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Radical Research Collective of Academics and Activists

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Mike Small@bellacaledonia.bsky.social · 10mo ago

The Scottish Languages Act, which MSPs voted through in June, empowers parents to ask for a Gaelic school to be established in their area and aims to ensure that more qualifications are available in Gaelic. We explored what it means #StAndrewsDay bellacaledonia.org.uk/2025/06/20/t...

The Scottish Languages Act: opportunities and challenges

The Scottish Languages Act passed unanimously by the Scottish Parliament this week is the most important language legislation for Gaelic in twenty years and the first ever for the Scots language. T…

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Erasmus Research@erasmusresearch.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Today, the Scottish 'justice' system' is facing a number of challenges. One that a lot of people aren't aware of is our informal plea-bargaining system. Our new blog draws on the post office scandal to highlight the dangers of this murky world of grubby deals. erasmusresearch.com/the-hidden-c...

The Hidden Crisis in Plea Bargaining — and Why Scotland Should Be Worried - Erasmus Research

The new UCL/University of Exeter report on the Post Office scandal should alarm anyone who cares about justice in the UK. While much has been written about the Post Office’s aggressive prosecution str...

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Erasmus Research@erasmusresearch.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Watch this inspiring podcast featuring Dr Karen Corteen, exploring how the Choose Life Project uses lived experience, storytelling, and research-based education to change how young people understand addiction. erasmusresearch.com/changing-min...

Changing Minds Through Lived Experience: Evaluating the Choose Life Project - Erasmus Research

Dr Karen Corteen (Senior Lecturer in Criminal Justice, Liverpool John Moores University), Steve Duffy (Project Manager, Choose Life Project), and Dr Cassie Ogden (Senior Lecturer in Sociology, Liverpo...

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INQUEST@inquest-org.bsky.social · 11mo ago

MP's will debate Hillsborough Law for the first time on Monday. The Bill is a critical opportunity to right past wrongs and end cover-up culture. It must be implemented in full. We've teamed up with JUSTICE and Hillsborough Law Now to brief MP's ahead of the debate. Read the briefing:

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Bristol Copwatch @bristolcopwatch.bsky.social · 12mo ago

www.met.police.uk/police-force... We have noted that training doesn't improve officers' conduct. We have known for many years that this has always been the case. What tools do the #Met use for "precision" stop and searches? #WeCopWatch

Precision stop and search: Evaluating the impact of targeted enhancements to stop and search training

The Met's Strategic Insights Unit conducted trialled supervisor-led reviews of BWV footage from stop and search encounters to understand their impact.

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Erasmus Research@erasmusresearch.bsky.social · 12mo ago

erasmusresearch.com/historical-w... Official apologies come easy. Accountability doesn’t. Read Professor Margaret Malloch on the long road to justice after Hillsborough and Allan Marshall.

Historical Wrongs and Contemporary Rights: Memorialising Injustice - Erasmus Research

A Blog by Professor Margaret Malloch When injustice occurs at the hands of powerful institutions, it is rarely straightforward to have it acknowledged, let alone obtain redress. Institutional cover-up...

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Erasmus Research@erasmusresearch.bsky.social · last yr.

PODCAST - Professor Margaret Malloch discusses her research looking at the contemporary movements memorialising the Scottish Witch Hunts. So many parallels between historical and contemporary forms of scapegoating... watch the podcast below 👇👇👇 erasmusresearch.com/remembering-...

Remembering Injustice - Erasmus Research

Podcast - Remembering Injustice: The Movement to Memorialize Scotland's Witch Trials with Dr Margaret Malloch Dr Margaret Malloch, Professor of Criminology at the University of Stirling (and integral ...

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Mike Small@bellacaledonia.bsky.social · last yr.

How can it be possible to invest over £2m in public funding for an organisation and then have no expectations of cultural or economic return? How can it be possible that CS funds an organisation to this scale that employs virtually no one from Scotland? bellacaledonia.org.uk/2025/07/24/e...

