MYANMAR’S DISPLACED REMAIN RELUCTANT TO RETURN HOME, AND I DON’T BLAME THEM

Posted on August 8, 2019 by Norwich Radical in Inter|national and tagged ASEAN, Aung San Suu Kyi, Bangladesh, Burma, Burmese military, china, citizenship, conflict, displacement, featured, General Ne Win, genocide, IDPs, islamophobia, Kachin, Karen, Kutupalong, land, Myanmar, racisn, refugees, Rohingya, security, sittwe, UN.

by Yali Banton-Heath

New discussions have been taking place about the future of the displaced Rohingya population in Bangladesh, and their potential repatriation journey back over the border to Myanmar. The progression of the repatriation process however, as the UN has reiterated, remains frustratingly slow. A lack of guarantees, respect, and honesty on the Burmese government’s part is maintaining a firm unwillingness among Rohingya community leaders to make the decision to return home. But the Rohingya are not the only displaced minority demanding security guarantees and respect for their rights from the Burmese government. Elsewhere in the country, as well as across the Thai and Chinese borders other displaced ethnic groups – such as Kachin and Karen – are being faced with the same dilemma. Either to remain in squalid refugee camps, or make the journey home and risk returning to renewed violence and repression.

CORE CIVIC CAUGHT CONDUCTING SEX-BASED EXPERIMENTS UPON IMMIGRANTS WITH A SECOND IMMIGRANT WITNESS COMING FORWARD

Posted on April 25, 2019 by Norwich Radical in Inter|national, Perspectives and tagged abuse, BOP, Civil Rights, Core Civic, corey donaldson, featured, immigrants, immigration, me too, prison, prison reform, privatisation, SEC, security, sexual assault, sexual harassment, surveillance, voyeurism.

By David Breakspear

Part two of a three-part series

CW: graphic mentions of sexual harassment, voyeurism, and physical and mental abuse

In the first instalment of this story I chronicled the sworn Affidavit of Corey Donaldson, a former immigrant inmate at a low security prison in Georgia at McRae C.I. Corey provided evidence of industrial-scale prurient crimes targeted at the dignity of immigrants and carried out by Core Civic.Continue Reading

SELF EDUCATION, NEW SOLUTIONS

Posted on September 26, 2017 by Norwich Radical in Student and tagged adulthood, books, Brexit, capitalism, ChildLine, collective action, connectivity, consumerism, conversation, coping, corporations, democracy, disaster, education, environment, environmentalism, events, facts, free thought, globalisation, government, hope, ideology, individualism, information, information overload, knowledge, knowledge is power, learning, local groups, mental health, Naomi Klein, news, No Is Not Enough: Resisting The New Shock Politics, politicians, politics, power, reading, resistance, schools, security, self education, social consciousness, society, sociopolitical situation, This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs The Climate, Trump, truth, voters, voting, young people.

by Laura Potts

Schools stand as institutions of education, aiming to enhance and aid growth in various forms. Children growing through the school system will eventually leave as adults. However, in my generation, there is a trend away from exploring a key part of adulthood: continued self education.

TURNING THE TIDE ON THE “WORRY TREND” OF JOURNALISM IN BRITAIN

Posted on May 2, 2017 by Norwich Radical in Arts, Inter|national and tagged action, arts, Benjamin Franklin, campaign, democracy, election, espionage, fake news, free press, government, investigative journalism, journalism, law, legal defence fund, media, MSM, news, opinion, petition, press, Reporters Sans Frontieres, Reporters Without Borders, security, theresa may, tony blair, World Press Freedom Index.

by Richard Worth

You might have seen the worrying news that Britain has slipped further down the World Press Freedom Index. This index, monitored by Reporters Sans Frontiéres, rates the freedoms (duh) of the press to report what they like without fear of governmental repercussions. For a breakdown of why Britain is doing so poorly, take a look at the RSF website.

