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  • August 1, 2019
    Riot charges against Hong Kong protesters a 'chilling warning'

    Amnesty says the Hong Kong authorities are showing a flagrant disregard for the right to peaceful assembly.

  • February 28, 2014
    Police use of water cannon and policing disorder nonviolently
  • September 2, 2011
    Is there anything good to be said for ‘religion’?

    The recent disturbances in England show that fundamental issues concerning the legitimation of government, social justice, and societal stability need to be addressed ever more urgently, says Professor Richard Roberts. He argues that scholars of religion should not simply remain reluctant but paid tools of an industrialised system of defective socialisation that initiates students into informed passivity, but rather the source of a truly critical discourse that broadens the imagination and enhances personal agency.

  • August 19, 2011
    Blond blunders on riots

    There have been many thoughtful attempts to understand recent riots in England, says Savi Hensman. But unfortunately thinktank head and theologian Philip Blond’s parallel universe is not among them.

  • August 19, 2011
    Birmingham mourners for three men who tried to stop looting

    Some 20,000 mourners gathered in Birmingham for the funeral of three young men killed while defending their community from looters last week.

  • August 16, 2011
    We must engage with those who feel they have no stake

    I returned last Friday from a week more or less out of reach of TV, radio and electronic communications to what feels like another country: A country convulsed by anger, outrage and anguish. A country in which the ‘old certainties’ of even ten days ago, now seem past their sell by date.

  • August 15, 2011
    Invest in youth and tackle inequality after the riots, say Greens

    The Green Party says investing in youth, tackling inequality and reviewing police tactics are the priorities following the recent disturbances in England.

  • August 14, 2011
    Riots, peaceful protest and the church’s role

    On 14 August 2011, in church, we celebrated Mary, mother of Jesus. She first appears in the Gospels as a brave, dynamic teenager, hopeful of a better future for the oppressed through One she trusts – and willing to put her reputation and even life on the line for this.

  • August 12, 2011
    Punishing rioters’ and looters’ families

    Many people are angry and frightened at the rioting that has caused such damage in cities across England. Some favour harsh punishments. Ideas which have become popular include cutting off welfare benefits to those convicted and evicting their families from social housing. Wandsworth Council has reportedly already applied to the courts to evict a tenant whose son was involved.

  • August 11, 2011
    Peace service focuses on wounded London communities

    The annual peace service at Westminster Cathedral acquired fresh significance in the light of the major disturbances across England.