Washington Post’s lethal force database, established in 2015, shows that every year, approximately one thousand people in the United States are shot and killed by law enforcement and that the number of black people shot and killed by the police is double than the number of white people. […]
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Building solidarity to win
The country has been hit by a wave of threatened redundancies, cuts, unemployment. In response UCU members are fighting back, they are working together in an attempt to halt, and even prevent, some of these plans from being carried out. Elle McHale Across the country, UCU branches are […]
The monk who married a nun
As a figure in world history Martin Luther has a place alongside Alexander the Great or Napoleon, individuals whose actions shaped the world for centuries after their death. Sean Sheehan Just as there are still cities named after Alexander, just as secularism in France today owes its existence […]
My estate
It’s strange how the English word ‘estate’ has different meanings. It may mean the plush land-holdings of the aristocracy, or a social housing development, for the working class and poor. Steve Latham When I was growing up, our town had an ‘estate’, in this latter sense. As children, […]
Our obedient freedom
To many modern ears this must sound like an absurdity, redolent of a dictatorship. Paradoxically, I want to suggest that that absolute obedience to a higher power outside of ourselves can be the path to freedom. Nigel Pocock What kind of ‘freedom’ are we are talking about? To […]
