A brief summary is that our governments (those loveable scamps) are trading off the freedom of the press for national security. What’s worse is that there is a potential new law on the horizon that would allow journalists to be treated and sentenced as spies in cases of leaked information. After all, these are the “enemies of the people”. Though this absurd bit of legislation has been temporarily halted, there is serious concern that, much like Tony Blair, it could return and ruin everything.Continue Reading

THE GOVERNMENT KNOWS YOU’RE READING THIS

Posted on November 29, 2016 by Norwich Radical in Inter|national and tagged Apple, Brexit, Britain, censorship, data, democracy, encryption, fire service, gchq, Google, government, information, internet, Investigatory Powers Bill, IT, law, legislation, Parliament, petition, phone, pornography, privacy, Royal Navy Police, security, security services, Snoopers Charter, sue, the Competition and Markets Authority, the Food Standards Agency, the HSE, the Northern Ireland Ambulance Service Health and Social Care Trust, theresa may, uk, web.

by Zoe Harding

CW: pornography

Just a heads-up: The government knows you’re reading this.

Literally. Amidst the endless torrents of nonsense spewing from the ongoing Brexit negotiations (update: Theresa May throws up hands, announces ‘Fuck it all, God will sort it out’) and the dawn of a new chapter in the great story of democracy, the government the British people did not elect and didn’t really ask for passed some of the most intrusive legislation a British government has ever passed. The Investigatory Powers Bill, also known as the ‘Snooper’s Charter’, is due to be signed into law in a couple of weeks, and it manages what can only be called a very British Government feat in being both poorly-worded and terrifying.

‘ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTER TOURISM’: THE DARK SIDES OF THE CRUISE INDUSTRY

Posted on May 31, 2016 by Norwich Radical in Inter|national and tagged Beachapedia, Caribbean, cruise, death, Dianne Brimble, diesel, dissapearances, emissions, environment, GHB, harassment, Harmony of the Seas, holiday, internationa, kidnapping, loss, ocean, P&O, Pacific Sky, pollution, power, regulations, Royal Caribbean, security, sexual assault, ship, supersize, tourism, toxic, Transport and Environment, travel, waste.

by Zoe Harding

TW: Sexual assault

On the 22nd of May, the Oasis-class cruise ship Harmony of the Seas set sail from Southampton docks on its first commercial voyage. The world’s largest cruise ship, the Harmony is owned by Royal Caribbean and can carry up to 5,400 passengers as well as 2,100 crew. The ship will be sailing on various European cruise routes until October, when it moves to the Caribbean for the winter. The vessel resembles a block of brutalist flats with a pointy bit at the front, and rooms can cost up to £3,000 for a seven-day cruise. The industry boomed in the early 2010s and is still going, with over around 22.5 million passengers carried worldwide in 2015 at a profit of somewhere around $39.6 billion.Continue Reading

WHY ANOTHER EUROPE IS POSSIBLE: INTERVIEW WITH MARINA PRENTOULIS

Posted on May 7, 2016 by Norwich Radical in Inter|national and tagged Another Europe is Possible, Brendan Barber, Brexit, Britain, david cameron, democracy, economy, EU, EU referendum, european identity, European Parliament, european union, grassroots, identity, immigration, jeremy corbyn, Labour, leadership, Leave Campaign, left wing, Marina Prentoulis, neoliberal, Remain Campaign, security, Socialist Party, Socialist Workers Party, solidarity, Stronger In, Syriza, Tories, transparency, TTIP, uea lecturer, UKIP.

by Olivia Hanks

With just over six weeks to go until the referendum on the UK’s membership of the European Union, the Remain campaign has two considerable problems. Firstly, the EU is so flawed, so bloated and undemocratic, in the eyes of virtually everyone, that it is very difficult even for those who will be voting Remain to get truly excited about it. Secondly, at the head of the campaign is David Cameron, a man so universally disliked by people of all political persuasions that it is a miracle he continues to cling to power.

