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Politics at the Edge Podcast: Black Lives Matter – Why the Protests went Global

September 16, 2020October 7, 2020 by Admin

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https://soundcloud.com/user-913030598/black-lives-matter-why-the-protests-went-global Why did the #BLM movement capture the imagination in 2020? What was it about the death of George Floyd that led to protests in more than 4,000 towns and cities worldwide? And what can we learn from our own reactions to footballers taking a knee, and dancers who perform…

What’s in store for the Precautionary Principle?

November 21, 2017February 15, 2018 by Admin

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Right now, the fate of the EU’s environmental principles in this country after Brexit is being debated by the House of Commons. Rupert Read sets out the prospects for the retention of the Precautionary Principle after Brexit. The current state of play The EU Withdrawal Bill is currently being debated…

Why do we want independence? A Catalan UEA student explains

October 8, 2017October 8, 2017 by Editor

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Following the attempts of the Spanish government to prevent an independence referendum, one of our Catalan students explains why he wants independence for Catalonia from Spain. Last Sunday, just like 2 other million people, I voted; and did so in favour of the creation of a new Catalan Republic. Since…

‘Craven’ Labour has given Tories free ride over Brexit

March 8, 2017 by Editor

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Charles Clarke argues that ‘Craven’ Labour has given Tories free ride over Brexit Labour’s confusion and incoherence in response to the EU referendum, eight months ago, has given the Conservatives a free ride. It must not go on. Labour’s starting point should be to accept the referendum decision for what…

#VoteNeither: How you can help BOTH sides to lose this pointless referendum…

June 3, 2016June 6, 2016 by Editor

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The upcoming European Union referendum gives us the choice of clinging on to an increasingly and inexorably pro-corporate EU, or leaving the EU altogether on UKIP's terms. In this article, Rupert Read argues that neither of these options are discernibly better than the other, and that given this deadlock, the…

UEA’s Vice-Chancellor on the UK and the EU

March 14, 2016March 14, 2016 by Editor

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The University of East Anglia's Vice Chancellor, Professor David Richardson, sets out his views on the UK and the EU on Eastminster. We can all expect the next four months to be full of sound and fury as the media and politicians generate sound bites, column inches and a sea…

Has the EU failed us, or have we failed to forge a European identity?

February 22, 2016February 22, 2016 by Editor

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Has the EU failed us, or have we failed to forge a European identity, asks Marina Prentoulis. [caption id="attachment_1336" align="alignright" width="300"] Dr. Marina Prentoulis, University of East Anglia[/caption]As a Greek citizen long resident in Britain, I cannot help noticing the almost complete absence of any sense of European identity in…

A New Strategy for Sport

December 7, 2015January 11, 2016 by Editor

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The Department for Culture, Media & Sport has just released a new consultation paper on sport. Partly this is because the last one took place over a decade ago and much of the social and economic landscape has changed since then, notably with regard to funding cuts and the impact…

Death to ‘austerity’ Long live sustainable abundance

December 7, 2015January 11, 2016 by Editor

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UEA Lecturer and Green party politician Dr Rupert Read explores what is wrong- and right with the frame of 'austerity' The 'austerity' issue is very much in the news. In last Sunday’s 'Observer', for example, it popped up in several articles. On the front page a number of economists are…

A place in the sun for the refugees in the streets of Athens and of Europe

October 14, 2015 by Editor

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A day with the newly arrived refugees at Athens city centre. Impressions, conversations, thoughts about them and about us. Spending a day with refugees from war, poverty and discrimination should be a requirement for every citizen of a purportedly civilised democratic society. Much is made of the tens of thousands…

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