Anonymous Communiqué - Global Cyber War I (Emergency Video PR)
The Anon Message | 20 January 2012: Citizens of the World. We are Anonymous. We have been watching recent events as they have slowly but surely unfolded, from the distortion and destruction of the first amendment to legalize and justify political bribery, to the dawn of a new political struggle consisting of millions... 
The PERF Files: Results of FOIR into ACPO and Sir Hugh Orde's links to PERF
I have finally got a reply to my Freedom of Information Act Request (FOIR) with regards to ACPO and Sir Hugh Orde’s links to the Police Executive Research Forum (PERF) - the original article can be found here. They enclosed their reply in the form of a document (original PDF | HTML version) for download, which... 
Update: Letter to Archbishop of Canterbury RE: Public Notaries
Yesterday I received a reply to my letter to the Archbishop of Canterbury regarding Public Notaries. The original post, and letter, can be read here. The text of the reply is as follows: Dear Sir Your letter to the Archbishop of Canterbury dated 30 December 2011 Your letter of 30th December addressed to the Archbishop... 
Signs of a Police State: The DDR versus the USA – Part Three
In part two I discussed the second of eight signs I call “Philip Brennan’s  Eight Signs of a Police State“, that being, Sign Two: The Freedom of the Press Severely Curtailed. I discussed the fact that despite both the former DDR and the USA having constitutional safeguards to guarantee a free press, the... 
DogHouse Communiqué through Anonymous: OpNoVacationUSA
Editor’s Note: The original text of the DogHouse Communiqué can be found here. #OpNoVacationUSA – Operation No Vacation USA Declaration by the #DogHouse through #Anonymous The United States is now effectively a police state due to recently passed Legislation, namely H.R. 1540 (National Defense Authorization... 
Echoes of the past: Who are John Stapleton and James Goldsmith?
John Tsafogiannis | What About Marx? | 3 January 2012: “If China,” says Mr. Stapleton, M.P., to his constituents, “should become a great manufacturing country, I do not see how the manufacturing population of Europe could sustain the contest without descending to the level of their competitors.”... 
Letter to the Archbishop of Canterbury concerning Public Notaries
Today while discussing certain issues with others concerning how difficult it was these days to get anything notarised if it threatens to actually enable us to gain justice, I hit upon the idea of writing a letter to the Archbishop of Canterbury for his assistance. It is not just solicitors and barristers who can... 
Signs of a Police State: The DDR versus the USA - Part Two
In part one I discussed the first of eight signs I call “Philip Brennan’s  Eight Signs of a Police State“, that being, Sign One: The (mis)Rule of Law and the Constitution. I discussed the fact that despite both the former DDR and the USA having very clearly defined constitutions, these constitutions... 
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Signs of a Police State: The DDR versus the USA - Part One
There are clear signs of a state moving from a liberal democracy into a Police State that we can all agree upon, but we in the West do have a certain prejudicial blindness when it comes to our own country or those of our allies. It is almost as if people want to believe it can happen anywhere but here in the West. Those... 
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A look ahead to 2012 - Trends, Predictions, et al...
Philip Brennan | Philipbrennan.net | 24 December 2011: As the wheel of the year turns many of us are turning our attentions away from the events of the past year to the coming year, and are trying to make sense of prevailing trends. To be forewarned is to be forearmed, and it is with this in mind that I try to make... 
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Press Statement concerning the Tarek Mehanna case and dangers to First Amendment liberties that this conviction poses. ACLU Massachusetts | PrivacySOS.org | 21 December 2011: Mehanna verdict compromises First Amendment, undermines national security. Decision today threatens writers and journalists, academic researchers,... 
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Why I am an Anarchist
Here I discuss much of what I have been debating on Twitter over the past few weeks. Philip Brennan | PhilipBrennan.net | 18 December 2011: “I am free no matter what rules surround me; if they are tolerable I tolerate them, if they be obnoxious I break them; I am free because I alone am morally responsible for... 
When the Media is Silent on Tyranny the Police State Rejoices
With the passing of the 2012 National Defense Authorisation Act, the UK media’s silence surrounding its key provisions is just as alarming as those provisions… Philip Brennan | PhilipBrennan.net | 15 December 2011: This is not going to be a long piece, simply because there is not a whole lot to be said... 
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The Media Whitewashing of the Occupy Boston Eviction
Ayesha Kazmi | American Paki | 12 December 2011: After Occupy Boston’s 5 am raid on the morning of 10 October, the Boston Police Department (BPD) tucked away with the media for a press conference. Since, I have been anxiously awaiting for the local media coverage of yesterday’s eviction of Dewey Square to come... 
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Police Executive Research Forum and Sir Hugh Orde of ACPO
Philip Brennan | PhilipBrennan.net | 9 December 2011: My investigations into the Police Executive Research Forum have led me to The Association of Chief Police Officers of England, Wales and Northern Ireland, or ACPO. Naturally, I have submitted a Freedom of Information Act Request to them: Dear The Association of... 
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PERF has dirty fingers everywhere
As our investigations into PERF continue, more and more interesting facts concerning their activities are coming to light from other sources… Philip Brennan | PhilipBrennan.net | 6 December 2011: Over recent weeks I have been involved with investigating the Police Executive Research Forum, a policing think tank... 
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Police Executive Research Forum and Sue Akers of the Metropolitan Police Service
Philip Brennan | PhilipBrennan.net | 5 December 2011: In my last piece, “Police Executive Research Forum’s links to UK Policing“, I made mention of a Freedom of Information Act Request concerning DAC Sue Akers and her attendance at the PERF Summit on Crime, the Economy, and a New President in Washington... 
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Accusations of Student Abuse and Child Pornography Cover-up at Oxford & Cherwell Valley College
Alcohol consumed in classrooms, bullying, racism, health and safety breaches, pornographic videos, sexual and physical assaults, abuse of trust, and neglect are just some of the accusations against Oxford & Cherwell Valley College which have surfaced over the last eighteen months. UK Column | 2 December 2011: Nestled... 
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The International Civil Rights Restart has been convened
After much discussion on Twitter about the lack of a Civil Rights platform within the Occupy movement amongst many of us either involved or observing it, we have decided to start up the ICRR to address these issues separately. Philip Brennan | PhilipBrennan.net | 2 December 2011: Over the past couple of months since... 
Police Executive Research Forum's links to UK Policing
As we start to examine the activities of the Police Executive Research Forum in relation to the evictions at the US Occupy protests, here in the UK there are questions raised about UK Police involvement with what is essentially a foreign body with links to the Department of Homeland Security. Philip Brennan | PhilipBrennan.net... 
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