Charlotte Heath-Kelly Increasing emphasis is being placed on public health approaches to countering extremism and radicalisation. Public health is defined as [...]
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The Question of Prevent, Prevent in Question
Shamim Miah The Prevent strategy has long been associated with a Manichean view of the world - an ideological struggle [...]
Read moreWhich Prevent will be Reviewed?
Paul Thomas Ten years ago, I argued that Prevent should end but now I’m not so sure. I’ve changed my [...]
Read morePrevent-ing Polarisation within Muslim Communities
Madeline-Sophie Abbas Prevent has attracted important local criticisms centring on the contradictions of community engagement being framed by anti-terror measures. Since [...]
Read moreRethinking Prevent: Adapting strategies from the German model
Necla Acik The UK Prevent duty has dominated preventive counter-terrorism measures in the UK, reducing the role of civil society actors [...]
Read morePrevent in the arts: a threat to creative freedom and expression
Roaa Ali Is it conceivable that a creative work could be compromised, modified or even censored in today’s Britain? The Prevent [...]
Read moreFrom ‘extreme’ to ‘controversial’: the Charity Commission, students’ unions and freedom of speech
Simon Perfect would like us to push more than we do. But sadly I’ve got to be risk-averse… It’s led [...]
Read moreWhen is racism not racism? When you’re blamed for your religion!
Alison Scott-Baumann The language of racism is only ever fully understood by the victim, never by the perpetrator. The person who [...]
Read moreFundamental British values, religion and inequalities
John Holmwood There is a long shadow cast by the Birmingham Trojan Horse affair of a supposed plot to Islamicise schools [...]
Read moreAll Food is “Plant-Based” – Particularly Meat and Dairy
Steffen Hirth Without a doubt, life forms on earth are in crisis. As revealed to the public by Extinction Rebellion [...]
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