cjm 98: How violent is Britain?

David Whyte introduces this issue of cjm

David Whyte argues that challenging the violence of public institutions and corporations, means challenging their state-given right to commit violence with impunity

Ciarán MacAirt writes about the murder of his grandmother and 14 other civilians in a Belfast bar 43 years ago, and the families’ on-going campaign for truth

As the last remnants of housing rights are eroded, Vickie Cooper contends that the harsh cuts on housing benefit allowances are profoundly violent

Victoria Canning argues that our government’s treatment of survivors of torture, sexual violence, and persecution is too often degrading and dehumanising

Will Jackson and Helen Monk maintain that the ‘extreme’ policing of anti-fracking protestors needs to be understood as a routine function of policing

Barry Goldson asserts that violence against children is endemic but largely ignored

J M Moore questions whether the current review of deaths in custody goes far enough

David Stuckler and Sarah Steele point out that dog-whistle immigration politics are incompatible with the founding principles of the NHS

Nina Vaswani describes some of the findings from her research

Marie-Helen Maras reports on the unexplored underworld of cyberspace

Kevin Walby and Randy K Lippert explain the growth of corporate security and argue that there is a troubling lack of accountability

Rebecca Daddow is optimistic that changes can be affected through community building

David Faulkner offers recommendations based on his personal experiences