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Doing it for the Kids

By Elizabeth Povinelli 14 February 2008

On the pretext of a child sexual abuse crisis in Australia’s Northern Territory the Howard government passed emergency legislation and prepared a la...

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Twilight of the Swampoid

By Leutha Blissett 12 February 2008

As database profiling of non/citizens grows increasingly pervasive and the dubious promise of 'techno-communism 2.0' haunts the blogosphere, real mate...

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Editorial Mute 2 #7

By Josephine Berry Slater 12 February 2008

We are standing on the brink of an immense revelation. The revelation of people to states. In the UK – the surveillance workshop of the world &n...

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No One Is Legal

By Unterschereber 8 February 2008

Where the struggle for migrants’ rights can be risky and divisive, informal organising by ‘illegals’ is a means to ensure survival. But both for...

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Points-based Peonage

By Javier 8 February 2008

All immigrants are equal, but some are more equal than others. The introduction of a points-based immigration system in the UK will intensify workersâ...

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Putting Illegality to Work

By Seemab Gul 8 February 2008

The vulnerability of illegalised workers forces them to accept the worst pay and conditions and produces conflict within the working class as a whole....

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Bang to Rights

By Camille Barbagallo & Nic Beuret 8 February 2008

In light of Strangers into Citizens’ campaign for an amnesty for ‘illegals’ in the UK, Camille Barbagallo & Nic Beuret consider how such an ...

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The Conditions of Possibility: Tributes to Marina Vishmidt 1976-2024 (I)

By Mute Collective 6 June 2024

Marina Vishmidt, a much loved and deeply formative contributor for our magazine from its early years, tragically passed away at the end of April. The ...

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Mute Archive Move

By mute 27 June 2022

This June and July the Mute magazine archive is being moved from its current home in a shipping container a hundred miles north of London to a new smaller space in Berlin.

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