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  • 6 Jun 2019
    Mass arrest of animal rights activists. Photo credit Direct Action Everywhere.
    Justin Marceau

    Social Change, Animal Rights, and Incarceration

    It is widely known that the American criminal justice system is uniquely punitive, and that the harsh carceral and collateral impacts of tough-on-crime policies have disproportionately burdened the poor and persons of color. Among progressive social movements, the animal rights movement stands as a notable exception to an overriding trend of advocacy against tough-on-crime policies. […]

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  • 24 Apr 2019
    Ignacio Sánchez-Cuenca

    The Remote Causes of Terrorism

    Ignacio Sánchez-Cuenca, author of 'The Historical Roots of Political Violence', on the causes of 20th century revolutionary terrorism.

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  • 15 Apr 2019
    David Johns

    Doing Battle With The Next Asteroid

    David Johns, Author of, Conservation Politics; The Last Anti-Colonial Battle, tells us how ultimately global conservation is failing. Why, when the majority of people say they value nature and its protection? David Johns argues that the loss of species and healthy ecosystems is best understood as human imposition of a colonial relationship on the non-human world - one of exploitation and domination.

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  • 25 Mar 2019
    Fatemah Alzubairi

    The Rise of Authoritarianism under the Presidency of Trump

    Fatemah Alzubairi discusses her new book Colonialism, Neo-Colonialism, and Anti-Terrorism Law in the Arab World.

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  • 17 Jan 2019
    Joseph Blocher, Darrell A.H. Miller

    How can the Second Amendment inform US gun regulation?

    An introduction to "The Positive Second Amendment: Rights, Regulation, and the Future of Heller" by its authors Joseph Blocher & Darrell A.H. Miller.

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  • 3 Jul 2018
    Bill Ong Hing

    Deportation and the Trump Administration

    The outcry over the Trump Administration’s policy of separating migrant children from their parents has been overwhelming. The widespread criticism led to the President’s executive order halting the separation. However, the damage has been done to the emotional and physical well-being of the more than 2,500 children who were separated prior to the order. On […]

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  • 6 Mar 2018
    S.I. Strong

    Combating Religious Extremism: A New Approach

    S.I Strong, author of Transforming Religious Liberties, discusses new ways of combating religious extremism.

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  • 6 Feb 2018
    Olena Nikolayenko

    An Introduction to Youth Movements and Elections in Eastern Europe

    Eastern Europe has witnessed a remarkable rise of nonviolent youth movements in the early 2000s. The Serbian youtsh movement Otpor mobilized thousands of young people against the incumbent government and contributed to Slobodan Milosevic’s downfall in the wake of the 2000 elections. Within a few months of Milosevic’s electoral defeat, Belarusian youth activists set up […]

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