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Radicals is an exploration of the individuals, groups and movements who are rejecting the way we live now, and attempting to find alternatives. In it, Jamie Bartlett, one of the world's leading thinkers on radical politics and technology, takes us inside the strange and exciting worlds of the innovators, disruptors, idealists and extremists who think society is broken, and believe they know how to fix it. From dawn raids into open mines to the darkest recesses of the internet, Radicals introduces us to some of the most secretive and influential movements today: techno-futurists questing for immortality, far-right groups seeking to close borders, militant environmentalists striving to save the planet's natural reserves by any means possible, libertarian movements founding new countries, autonomous cooperatives in self-sustaining micro-societies, and psychedelic pioneers attempting to heal society with the help of powerful hallucinogens. As well as providing a fascinating glimpse at the people and ideas driving these groups, Radicals also presents a startling argument: radicals are not only the symptoms of a deep unrest within the world today, but might also provide the most plausible models for our future

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Author's Note -- Introduction: Liberty or Death -- 1. Unmasking the Trolls -- 2. The Lone Wolf -- 3. Into Galt's Gulch -- 4. Three Clicks -- 5. On the Road -- 6. Lights, Web-camera, Action -- 7. The Werther Effect -- Conclusion: Zoltan vs. Zerzan -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Further Reading -- About the Author.

The argument over national security and individual privacy is certainly a pressing issue, but it's not a new one. How any democratic society weighs up and trades liberty against safety gets re-examined each time a new technology or threat disrupts the established order. Governments have a tendency to see each new technology as a means to help them maintain order; radicals as a way to disrupt it. Here, Bartlett talks about security agencies' invasions of privacy. Adapted from the source document.

Demos publications are licenced under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 England & Wales Licence . Users are welcome to download, save, perform or distribute this work electronically or in any other format, including in foreign language translation without written permission subject to the conditions set out in the Creative Commons licence. ; The digital revolution has disrupted politics, but it could enhance democracy. The speed and ease of online business can make political processes look frustratingly slow and inaccessible to many voters. The internet has transformed our social, personal, professional and economic lives, but the processes of politics and government remain remarkably similar to those of the last century. If voters disengage as a result, democracy will lose its life-blood. This short paper explores the implications of the growing chasm between how people live and how politics works, and how far digital technology can improve the experience of democracy for citizens. We present new, illustrative research on how MEPs and voters are using one social media platform, Twitter. We then explore the broader implications of digital technology for parties and political processes. New technology is creating opportunities for new types of democratic engagement, but we also set out some of the challenges and difficulties of realising these opportunities. In conclusion, we identify a number of promising new initiatives for improving the quality of political engagement and how they might be implemented by the European Parliament. This paper is not designed to be comprehensive, but rather as a provocation to stimulate further research and thinking on the subject. ; -- Introduction -- 1. New challenges for democracy in the digital age -- 2. New research on the practice of digital politics: how Parliamentarians use twitter -- 3. Ways forward: new initiatives in digital democracy -- 4. Pitfalls of technology -- Conclusion -- Notes