gracie mae bradley
@graciemaybe.bsky.social
writer, doctoral scholar // Against Borders (Verso, 2022) // civil liberties bod // www.graciemaebradley.com ig:@/inrelativeopacity
for a longer case against ID systems, see my @theguardian.com article www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The UK's online ID plans: expensive, intrusive, unnecessary | Gracie Mae Bradley
Of all the ways to reshape society after the pandemic, a digital identity system should not be anyone’s priority, says Gracie Mae Bradley of Liberty
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September 28, 2025 at 7:54 PM
for a longer case against ID systems, see my @theguardian.com article www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
it's maddening but i can't say i'm disappointed as i had no expectations 🙃
February 23, 2025 at 1:18 PM
it's maddening but i can't say i'm disappointed as i had no expectations 🙃
otherwise read Elite Capture and if you cba listen to the chat i had with Olufémi on this very topic here: www.stuarthallfoundation.org/resource/loc...
Locating Legacies Episode 3: 'Identity Politics' with Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò - Stuart Hall Foundation
In episode 3 of Locating Legacies, series host Gracie Mae Bradley speaks to Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò. They discuss how politics moves between the world of ideas and the material world, the process by which r...
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February 23, 2025 at 12:48 PM
otherwise read Elite Capture and if you cba listen to the chat i had with Olufémi on this very topic here: www.stuarthallfoundation.org/resource/loc...
in the book we concluded "maybe we are expending too much energy talking about the wrong ‘identity politics’."👀
look at the unfolding threats i've just outlined. there are many more i could have listed. they're all more urgent than what did or didn't happen one time at TWT
look at the unfolding threats i've just outlined. there are many more i could have listed. they're all more urgent than what did or didn't happen one time at TWT
February 23, 2025 at 12:48 PM
in the book we concluded "maybe we are expending too much energy talking about the wrong ‘identity politics’."👀
look at the unfolding threats i've just outlined. there are many more i could have listed. they're all more urgent than what did or didn't happen one time at TWT
look at the unfolding threats i've just outlined. there are many more i could have listed. they're all more urgent than what did or didn't happen one time at TWT
UK state agencies are rolling out CCTV equipped with facial recognition. UK govt demands are forcing tech companies to withdraw encrypted services. Govt is drafting powers to surveil bank accounts. Tony Blair will not shut up about ID cards.
February 23, 2025 at 12:48 PM
UK state agencies are rolling out CCTV equipped with facial recognition. UK govt demands are forcing tech companies to withdraw encrypted services. Govt is drafting powers to surveil bank accounts. Tony Blair will not shut up about ID cards.
nice to see you on here simon. i was pleased when you came back to twitter for 5 minutes a little while ago to share wisdom on anti-fascist organising.
December 4, 2024 at 5:35 PM
nice to see you on here simon. i was pleased when you came back to twitter for 5 minutes a little while ago to share wisdom on anti-fascist organising.
this govt is following in the last's footsteps, rolling back those wins: reopening detention centres and ramping up mass deportations and raids. but pretty recent history tells us is that these attempts can be successfully opposed - we should recognise how we did that (and understand our mistakes)!
December 4, 2024 at 5:27 PM
this govt is following in the last's footsteps, rolling back those wins: reopening detention centres and ramping up mass deportations and raids. but pretty recent history tells us is that these attempts can be successfully opposed - we should recognise how we did that (and understand our mistakes)!
the impact was an end to routine detention of children and pregnant people, two detention centres closed, thousands fewer people entering immigration detention and remaining free in their communities. no, it wasn't all detention centres closed forever, nor was it a time limit, but it was progress...
December 4, 2024 at 5:24 PM
the impact was an end to routine detention of children and pregnant people, two detention centres closed, thousands fewer people entering immigration detention and remaining free in their communities. no, it wasn't all detention centres closed forever, nor was it a time limit, but it was progress...
i'm thinking about immigration detention in particular - massive civil society campaigning on child detention before the 2010 election, people who'd survived detention coming forward to campaign against its harms, civil society movement for a time limit, abolitionist grassroots mobilisations...
December 4, 2024 at 5:20 PM
i'm thinking about immigration detention in particular - massive civil society campaigning on child detention before the 2010 election, people who'd survived detention coming forward to campaign against its harms, civil society movement for a time limit, abolitionist grassroots mobilisations...