Rod Earle
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Reluctant criminologist, The Open University, convictions my own and others
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Alan Lester
3 months ago
Great investigation of the Nazis, racists and criminals mobilising the flag-on-lamp-posts movement. This is the kind of journalism that the national media could and should have conducted:
manchestermill.co.uk/the-men-who-...
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Possibly paywalled but well worth a read if you can
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Opinion | Could This Unserious, Mischievous, Frightening Man Be Britainâs Next Prime Minister?
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/opinion/nigel-farage-britain-reform.html?unlocked_article_code=1.wk8.fiUp.oQsyDO5OAeL6
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Aime Cesaire: âthat colonial activity, colonial enterprise, colonial conquest, which is based on contempt for the native and justified by that contempt, inevitably tends to change him who undertakes itâŚâ
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Aoife Nolan
3 months ago
Conor Gearty died a month ago yesterday. He was deeply committed to human rights law without idealising it. He recognised its power & value while acknowledging its limitations (& those of the people engaging with it). He was also an exceptional lawyer. This is a fitting final piece in the
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Rachel Shabi
3 months ago
I wrote about the Manchester synagogue attack and attempts to blame Gaza protests
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British Society of Criminology
4 months ago
Hello - it's taken a while but we are finally here! The BSC is on Bluesky. We look forward to sharing all the exciting things happening at the BSC: Events, Networks, Newsletters, our 2026 conference, membership opportunities and much more. Please follow us for all things Criminology and CJ!
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Each of the six books listed on this page offer compelling analysis of struggles that will define the 21st century.
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My review essay on a new book about convict criminology. Itâs open access and free to read
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Convict Criminology on Trial and âWriting From the Fleshâ: A Review Essay Prompted by Introduction to Convict Criminology by Jeffrey Ian Ross, Bristol University Press
This article is an extended review of Jeffrey Ian Ross's student textbook, âIntroduction to Convict Criminologyâ. The review tackles critical issues emerging in convict criminology and the wider live...
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/hojo.70010
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Steve Tombs
3 months ago
Francesca Albanese on the genocide in Gaza, 'A Moon Will Rise from the Darkness', free to download
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A Moon Will Rise from the Darkness - Pluto Press
A devastating indictment against international complicity in Israelâs genocide in Palestine
https://www.plutobooks.com/product/a-moon-will-rise-from-the-darkness/
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Youâd expect eloquence from a lawyer, but listening to him he was beyond eloquent.
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âmy research suggests that borders are more complex, mobile, and attach to different bodies in diverse ways. Their function isn't as simple or legitimate as commonly believed.â
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Challenging Conceptions of âBordersâ and âRaceâ: Q&A with E. Tendayi Achiume
E. Tendayi Achiume, Ashvin B. Chhabra and Daniela Bonafede-Chhabra Member in the School of Social Science, comes to the Institute from Stanford Law School. Her research focuses on the international le...
https://www.ias.edu/ideas/challenging-conceptions-borders-and-race-qa-e-tendayi-achiume
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Alan Lester
4 months ago
This, on late British imperial administrators in Iran & Iraq, looks excellent. Focuses on the intertwining of the personal and the political.
www.cambridge.org/core/books/l...
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Love, Class and Empire
Cambridge Core - Twentieth Century British History - Love, Class and Empire
https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/love-class-and-empire/B0BF5B7A5499288316F40C90CAEA056D
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Ingrid Schubert: Letters from Prison 1970â1977
As a member of the Red Army Faction, Ingridâs letters reveal the daily struggle of a political prisoner resisting repression.
https://pmpress.org.uk/product/ingrid-schubert-letters-from-prison-1970-1977/
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Alan Lester
4 months ago
UK politics has been restructured over the last few years around anti-trans and anti-immigrant ideas. Not because theyâre objectively the most important issues, but because extremist US propagandists have pushed them centre stage. Next on their agenda, religious fundamentalism:
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Centre for Open Thanatology
4 months ago
Watching Morning Live on BBC One this morning? You'll see our Dr Sam Murphy on there talking about palliative care and music playlists. If you can't watch it live, if you live in the UK you'll be able to catch it on iPlayer from later today.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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BBC One - Morning Live
Join Gethin Jones, Helen Skelton, Michelle Ackerley and the team for conversation, advice and tips to make your day that little bit easier.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000nxkq
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This is my mid-week gig! All welcome
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the latest from my nephew. As ever, seeing well beyond his yearsâŚ
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Ready to âenjoy a few beersâ with Nigel Farage, leftwing hero? This is what Labour has left us with | Samuel Earle
Britainâs most talented opportunist now claims Reform is the âparty of the workersâ. Heâs occupying terrain wilfully vacated by Keir Starmer, says author Samuel Earle
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jun/01/nigel-farage-leftwing-labour-reform-keir-starmer
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Sycamore Gap tree duo do not belong in prison | Letters
Letters: Two men convicted of cutting down the Sycamore Gap tree should face a punishment that fits the crime, not jail, writes Dr Rod Earle. Plus letters from Matt Powell, Shayne Mary Mitchell and Mi...
