On 4/3/24 Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch Kirill, said up front that Russia's war on Ukraine is a 'Holy War.' His speech illustrates the basis for the affinity between MAGA, Bannon, the dominionist and Christian Nationalist Right, the far Right worldwide, and Putin's Russia.

Romeo & Juliet director condemns 'deplorable racial abuse' against star bbc.in/3VJGH1l

Woke #ThinkingAllowed BBC Sounds Susan Neiman argues that 'woke' is anti left, abandoning universalism in favour of tribalism Polity @huwcdavies analyses the British 'war on woke' as an ideological campaign against social justice movements. bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

PETS #ThinkingAllowed BBC Sounds Jane Hamlett on the British love affair with pets🐈🐹🦜Jessica Amberson on what it means to be a ‘dog person’ 🐶bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

#ThinkingAllowed THE GRAVE & MEMORIAL BENCHES: Allison C. Meier explores the social history of the grave & future possibilities, from green burials to human composting Object Lessons Also, Anne Karpf on the rising popularity of the memorial bench. bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

#ThinkingAllowed Intersections: Patricia Hill Collins asks why the risk of death is much greater for some than others.Also, Joyce Jiang, on abuses against female migrant domestic workers Polity UMD Sociology Berggruen Institute The Voice of Domestic Workers UoY School for Business and Society - Research
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Patricia Hill Collins & Joyce Cheung on #ThinkingAllowed BBC Sounds
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Patricia Hill Collins speaks in humbling terms on BBC Radio 4 #ThinkingAllowed about her work on Intersectional Violence and beyond:

“This is a collective effort … This is the face and the voice of something that is much bigger.”

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CIVILIANS IN THE LINE OF FIRE - Listen again #ThinkingAllowed Nicola Perugini on the global history of human shields. Also, Craig Jones on the war lawyers who've facilitated an extension, rather than curtailment in civilian deaths. bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

#ThinkingAllowed : The Power of Song. James Walvin, on the cultural history of Amazing Grace. How did a hymn, written in an English vicarage in 1772, come to hold a sway over millions? Also, Angela Impey on songs & peacebuilding in South Sudan. bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

THE PASSPORT #ThinkingAllowed BBC Sounds Patrick Bixby on the cultural history of an every day document University of California Press Also @KristinSurak Harvard University Press on the wealthy elites who purchase ‘golden passports'. bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

#ThinkingAllowed BBC Sounds Traditionalism & US Russian Orthodox converts Mark Sedgwick on an ancient philosophy which is being reclaimed by the current radical right Sarah Riccardi-Swartz on a corner of Appalachia which embraces Putin's New Russia bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…
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Listen again! As Zuckerberg goes underground.. #ThinkingAllowed on bunkers.

AVK Fascinating episode of Thinking Allowed today on BBC R4. The 2nd half talks about hope and despair and the connection to the latter of conspiracy theories.
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Sociologist Thomas DeGloma discusses his book ANONYMOUS that investigates contemporary and historical cases of anonymity to build a sociological theory that accounts for the many faces of this phenomenon, on BBC Radio’s “Thinking Allowed”: bbc.in/3useWiT

Who is considered human? This is a shifting value, and it is political. Historically, people of color in colonial wars wouldn't be human shields because they weren't considered fully human. Nicola Perugini on BBC Radio 4 Thinking Allowed #HumanShields
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🧵I don't usually bother with this stuff but... I see people suggesting the BBC has somehow indulged me because I'm riding a £7,000 bike. I feel compelled to set the record straight on a couple of points 1/3

Troubles victims' names read aloud for final time bbc.in/3IXYtGF

Don't you say women shouldn't be in the workforce and should be at home with their kids?

Which is it Pearl?

Also last I checked Hilary is actively pursuing a job.

Thrilled to announce I'll be working with The Bureau of Investigative Journalism for the next two years reporting on the family courts & continuing our investigative series #familycourtfiles which examines how allegations of domestic/sexual abuse are handled by the family justice system 🧵tinyurl.com/2nbmr4sv