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Protests were once limited to the fringe element. Not any more. (Photo: Art Bicnick)

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Iceland's not-so-quiet revolution

If the predictions are to be believed, a key player in Iceland's next government will be a movement whose main platform is a campaign for internet freedom, capping a total transformation of the country's political system over just three years.

The Pirate Party – which also wants a new constitution and more direct democracy – seems likely to get around 20 percent of the vote in Saturday's (29 October) general election under the leadership of poet and activist Birgitta Jonsdottir. And two...

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Protests were once limited to the fringe element. Not any more. (Photo: Art Bicnick)

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