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/may/14/sycamore-gap-tree-duo-do-not-belong-in-prison
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Steve Tombs
9 months ago
... also written by Joe Sim
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Check this out! Essential and timely and Open Access. Building an effective anti racist politics has always been an urgent priority and has never been easy. This really helps
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526169662/
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Manchester University Press - Islamophobia, anti-racism and the British left
Islamophobia, anti-racism and the British left - Browse and buy the eBook edition of Islamophobia, anti-racism and the British left by Scarlet Harris
https://manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526169662/
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One of my very favourite versions of a very fine song. Take a listen. Two or three years old now and better every time.
happypeoplerecords1.bandcamp.com/track/mumma-...
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(Mumma Was A) Bankrobber, by Happy People Records
from the album Perkie & The Co-operators - (Mumma was a) Bankrobber 7"
https://happypeoplerecords1.bandcamp.com/track/mumma-was-a-bankrobber
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Shocked. And saddened to read this. The OU can do better than this.
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The OUâs second-class students: investigation
The Open University provides a lifeline for prisoners seeking to take degree courses, with around 2,000 students behind bars across the UK. However, those hoping to continue learning after release âŚ
https://insidetime.org/newsround/the-ous-second-class-students-investigation/
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Good news is in short supply but Iâd like to congratulate the very wonderful Dr Bill Davies on his promotion to Reader, the best of all academic titles. Bill and I have worked together on convict criminology in the UK since day 1. He is so modest about his achievements.
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Nicola Carr
10 months ago
Fab opportunity to work with great people đđđ
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Prison and prison ed folk here in UK might be interested in this US newsletter.
www.opencampus.org/college-insi...
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College Inside - Open Campus
A biweekly newsletter about the intersection of two major systems shaping our society: criminal justice and higher education. Written by Charlotte West, Open Campus staff reporter. Know someone who do...
https://www.opencampus.org/college-inside/
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Please share this call on your networks about prison and/or education
www.ucu.org.uk/media/14950/...
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Luke Billingham
10 months ago
Richard Yeboah's book about Hackney & gentrification is out soon. Pre-order here:
www.bitebackpublishing.com/books/from-h...
I reviewed it & said: "Neither a lecture nor a rant, [the book] guides the reader through the contours of controversy with gentle tenacity, careful balance & a lot of heart"
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From Hackney, With Love
The London Borough of Hackney is one of the poorest areas in the country and a cultural epicentre for London’s diverse, working-class communities. It is also under threat. From Hackney, With Lov...
https://www.bitebackpublishing.com/books/from-hackney-with-love
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Jeremy Corbyn
10 months ago
No Other Land depicts the horrifying violence Palestinians in the West Bank endure under apartheid. Yesterday, its co-director Hamdan Ballal was beaten in his home by settlers before being detained by Israeli forces. People applauded Hamdan. Now they are silent. Free Hamdan.
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Seeing Tenpole Tudor sing âWho Killed Bambiâ holds a very special place in my memory so seeing Robert de Niro being haunted by his demented warbling in the Netflix Zero Day series is seriously messing with me.
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Prof Erica Borgstrom
10 months ago
The BBC is launching a special new season - Memories and Dementia: Starting the Conversation. I've been able to support this in my Media Fellow role at The Open University, with segments on Morning Live and additional content on OU Connect. Read about the season here:
www.bbc.com/mediacentre/...
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Memories and Dementia: Starting the Conversation season launches at the BBC
Dr Punam leads new season designed to help start conversations
https://www.bbc.com/mediacentre/2025/memories-and-dementia-starting-the-conversation-season
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George Monbiot
10 months ago
It should be obvious by now that Netanyahu won't stop until every Palestinian in
#Gaza
(and perhaps the West Bank) has been murdered, maimed or expelled. He wants it all. Governments like ours should cut off all military equipment, diplomatic support and other relations until the genocide ends.
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Alex Stevens
10 months ago
New, free online course on tobacco
#harmreduction
thr.academy/academy/
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THR academy â Tobacco Harm Reduction Academy
https://thr.academy/academy/
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Luke Billingham
10 months ago
đ˘ Against Youth Violence, the book me and Keir Irwin-Rogers published in 2022, is now fully open access! đ˘ Link here:
bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/display/book...
