Gurminder K Bhambra British history did not happen only in Britain. Indeed, Britain, itself, only came into being in 1707 with [...]
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VIEWPOINT: Biofuels: Another Story of Neo-Colonialism
Paula Reisdorf Over the past decade, large swathes of land in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) have been grabbed by European multinational companies, [...]
Read moreON THE FRONTLINE: Redeveloping Southall: A Story of Soil, Gas, Empire and Resistance
Eleanor Kashouris and Jacob Hendry In 1869 the towers of a major gas works went up in Southall, then a small [...]
Read morePolicy and Politics: Understanding Trump – Modes of Deliberate Disproportionate Policy Response
Moshe Maor This section of Discover Society is provided in collaboration with the journal, Policy and Politics. It is curated by Sarah [...]
Read moreReflections on the Problem of Racism in France
Abdellali Hajjat Since the 100,000 participants in the 1983 March for Equality and Against Racism, French activists fighting against racism and [...]
Read moreHumiliation and policing the borders of the university
Yasmeen Narayan This article is based on a conversation with Eddie Bruce-Jones that took place in the Department of Psychosocial Studies, [...]
Read more#WeStandinSolidarity: The Organisational Complexities of the Black Lives Matter Movement
Ashley Cole The Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement has sparked protests around the world in response to the death of George [...]
Read moreBrands’ Optical “Allyship” and Opportunistic Responses to Black Social Justice Activism
Francesca Sobande Brands are not activists, altruistic or “allies”, despite their efforts to suggest otherwise via strategically crafted campaigns, social media [...]
Read moreContinuities of colonial violence: From Hashimpura, to Delhi to Minneapolis
Saba Hussain India has a long and brutal post-colonial history of violence against its minorities. In 1987, 50 Muslim men were [...]
Read moreThe Violence of Silence
Heather Savigny All women were silenced many women are still silent but hear the silence of singular submission become the silence of collective resistance and, produce a [...]
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