The democratic system is experiencing notable erosion in the so-called consolidated democracies of Europe, and the United States is suffering a process of acute deterioration which restricts the democratic spaces through practices believed to be dead and buried after the nightmare of McCarthyism and institutionalised racial discrimination. Juan Diego […]
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Tough penalties for traffic offences
Newham Council are taking action against drivers who cause a danger on the streets by ignoring road traffic signs such as ‘no entry’ and ‘one way’. After residents and police raised concerns, a council traffic survey identified 25 hotspot areas in the borough where road traffic signs are being […]
Reducing, reusing and recycling in the time of Covid
The so-called circular economy presents a viable path to tackling the impact of this profound global health and economic crisis; and what is more, it does so in a sustainable and environmentally friendly way. It is more than an alternative – it is a necessity. Lourdes Pérez Navarro […]
The totalitarian temptations of Covid
The US psychologist Michelle Gelfand wrote recently in The Guardian (2.2.21) about different cultural responses to the pandemic. Steve Latham She suggests that “tight” societies, with high levels of adherence to rules, reacted better to Covid than “loose” societies, which demonstrated weaker rule-keeping. This is part of her […]
Striking a chord with Ornette Coleman
Apartheid in the US is usually associated with the southern states but it was alive and well in Fort Worth, Texas when Ornette Coleman was born there in 1930. Sean Sheehan Where people lived, what bus they travelled on, school or hospital attended, all depended on skin colour. […]
