Contents list in image. You can download chapter by chapter, or the whole thing. Please share!
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GCSJ - Centre for Global Challenges and Social Justice
10 months ago
Join us on 18 March for a special GCSJ research talk with Professor Catherine Hall. She explores the troubling history of the entanglements between Britain & Jamaica, through the establishment of a slave society. â°2-3.25pm đ
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1153349983849
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Alice Ievins
11 months ago
First up, Julie Laursen and Kristian Mjaland's contribution to this themed issue, 'The absent-presence of the offence in prisons in Norway and England & Wales'
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Litbowl
11 months ago
Some Canadian poetry for today. From Margaret Atwood's book, Morning in the Burned House.
#poem
#books
#writing
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Ivan Kalmar
11 months ago
The AfD is still biggest in the East and some will again blame this on the legacy of socialism, rather than the economic brutality that dominated Germany and Europe during unification. I've tried to address this issue here
doi.org/10.1080/1478...
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The east is just like the west, only more so: Islamophobia and populism in Eastern Germany and the East of the European Union
Islamophobia in Eastern Germany and in East Central Europe has very similar characteristics to Islamophobia in Western Europe and the USA. The difference, of degree rather than kind, is in the succ...
https://doi.org/10.1080/14782804.2019.1673704
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Wilde coins them,
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Ticket available dm me if interested.
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Courtney Pine - The Jazz Cafe
No musician more embodies the dramatic transformation in the British jazz scene over the past twenty-plus years than saxophonist Courtney Pine. The groundbreaking, multi-instrumentalist has led a gene...
https://thejazzcafe.com/event/courtney-pine-3/
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Powerful writing on terrible events in Scotlandâs prisons
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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Dani Garavelli ¡ Jailed, Failed, Forgotten: Deaths in Custody
William had spent most of his life in the care of the state. His story was one of intergenerational trauma, common to...
https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v47/n03/dani-garavelli/jailed-failed-forgotten
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Andy AydÄąn-Aitchison
11 months ago
Upcoming seminar: The Political Prison: Prisonersâ Collective Action in Late Colonial Uganda 26 February, 1600-1700 GMT/UTC, online Katherine Bruce-Lockhart
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-politi...
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The Political Prison: Prisonersâ Collective Action in Late Colonial Uganda
How did ordinary incarcerated people in Uganda practice politics behind bars, contesting colonial authority in direct and indirect ways?
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-political-prison-prisoners-collective-action-in-late-colonial-uganda-tickets-1244605922819?aff=oddtdtcreator
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klaus radke
11 months ago
âBe careful. When a democracy is sick, fascism comes to its bedside, but it is not to inquire about its health.â Albert Camus
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Tyler Hamilton on Substack
âBe careful. When a democracy is sick, fascism comes to its bedside, but it is not to inquire about its health.â Albert Camus
https://substack.com/@tylerhamilton/note/c-90841425?r=am62p&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=notes-share-action
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Prof Erica Borgstrom
11 months ago
Renske & I were recently interviewed by the New Books Network about our book 'Critical Approaches to Death, Dying and Bereavement'. You can listen to the interview here:
newbooksnetwork.com/critical-app...
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Erica Borgstrom and Renske Visser, "Critical Approaches to Death, Dying and Bereavement" (Routledge, 2024) - New Books Network
https://newbooksnetwork.com/critical-approaches-to-death-dying-and-bereavement
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A wonderful read about reading with wonder
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Big Issue
11 months ago
A new exhibition by Koestler Arts showcases artwork, music and writing made in criminal justice settings in the North East of England. đ Almost Home has been co-curated by women at HM Prison & Young Offender Institution Low Newton. Find out more below. âŹď¸
https://bit.ly/3QgBKcw
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The BBC just described Trumpâs plans for Gaza as âsurprising and boldâ. Failing again. So badly.
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As usual another insightful thread and useful link from
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. I am wrestling with an article about the âoppression olympicsâ conundrum and trying not to be simplistic by saying itâs complicated.
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Itâs scary, it fills me with dread but it needs to be said. Read on IT IS A COUP
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IT IS A COUP
This is what should be on every front page in 150 point banner headlines. All I have is this Substack but I lay it beneath your feet and pray to a higher power that I'm wrong.
https://open.substack.com/pub/broligarchy/p/it-is-a-coup?r=324xz7&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email
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Useful notes to qualify the sometimes facile comparisons of Trump & Musk to German Nazis and Italian fascists.
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