Edinburgh Film Festival ‘created in London’

A Scottish film critic has claimed that the Edinburgh Film Festival is ‘created in London and shipped up to Edinburgh for ten days’ amongst claims that ‘ 90% of the people who sel…

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Erasmus Research@erasmusresearch.bsky.social · last yr.

PODCAST - Professor Margaret Malloch discusses her research looking at the contemporary movements memorialising the Scottish Witch Hunts. So many parallels between historical and contemporary forms of scapegoating... watch the podcast below 👇👇👇 erasmusresearch.com/remembering-...

Remembering Injustice - Erasmus Research

Podcast - Remembering Injustice: The Movement to Memorialize Scotland's Witch Trials with Dr Margaret Malloch Dr Margaret Malloch, Professor of Criminology at the University of Stirling (and integral ...

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George Monbiot@georgemonbiot.bsky.social · last yr.

Cutting "red tape" (aka public protections), as Reeves is doing, does not save money. Instead, it transfers costs from the rich to the poor. Other people pay for financial recklessness, filthy rivers, air pollution, lax building standards and consumer rip-offs. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Reeves says rules and red tape are ‘boot on the neck’ of business

At the Mansion House dinner she calls for regulators to allow more risk to clear the way for economic growth

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Erasmus Research@erasmusresearch.bsky.social · last yr.

Fear isn’t a by-product of authoritarianism. It is the strategy. From war-footing propaganda to hostile welfare cuts, the UK is waging psychological warfare on its own people. Read why fear is the system — and how we resist it: erasmusresearch.com/the-politica... #politics

The Political Function of Fear: Why the Government Wants You Afraid - Erasmus Research

“There are two ways in which people are controlled: first of all frighten them, and secondly demoralise them... An educated, healthy and confident nation is harder to govern.” — Tony Benn https://www....

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Kirstin Anderson @kir-anderson.bsky.social · last yr.

Screening of Holloway this Sunday at the Cameo in Edinburgh, followed with a Q&A with co-director Sophie Compton. Looks like an important film! 'Women are powerful, when they find their voice.' Hope to see you there! withhttps://www.picturehouses.com/movie-details/000/HO00016374/holloway-q-a?filter=

Holloway + Q&A | Showtimes and Tickets

Six women return to the now abandoned Holloway Prison to take part in a women’s circle. Sharing some of the most intimate experiences of their lives, they each unravel what led them to prison, b...

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Francesca Soliman@frasoliman.bsky.social · last yr.

"Kirstin Anderson opened by pulling no punches". I have zero trouble believing that! As always, here's @kir-anderson.bsky.social taking hard questions head on and leading exactly the kind of conversation we should be having about prisons: about social harms, academic pavidity, and lessons unlearned.

Kirstin Anderson @kir-anderson.bsky.social · last yr.

Many thanks to @joesmithcreative.bsky.social for an excellent write up of our session at the Paisley Book Festival last month paisleybookfestival.com/blog-buildin...

Bristol Copwatch @bristolcopwatch.bsky.social · last yr.

chuffed.org/project/128548-surveillance-i... Our campaign for the film on Think Family Education is live on Chuffed! Excited to collaborate with RootCause films and Bashart Malik! #IAmJudah #WeCopWatch 🎥✨ @StopWatch @NPMP @Netpol

Surveillance is not safe guarding

Think Family Education (TFE)  is an app that has been in use in schools for several years, in fact The Bristol Cable first reported on TFE in 2021.  The app is connected to a council and police database.

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Police Spies Out Of Lives@spiesoutoflives.bsky.social · last yr.

Tickets are being snapped up quickly for Kate Wilson's book launch on Tuesday June 3rd in central London. Make sure you've reserved your place to hear from Kate about her fight for justice against the #spycops. More info here: policespiesoutoflives.org.uk/kate-wilsons...

Kate Wilson's book launch - Tuesday June 3rd 2025

Don't miss the opportunity to hear our very own Kate Wilson in conversation with comedian and writer Rob Newman talking about her fantastic memoir DISCLOSURE: UNRAVELLING THE SPYCOPS FILES. On Tues...

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