NATURE OR NURTURE

Posted on August 22, 2019 by Norwich Radical in Perspectives and tagged anomie, crime, criminal, death penalty, deterrent, Emile Durkheim, ethics, featured, felony, Feltham, HMOY, jail, justice, law, norms, prison, prisoner, privilege, reform, report, Robert K Merton, schools, self harm, sociology, suicide, terror.

by David Breakspear

CW: mentions suicide, self-harm

In my previous article ‘Consequence of Conscience’, I mention a work titled Suicide by sociologist Émile Durkheim. In Suicide, Durkheim introduced us to the term ‘anomie’, suggesting it to be a breakdown of social norms resulting in a lack of standards and values. He also used this same term and definition to explain a reason as to why some members of society embark on a path of crime or ‘deviance’ – straying from the norm. Durkheim saw deviance as an inevitable part of life which is needed for innovation and change.Continue Reading

RATS TO RICHES

Posted on December 15, 2018 by Norwich Radical in Inter|national, Perspectives and tagged Community, crime, criminology, education, expression, featured, HMP Norwich, hope, justice, Men's Shed, Nicola Marfleet, norfolk, norwich, outreach, prison, progress, reform, report, social media, suicide, uk, Woodhill.

by David Breakspear

CW: suicide

“Don’t do the crime, if you can’t do the time!”. In terms of reform and progress within our penal system, the proverb is about as much use as eating soup with a fork. For a start, how would you know?

Unfortunately, we do need prisons. Ever since Eve – reportedly – ate the forbidden fruit from the garden of Eden, crime has been in existence in human narratives. Crime, either directly or indirectly, affects us all; victims of crime or the family/loved ones/friends of the victim, perpetrator of crime, or, yet again, the family/friends/loved ones of the perpetrators. You may even pay higher insurance premiums due to crime. Crime affects all, therefore, crime is the responsibility of all, especially the prison system.Continue Reading

HELPING PEOPLE SEE THE ECONOMY ANEW

Posted on March 11, 2018 by Norwich Radical in Inter|national and tagged Brexit, context, crisis, economics, economy, event, featured, finance, framing, Labour, metaphors, narrative, NEF, neoliberal, neoliberalism, NEON, ownership, PIRC, politics, report, research, War of Words.

by Justin Reynolds

Why, 10 years after a crisis of capitalism that has entrenched inequalities and insecurity, does the left still struggle to convince a sceptical public that an alternative economics is possible? That question was the focus of one of several intriguing sessions at The Norwich Radical’s recent War of Words conference. A new report by the New Economics Foundation (NEF) attempts to answer it.

Framing the Economy argues that progressives need to spend less time discussing the detail of economic policy and more on telling simple stories about how the economy works that people can understand. The project grew from a recognition that the right has long been better than the left at presenting ‘common sense’ understandings economic mechanisms.Continue Reading

“TOO COLD TO CONCENTRATE” – THE STATE OF STUDENT HOMES IN 2018

Posted on February 4, 2018 by Norwich Radical in Student and tagged ACORN renters' union, bills, class, cold, direct action, electricity, featured, fuel poverty, gas, Homes Fit For Study, mental health, NACHoS, NUS, prepaid meters, private landlords, property, rent strike, report, statistics, student accommodation, student housing co-ops, students, utilities, wellbeing.

by Robyn Banks

Last week, NUS released the 2018 edition of their ‘Homes Fit For Study’ report on the state of student housing in the UK. Whilst the findings aren’t overly surprisingly, they still present the stark realities of the standard of housing that students have to face. The report demonstrates the effect that poor housing can have on mental health and wellbeing – one student reported that “Sometimes in bed when it’s bitterly cold we all feel like crying…” and another even said that her housing was so cold she caught pneumonia. In a society where the focus is on growing private capital, the health of tenants often comes second.

WILL UEA DO WHAT’S RIGHT FOR PHD ASSOCIATE TUTORS?

Posted on June 28, 2017 by Norwich Radical in Student and tagged academia, academic staff, access, access to employment, application processes, complaints, contracts, disrespect, diversity, elitism, employee feedback, employment rights, equality and diversity monitoring, hierarchy, higher education, hours, HR, male dominance, marking, mental health, nepotism, pay, phD, PhD Associate Tutors, postgraduate, postgraduate community, postgraduate tutors, recruitment, report, rights, shift covering, student employment, student mental health, students, support, temporary contracts, trade unions, training, UEA, UEA School of Arts Media and American Studies, UEA School of Chemistry, UEA School of International Development, UEA School of Politics Philosophy and Language and Communication Studies, UEA Student Experience Committee, UEA SU, unconscious bias, undergraduate teaching, unpaid work, white dominance.

by Maddie Colledge, UEA SU Postgraduate Education Officer

Following a steady drip of complaints to the SU in recent years, the Postgraduate Committee have this year steered me to focus my efforts on launching research into the experience of our PhD Associate Tutors (ATs). We already knew some of the issues that our ATs face and had brought them to the University’s attention, but in light of little change since then, it seemed a full review was needed. Following the publication of that review, I’d like to share our findings with you as well as our plans for the future (the full report can be found here).

