Law & justice
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Review: Emergency State. How we Lost our Freedoms in the Pandemic and Why it Matters, by Adam Wagner
A book full of detail about the level of authoritarian restrictions implemented during the pandemic.
- Covid-19
- Human Rights
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Police ça Change? Rethinking Institutional Racism
Cressida Dick showed a lack of understanding of the dynamics that underpin institutional racism, as well as a limited grasp of the relationship between people and the institutions they comprise.
- Racism & Antisemitism
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- Devolution
- Constitution
- Brexit
- Ireland
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- USA
- Human Rights
- Courts
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The Politics of Parole Reveal a Creeping Authoritarian Conservatism
What do the politics of parole reveal about a creeping authoritarian conservatism premised upon nostalgia, nationalism and the projection of a strong, centralised state?
- Conservative Party
- Equality
- Populism
- Courts
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- Constitution
- Brexit
- Ireland
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- Constitution
- Brexit
- Ireland
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Prison Labour is Rationalised as Rehabilitation. Here's the Truth
While prison labour has a long history, the immediate roots of this utilisation of prisoners as a contingent labour force can be traced back to the Coalition government formed in 2010.
- Work & Trade Unions
- Progressive Politics
- Human Rights
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Rape Conviction Rates are Abysmally Low. What Needs to be Done?
Why is the state failing to prosecute primarily male violence against women and girls? What needs to be done to fix our broken justice system? Some of the key issues regarding prosecutions for rape and similar offences.
- Constitution
- Health, Education & Welfare
- Courts
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Why Stop and Search should be abolished
The perennial and widely-recognised problems with stop and search cannot be adequately understood and addressed except through an abolitionist lens.
- Equality
- Racism & Antisemitism
