This is going to be a really great event - come along!
Joint Public Issues Team@publicissues.bsky.social · 2d agoIf you've been asking questions like... 💪 How should Christians engage with political power? ⛪ How and why are parts of the Church supporting the Far Right? 🌍 What is a Christ-like approach to national identity and migration? 🕊️ How can we be agents of God's reconciliation at a time of division?
Recognizing activists with national honour is NOT the same as justice. My dissertation argued that postcolonial historical narratives must give agency to youth activists, including Ken Saro-Wiwa. But this also requires recognizing unjust systems, exploitation, and criminalisation ➡️ aje.io/tc64vt
Nigeria kills her sun: Death and vindication for Ken Saro-Wiwa, Ogoni Nine
An activist’s fight against big oil leads to his death sentence. Thirty years on, government says he’s a national hero.
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1. Today the Tories unveil their new policy: ripping up the commitment to net zero by 2050. Kemi Badenoch, with no evidence, claims "it can’t be achieved without a serious drop in our living standards or by bankrupting us." What the evidence shows is the opposite. We can't prosper without it. 🧵