There is very little in the lead Remain campaign to offer hope or inspiration to anybody. The three key points on the home page of Britain Stronger in Europe read #Better Economy. Better Leadership. Better Security’, which, reading between the lines, might be interpreted as follows: “We’ll make sure Britain keeps consuming the world’s resources at an unsustainable rate, while ensuring all the resulting wealth is concentrated at the top. Oh, and we’ll see to it those dirty foreigners don’t get their hands on any.”Continue Reading

THE SMART CRUNCH

Posted on March 1, 2016 by Norwich Radical in Inter|national and tagged Apple, CIA, economy, Edward Snowden, FBI, finance, internet, Julian Assange, phone, police, police state, privacy, San Bernardino, security, smart crunch, smart phone, Snoopers Charter, Syed Farook, technology, theresa may, WikiLeaks.

by Andrew McArthur

The world looks on with bated breath as the FBI and Apple discuss the access rights to the iPhone belonging to the San Bernardino killer Syed Farook. But the world isn’t interested in the injustice of another American killer being granted his rights to privacy, despite the lives he ruined.

If the FBI is granted access rights to Farook’s device, the integrity of smart technology would suddenly be thrown into question. If you follow the work of Julian Assange and Edward Snowden, then it becomes clear that the security of most electronic communications has been compromised for a long time.Continue Reading

AFTER PARIS – THINKING FOR OURSELVES

Posted on November 19, 2015 by Norwich Radical in Inter|national, Perspectives and tagged #ParisAttacks, backlash, bombings, fear, ideology, media, MSM, narrative, news, privilege, question, safety, security, selectivity, terror, terrorism, West, world events, world news.

by Micha Horgan

The events that took place in Paris are deeply upsetting; the implications, vast and immeasurable. Immediate thoughts are naturally for those killed and injured and those who loved and depended on them but beyond this there is a lot to think about. Blame, heightened surveillance, further scrutiny of immigration policies (at a time when this is not needed) and other discriminatory backlash will be at the forefront of our media in the coming months.

Following Friday’s events the rhetoric from some people has been that the Western world is “no longer safe”, that we are moving into a darker time. What is certain is that it is time to think.Continue Reading

THE SPECTRE OF IDEOLOGY

Posted on November 18, 2015 by Norwich Radical in Arts and tagged 007, agency, anti hero, arms, bond girls, books, comment, conservative, control, Daniel Craig, Englishman, film, films, hero, Ian Fleming, ideology, Idris Elba, James Bond, MI5, movies, mysogyny, NSA, politics, review, security, Spectre, status quo, terrorism, totalitarianism, Waltz, weapons.

by Jack Brindelli

In the years following the Second World War, Britain had shifted in ways many thought impossible. In the 1950s, amidst the fading colonial legacy of a crumbling empire, with increasing levels of immigration and the decreased faith in the power of the free market led, the country’s middle class felt stranded. These revolutionary changes in the country’s fabric radically challenged the ideas they had been raised to adhere to in the name of success. Middle England was holding out for a hero – and boy did Ian Fleming’s gin-swilling womaniser give them one.

James Bond is a cultural artefact – an ideological snap-shot, emerging initially as the embodiment of the established order, in order to defend it. Such was the archetypal appeal of the character, and so in tune was he to the fears of the middle class, that he soon moved seamlessly between mediums. In a world where Britain’s influence seemed to be waning, and where marginalised races and genders were pushing for equality, Bond showed Middle England could still have it all – no wonder he’s cited as being David Cameron’s inspiration for foreign policy, 007 is a conservative’s wet-dream.Continue Reading

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MYANMAR’S DISPLACED REMAIN RELUCTANT TO RETURN HOME, AND I DON’T BLAME THEM

CORE CIVIC CAUGHT CONDUCTING SEX-BASED EXPERIMENTS UPON IMMIGRANTS WITH A SECOND IMMIGRANT WITNESS COMING FORWARD

TURNING THE TIDE ON THE “WORRY TREND” OF JOURNALISM IN BRITAIN

‘ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTER TOURISM’: THE DARK SIDES OF THE CRUISE INDUSTRY

WHY ANOTHER EUROPE IS POSSIBLE: INTERVIEW WITH MARINA PRENTOULIS

THE SMART CRUNCH

AFTER PARIS – THINKING FOR OURSELVES

THE SPECTRE OF IDEOLOGY

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