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Chris Ogden, author of The Authoritarian Century, considers how the recent spy balloon incident further reveals the fragility and negative orientation of current relations between Beijing and Washington.…Read more
Dan McQuillan, the author of Resisting AI, suggests that ChatGPT may be seductive, but it’s a dangerous distraction from the socially useful production and commons-based solidarity that we really need, and we must resist it.…Read more
In this episode, Jess Miles speaks with Luke Billingham and Keir Irwin-Rogers, authors of 'Against Youth Violence', about a new way of making sense of youth violence by putting it in the context of social harm.…Read more
Safak Tartanoglu Bennett and Sian Moore consider the change in the backdrop to this new winter of discontent and highlight how inequality has increased, trade union composition has shifted and strikes are no longer simply about pay. …Read more
On the first day of the teachers' strikes, Richard Riddell, the author of Schooling in a Democracy, looks at how centralised government policy has increasingly separated schools from the communities they serve. …Read more
John Clarke discusses our multiple current crises and considers how the term permacrisis reminds us just how multifaceted and unstable society currently is.…Read more
Elena Cherepanov looks at the similarities between authoritarian leaders and abusers and explains how we can escape from the trap of electing dictators.…Read more
Stephen McBride argues that we shouldn’t fall into the trap of believing that our current 'permacrisis' is not in our control to solve. Instead, he calls for radical change through a new international order based on different principles.…Read more
In this policy briefing Nicholas Gilmour and Tristram Hick, authors of The War on Dirty Money present key findings and policy recommendations based on their work. …Read more
Harriet Rowley, one of the editors of Young People, Radical Democracy and Community Development, looks at acts of solidarity in everyday life that create connections across differences and communities, as we saw in the World Cup 2022. …Read more