BUT HE’S NOT RACIST

Posted on March 10, 2017 by Norwich Radical in Inter|national, Perspectives and tagged African, BAME, berlin, berlin wall, black, BLM, Britain, Business Location Center, colonialism, culture, France, germany, guilt, Isaiah Lopaz, manchester, melting pot, microaggression, personal experience, POC, politics, population, race, racism, report, resist, resistance, shame, slurs, statistics, systematic racism, The Netherlands, uk, UN, white west, whiteness, woc.

by Candice Nembhard

I have been living in Berlin for around two months now and generally the transition from the UK to mainland Europe has been a relatively easy process. If we put rising rent prices, endless German bureaucracy, and the future of Brexit aside, Berlin in some ways is a safe haven for a young black Brit such as myself.

Undoubtedly, my ability to move, live and work in Germany is not possible without an immense amount of privilege. I, unlike many people, do not face the same amount of adversity by simply being here; irrespective of my feelings towards my nationality, having a British passport is a golden ticket I didn’t have to work for. However, even with its numerous working and academic advantages, my citizenship does not defend me against the microaggressions of prejudice and racism that I receive almost on a daily basis.Continue Reading

TRISTAN THINKS ABOUT THE NEWS, WHILE EATING RICE AND BEANS

Posted on September 6, 2016 by Norwich Radical in Arts and tagged activism, art, Bible, breath, breathing, breathless, creative writing, death, eating, food, heresy, journalism, love, male, men, news, norwich, poem, poetry, police brutality, reality, reflection, report, scripture, Siberia, sin, smoking, Tristan, vision, writer, writing, young, youth.

by Julian Canlas

Isaiah 11:2 New International Version (NIV)
The Spirit of the Lord will rest on him—
the Spirit of wisdom and of understanding,
the Spirit of counsel and of might,
the Spirit of the knowledge and fear of the Lord—

Tristan does so without the fear of God, like a pinprick—
a spitting image of all those heretics and unknown curses—

no doubt, in this bog of a living room, where moments
of explosions become dictators, pushing him headfirstContinue Reading

WELCOME (?) TO RIO

Posted on July 28, 2016 by Norwich Radical in Arts, Inter|national and tagged art, Australia, Brazil, comic, comics journalism, corruption, Issues, journalism, Leblon, media, Michel Temer, MSM, Olympic Village, olympics, original art, politics, report, Rio, Rio 2016, sports, terrorism, Vila Olìmpica, Zika virus.

by Aline Zouvi

Comics journalism covering the current situation in Brazil, as the country prepares for the 2016 Olympic games.

WHAT THE GLOB IS GOING ON IN BRAZIL?

Posted on May 10, 2016 by Norwich Radical in Inter|national and tagged art, Brazil, car wash, comic, comics journalism, corruption, coup, cover up, crisis, Dilma Rousseff, Eduardo Cunha, history, impeachment, investigation, Lula, media, Michel Temer, MSM, Odebrecht, original art, Petrobras, politics, recession, report, scandal, Sergio Moro, supermoro, Worker's Party, Zika virus.

by Aline Zouvi

Comics journalism covering the impeachment of Brazil president Dilma Rousseff, and what it means for Brazil as a whole.
Latest news update – not covered in the comic – is from 09.05.16: the impeachment vote has currently been annulled.

REVIEW: THE HOLLOW OF THE HAND

Posted on November 11, 2015 by Norwich Radical in Arts and tagged abortion, Afghanistan, air strike, book, book launch, celebrity, collaboration, critique, feminism, festival, Grimes, inequality, lady gaga, literature, lyrics, music, musician, photography, PJ Harvey, poetry, report, review, Seamus Murphy, song, travel, war, women writers.

by Carmina Masoliver

On 9th and 10th October, the Royal Festival Hall played host to the premier of ‘The Hollow of the Hand’ – a collaboration between musician PJ Harvey and photographer-filmographer Seamus Murphy. It was essentially a book launch, but it will also be a project that includes a film to be released next year. It’s a relatively new breed of art, with politics at its heart, where reportage and art combine to create a particular type of documentary where the genre is combined with artistic photography/videography, poetry, and music.

The project saw Harvey and Murphy travel to Kosovo, Afghanistan, and Washington DC. Murphy stated that they went to these countries without any agenda, without a particular message they wished to convey. It appeared Murphy enjoyed going down the road less travelled, and cited a chicken coop in Kosovo as an example of the kinds of places he liked to visit, and was glad Harvey felt the same way.Continue Reading

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NATURE OR NURTURE

HELPING PEOPLE SEE THE ECONOMY ANEW

“TOO COLD TO CONCENTRATE” – THE STATE OF STUDENT HOMES IN 2018

WILL UEA DO WHAT’S RIGHT FOR PHD ASSOCIATE TUTORS?

BUT HE’S NOT RACIST

TRISTAN THINKS ABOUT THE NEWS, WHILE EATING RICE AND BEANS

WELCOME (?) TO RIO

WHAT THE GLOB IS GOING ON IN BRAZIL?

REVIEW: THE HOLLOW OF THE HAND

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