A queer activist has been detained from the Forest Cafe, for having what the police judged to be a "homophobic" placard, which she took to a protest against a homophobic rally. The rally was in opposition to the appointment of a gay minister.

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A private detective (Ian Kerr) who made a living from running a "blacklist" of construction workers who had been involved in industrial activity, has been forced to shut up shop after a raid by the Information Commissioner.

The existence of "blacklisting" by major engineering and construction firms has been long suspected and came to the fore once more in the recent wave of wildcat strikes on construction sites.

• The Guardian

Two detailed reports on the Glasgow branch of the recent Convention on Modern Liberty.

• General impressions
• Surveillance in Scottish Society sessions

A third report, What Next? will reportedly follow at Magna Carta Plus News.

 Questions whether the U.S. is and will be a democratic republic.

ID Cards, Non-EU Students and the Seeds of Resistance: a look at the Governments plans to bring in ID cards for non-EU students and what is being done about it.