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Gurdip Singh Chaggar, the Southall Youth Movement, and the Background to April 1979

Gurdip Singh Chaggar, the Southall Youth Movement, and the Background to April 1979

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  • April 03, 2019

Benjamin Bland Gurdip Singh Chaggar was just eighteen years old when he was brutally stabbed to death in Southall, West London [...]

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Southall Riots 1979 – A Memory

Southall Riots 1979 – A Memory

  • By discoversociety
  • April 03, 2019

Sue Easton I was 14 in 1979 and remember hearing something on the radio about where we lived, but it was [...]

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Rapid Response: Religion, ‘British values’ and equalities teaching in the context of Prevent

Rapid Response: Religion, ‘British values’ and equalities teaching in the context of Prevent

  • By discoversociety
  • March 20, 2019

John Holmwood The Birmingham Trojan Horse affair – a supposed plot to Islamicise schools - which hit the headlines in March [...]

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FOCUS: Brexit’s Dreary Steeples

FOCUS: Brexit’s Dreary Steeples

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  • March 06, 2019

Desmond King Campaigning against the Leave case in 2016, the then Home Secretary Theresa May confirmed her assessment that a decision [...]

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VIEWPOINT: Avowal/disavowal – Europe as an Ideologized Commitment

VIEWPOINT: Avowal/disavowal – Europe as an Ideologized Commitment

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  • March 06, 2019

Ali Kassem In December 2018, I relocated to Paris for a two-months research fellowship. Before arriving, many friends and colleagues exhorted [...]

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ON THE FRONTLINE: Muslim men in Prison

ON THE FRONTLINE: Muslim men in Prison

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  • March 06, 2019

Raheel Mohammed There is a story about an alarm clock which captures perfectly the experience of Muslim men in the criminal [...]

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POLICY AND POLITICS: Looking into the hybrid spaces of public service reform – what are the implications for staff and users?

POLICY AND POLITICS: Looking into the hybrid spaces of public service reform – what are the implications for staff and users?

  • By discoversociety
  • March 06, 2019

Simon Bishop and Justin Waring This section of Discover Society is provided in collaboration with the journal, Policy and Politics. It is [...]

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Climate Change: The Ultimate Class Conflict

Climate Change: The Ultimate Class Conflict

  • By discoversociety
  • March 06, 2019

Emmet Fox An evocation of a class perspective remains absent from climate advocacy and debate. Emission disparities are routinely hidden by [...]

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Australia’s 30 Years of Active Failure on Climate Change

Australia’s 30 Years of Active Failure on Climate Change

  • By discoversociety
  • March 06, 2019

Marc Hudson Whether they have visited or not, everyone I speak to about Australia knows three things: it is big, it [...]

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Is anti-Irish racism still a problem? You can Bank on it

Is anti-Irish racism still a problem? You can Bank on it

  • By discoversociety
  • March 06, 2019

Maureen McBride In January 2019, American hip-hop singer Azealia Banks made headlines with a series of anti-Irish comments on social media [...]

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