Democracy, power and governance
Chris Cunneen, author of 'Defund the Police', regrets the limits of the Casey report proposals and suggests that they follow a well-trodden path of police reformism which leaves the nature of police power unchanged. …Read more
Ross Bellaby, author of 'The Ethics of Hacking', asserts that it is vital to understand the ethical value that hackers can play in society, and judge them for their use of cyberspace to protect people from harm.…Read more
Tim Stevens, author of 'What Is Cybersecurity For?', considers the infinite need for cybersecurity and explains why it’s simply not working. …Read more
Marcos González Hernando and Gerry Mitchell, authors of 'Uncomfortably Off', argue that the Spring Budget will do little to improve the situation of even the relatively well-off in society, while the underlying causes of our many crises are left unaddressed.…Read more
In this episode, George Miller speaks to Rhodri Davies about why he thinks this is a good time to ask questions about the purpose of philanthropy, and its relationship to democracy, inequality and the market.…Read more
Jenny Edkins, co-editor of 'When This Is Over', explains why the trauma and implications of the pandemic are not going away. …Read more
Simon Winlow and Steve Hall, authors of The Death of the Left, lament the lack of a genuine alternatives within our political system and suggest that Keir Starmer will just reproduce what already exists. …Read more
Sarrah Kassem, author of, Work and Alienation in the Platform Economy, calls on us to delve deep into the realities of the workers behind our screens keeping the platform economy going.…Read more
Luke Martell, author of Alternative Societies, calls for us to learn from a multitude of lived utopias around the world and scale them up to create an alternative society that is green, just and democratic. …Read more
Jason Brown and John Middleton, contributors to the Global Agenda for Social Justice 2, add endangered languages to the list of threats posed by climate change.…Read more