon’s eyes

Taj Ali explores how the retail titan’s dystopian systems of surveillance watch workers on the assembly line and picket line.

31 Q&A: Overwatched and underserved

Bethany Rielly speaks to Hamid Khan and Matyos Kidane of the Stop LAPD Spying Coalition on how they’re taking on police surveillance of their neighbourhoods.

34 Protest spy tech

Police have an eye-watering arsenal of high-tech tools to spy on protests. We spoke to privacy campaigners to gather some top tips on how you can protect your devices and anonymity. A visualization by David Senior.

36 Towards a post-capitalist internet

Big Tech’s model of surveillance is baked into today’s internet. Juan Ortiz Freuler makes the case for a new world wide web beyond capitalism.

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CURRENTS

Stories making the news   8 Democracy in the ‘coup belt ’

Plus: Borderlines   9 Introducing: Bernardo Arévalo Plus: Seriously? 10 UK spreads digital censorship Outcry over old growth logging in Tasmania Plus: Inequality Watch Plus: Sign of the Times 11 Prohibition emissions 12 Mega-development imperils uncontacted tribe in India Plus: Open Window 13 Down and out in Argentina Plus: Reasons to be cheerful

REGULARS   6 Letters   7 Letter from La Muyuna

Stephanie Boyd searches for the spirit world beneath the Amazon river.

40 Country Profile: Bermuda

I B R A R Y/A L A M Y

I C T U R E L

N AT U R E P

42 Cartoon History: The Algerian War of

Independence ILYA charts the long ‘dirty war’ that left Algeria finally free of French rule, but at what cost?

51 Temperature Check

Danny Chivers reports on how the people of Ecuador took down the oil giants.

57 Southern Exposure

Asmaa Waguih gets an enchanting shot of a whirling dervish in Old Cairo.

72 Hall of Infamy – Ren Zhengfei

Who needs workers’ rights when you can bask in the genius of Huawei’s multi-millionaire CEO?

NEW INTERNATIONALIST

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