Introduction to Colonial Studies
Over recent weeks I have been engaged in studying the British Empire in light of new documents released by the National Archives in Kew. The Guardian newspaper has been active in detailing these new documents as and when they are released, but without a proper historical context they are meaningless to most people.... 
How Male Privilege Damages Women – and Men
Originally published over at efeminist.com on the 10th of May 2012 – original article here. You quite often hear the refrain “She sleeps around – she must be a real slut”. Jokes about the town bike (everyone has ridden her) is often the focus of male banter, and the target of Feminist ire – and in the... 
The Neo-Victorianisation of Great Britain
The more I look at how Austerity and other social ills are taking over our country, the more I think that Charles Dickens must be doing cartwheels in his grave. In the past two years the disparity between the rich and the poor of our society has become so large that sometimes I feel like I am living in a dystopia... 
On James Baldwin's Letter from a Religion in My Mind
You’ve been dead sixteen years so you will never get to read this, but I do not write this for you as you already know. I write this for everyone else who does not know, black or white. The things you spoke of are still present today – perhaps even more so despite having an African-American president (this... 
On Muslim-Arab issues and the Danger of Aiding the Neo-Liberal Colonialist Agenda
There is a danger that the way Muslim-Arab issues are framed will aid and abet the neo-liberal colonialist agenda in the War on Terror. For too long such issues have been framed in such a way as to be pejorative, removing whatever hope there is that we would be able to reverse the neo-liberal colonialist interventions... 
The Curious Case of Tarek Mehanna and the Criminalisation of Suspect Communities
During times of tyranny, suspect communities are always created and then used as scapegoats to help disguise the actions of a lawless and tyrannical government. I have to confess that I have not been following this case half as much as I should have been. Over the past 24 hours I have been playing catch-up on what... 
In reply to
This is my reply to the article by Estelle du Boulay at The Guardian about total policing at the Olympic games this summer, with regards to the true nature of the changes in western policing methods. The original reply can be found here. You have to understand the underlying issues that do not get talked about in... 
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Anonymous Communiqué: Revolution 2012
I do not know if TheAnonMessage is legit, and what he is proposing is pretty damn serious: the overthrow of the United States Government. For what it is worth I am putting this out there as information only. http://youtu.be/26PLBeABDZ0 AKPC_IDS += "20921,";Popularity: unranked [?] Read More →
Anonymous Communiqué: UK Government - Spying Games
Anonymous Communiqué concerning the UK Government’s plans for mass surveillance of its citizens electronic communications. There is no text with this video, so apologies for its lack: http://youtu.be/0EONi2oh_ec AKPC_IDS += "20914,";Popularity: unranked [?] Read More →
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Proposal: Open-Sourcing Traditional Cultivars using a General Cultivar License (GCL)
With the rise of bio-piracy by corporations like Monsanto, it is time to put traditional heirloom and open-pollinated cultivars under an open-source license in order to protect them. This license will work in a fairly similar way to the General Product License (GLP) v2, used for open-source software. The idea is to... 
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Submission to Home Office stop and search consultation - by Ayesha Kazmi and Philip Brennan.
Over the past few months I have been working with Ayesha Kazmi on a report for Cage Prisoners on how the Terrorism Act 2000 and PREVENT effects the wider, non-Muslim, communities of the United Kingdom. Today they published part of this report for their consultations with the Home Office on the whole issue of Stop... 
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Anonymous Communiqué: The NDRP (A New NDAA)
Anonymous | 22 March 2012: Executive Order – NDRP: http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2012/03/16/executive-order-national-defense-resources-preparedness Greetings citizens of the world. Many of you may not know President Barack Obama signed Executive Order — National Defense Resources Preparedness,... 
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A Tour around my Vegetable Garden
Today I thought I would give you a video tour of my vegetable garden to show you the kinds of things I am growing and the breeding projects I have going on: http://youtu.be/atNoVb193-w There is a mistake in identifying one of the vegetables in this video. I said that the unknown cultivar which is possibly hybrid... 
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Recipe: Sweet Potato and Butternut Squash Soup
With Gardening for Resilience naturally comes Cooking for Health. This is the first recipe in which I hope will become an ongoing series. My philosophy around food is very simple – eat good healthy food while still enjoying what you eat. A healthy diet needn’t be purgatory, and in fact, the more varied... 
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Why I think it is Important to Grow your own Vegetables
I am glad that spring is here and I can get out into the vegetable garden. There is something Rural about my nature even though I have lived in towns all my life. I don’t believe it is good for people to live in overcrowded cities and high rise apartment blocks, and I am sure that many sociological studies would... 
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Welcome to Gardening for Resilience
This is a brand new category at PhilipBrennan.net for the purpose of discussing several subjects which are very close to my heart: vegetable gardening, food security, and the politics of food in the wider context of gaining control of our lives from both corporations and governments – basically, ‘Gardening... 
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The PERF Files: Results of FOIR into the Metropolitan Police Service's links to PERF
On the 5th of December 2011 I filed a Freedom of Information Act Request with the Metropolitan Police Service, asking them about their links to the Police Executive Research Forum (PERF) throughout the MPS. This was a follow up to earlier questions to the MPS about Sue Akers and to ACPO about Sir Hugh Orde, and their... 
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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... 
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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... 
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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... 
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