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How the internet got colonized, by Jillian C York.

Micah L Sifry assesses the political limits of social media.

The internet, laws and conventions, mass surveillance, media freedom and censorship - facts and figures about democracy in the digital era.

Further information, campaign groups and websites.

Activist and Icelandic Pirate Party MP Birgitta Jónsdóttir on what we can do and the tools we can all use to strengthen democracy and make it real.

The Drum Tower by Farnoosh Moshiri; The Final Charge by Dawood Ali McCallum; The End of Days by Jenny Erpenbeck; They Can’t Represent Us! by Marina Sitrin and Dario Azzellini.

Citizenfour directed by Laura Poitras; We Are The Giant directed by Greg Barker; Winter Sleep directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan.

Silk & Stone by Amira Medunjanin; Lament by Einstürzende Neubauten.

Good news from around the world this month.

Thirty years after the disaster, the campaign for justice continues.

Jess Worth on indigenous Canadians' fight against a mine.

A new law in Egypt is a positive step for women, but not the end of the struggle, says Chalaine Chang.

Syrian artists in exile feel free to express themselves and their politics, discovers Lydia James.

Richard Swift welcomes the Bolivian president's third term in office.

In London's Parliament Square, protesters provide a visible alternative to the politics of vested interest. Hannah Martin reports.