The UK Counter Terrorism and Security Act (2015) (CTSA) calls for a partnership between the government, individuals, organisations and communities to prevent the radicalisation of individuals and to prevent their participation in terrorist and illegal activities. As part of this strategy, universities...
The anarchist experiment of self-management in the Ukraine came to a bloody end when the Bolsheviks turned on the Makhnovists (their former allies against the "Whites," or pro-Tsarists) when they were no longer needed. This important movement is fully discussed in the appendix"Why does the ...
Her study shows, moreover, that people outliving the movements in which they were originally active may bear witness to less eventful times of politicisation, resistance and resilience, even deradicalisation and teach us more than the eventful, memorable moments of protest, for example, about ...
a central plank of anti-radicalisation programmes such as the UK’s “Prevent” strategy (see “Nip it in the bud“). Democratic societies cannot keep an eye on everyone, and what they are looking for may not even give any obvious sign of its existence. ...
While BreadTubes self-understanding was and is clearly a leftist one (e.g. the name references “The Conquest of Bread” by anarchist-communist Piotr Kropotkin), there did and does not exist a central, cohesive worldview the group organizes around (Liedtke and Marwecki2019). Rather the inter...
However, in spite of this radicalisation of the party base, the party machine still was at odds with the desires of the party. As Trotsky acknowledged, the situation "called for resolute confrontation of the sluggish Party machine with masses and ideas in motion." He stressed that "the ...
Over the last five years the radicalisation of children and young people to extreme ideologies is fast developing as a new and important safeguarding issue for Local Authorities. Despite many high profile cases, there has yet to be a response from the educational psychology profession. This article...
“small” territory, where the canton is almost the city and vice versa, is often pointed out by other parts of the country, which more or less explicitly criticise Geneva’s multilevel governance, where no one really knows “who does what” and that “wouldn’t exist if Geneva weren’t...
Looking ahead to 2025, Swain stresses the importance of taking a longer view, as difficult as this may be while we continue to witness atrocities day after day. “For anyone who feels like their actions haven’t achieved enough, the crucial thing is to look aro...
Life & CultureWe need to talk about female radicalisation Life & CultureNo one can tell trans women who they are At first glance, the world of dating apps feels as boring and trite as say, the questions Hinge asks you when you join: “Do you like getting caught in the rain?”. Tind...