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Simona Levi, theatre director and activist. She is co-founder of the Spanish group Xnet and of 15MpaRato, a citizens' device to bring to court those responsible for the economic crisis in Spain.

Articles by Simona Levi

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En Liang Khong is openDemocracy’s assistant editor.

Digital Liberties

How to fight for digital human rights?

Representation is no longer enough - A Q&A with Michel Bauwens
Oliver Sylvester-Bradley
What would Twitter be if it adopted Wikipedia’s politics?
Jimmy Tidey
Algorithms: the villains and heroes of the ‘post-truth’ era
David Beer
Expanding state power in times of ‘surveillance realism’: how the UK got a ‘world-leading’ surveillance law
Arne Hintz and Lina Dencik
The Court of Justice of the European Union has ruled against the UK government, but will they listen?
Nik Williams
Catalonian lessons: civil society has something to offer on the gaming tables of governance
Simona Levi
Out of prison, Barrett Brown recommits himself to agitating against existing order
Brian Sonenstein
Digital democracy and technological sovereignty
Evgeny Morozov, Francesca Bria and Richard Barbrook

European integration

Six countries. Six different paths to EU integration.

No to TTIP

The secretive EU-US trade deal explained

Catalonian lessons: civil society has something to offer on the gaming tables of governance

Simona Levi 21 December 2016

A statement made before the Catalan Parliamentary Committee for the Study of Anti-Corruption Measures and for Democratic Regeneration.

An open letter to #NuitDebout from the Indignados’ districts of the internet

Simona Levi 20 May 2016

This open letter is against the manipulation of 'new ' parties. Let's be radical, demand what's possible. Español. Francais.

Para el Estado, transparencia; para los demás, privacidad

Simona Levi 5 November 2015

Si algo deja de ser un instrumento para la democracia y la justicia y se vuelve un eslogan, tenemos un problema. Miren lo que ha pasado con “Love”, “Peace”, “Democracia”, “Justicia”… English.

"Transparency for the state! Privacy for the rest of us!"

Simona Levi 28 October 2015

When something stops being an instrument for democracy and justice and becomes a slogan, that’s when we have a problem. Look what they’ve done with 'Love', 'Peace', 'Democracy' and 'Justice'…Español.

On centrism and independence in Spain

Simona Levi 2 October 2015

"Facing an increasingly self-centered centre, we stand for citizens who are open to the world and to the present time, capable of organizing and cooperating according to their abilities and aspirations."