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Monday (Race and Identity Politics)

Suggested Podcast: “Have You Heard George’s Podcast?” - George Mpanga.
Suggested Articles:
- https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/topics/cvenzmgyergt/race-and-ethnicity - BBC Race and Ethnicity Headlines.
- https://www.vox.com/identities/2016/12/2/13718770/identity-politics - What is Identity Politics?
- https://www.britishfuture.org/britain-elects-diverse-parliament-ever/ - Ethnic Diversity in Parliament.

Further Reading: “The Madness of Crowds (Race, Gender and Identity)” - Douglas Murray.
Topic of Debate: How has the Black Lives Matter Movement affected social media and how people discuss world issues?
- Articles suggesting there were major changes:
- https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2020/10/15/23-of-users-in-us-say-social-media-led-them-to-change-views-on-issue-some-cite-black-lives-matter/
- https://newint.org/features/2018/03/01/black-lives-matter-changed-politics
- Articles suggesting there was a negative effect/no effect:
- https://www.essexlive.news/news/essex-news/black-lives-matter-survey-shows-4921693
- https://www.redbrick.me/the-revolutionary-impacts-of-black-lives-matter/

Suggested Podcast: “The Gender Rebels” - Faith and Kath.
Suggested Articles:
- https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/topics/cq23pdgvyr0t/gender - BBC News Gender Headlines.
- https://theconversation.com/uk/topics/gender-politics-4403 - Longer List of articles on the topic to explore.
- https://www.focusonthefamily.com/pro-life/pro-life-pro-choice/ - Viewpoints on abortion.
- https://www.euronews.com/2019/10/01/what-s-it-like-to-be-non-binary-in-europe-euronews-spoke-to-citizens-from-across-the-conti - Non-Binary in Europe.

Further Reading: “Gender Trouble” - Judith Butler.
Topic of Debate: Should homophobia and transphobia be illegal and if so, what should the punishment be?
- Articles For:
- https://www.reuters.com/article/us-brazil-lgbt-court-idUSKCN1SV009
- https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/effort-arkansas-enact-hate-crimes-law-jeopardy-75128817
- Articles Against:
- https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/poland/2020-07-10/polands-slide-toward-homophobic-politics
- https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/effort-arkansas-enact-hate-crimes-law-jeopardy-75128817 - same as above but look at why these changes haven’t come into effect

Suggested Podcast: “Times Red Box Podcast” - Matt Chorley
Suggested Articles:
- https://www.britpolitics.co.uk/political-parties/ - Great summary website of British Politics
- https://www.parliament.uk/about/mps-and-lords/members/mps/ - Role of MPs.
- https://www.eastriding.gov.uk/council/councillors-and-members-of-parliament/how-councillors-mps-and-committees-work/ - More information about MPs.
- https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics
- https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics

Further Reading:
- “Who governs Britain?” - Anthony King.
- “The British Constitution” - Walter Bagehot.
- “For the record” - David Cameron.
Topic of debate: Should we introduce a more powerful, politically appointed judiciary, as is seen in America, to prevent tyranny? Lord Halisham did say that the current system is an ‘elective dictatorship’?
- Article For: https://www.theguardian.com/law/2020/oct/19/uk-needs-judges-to-limit-government-power-says-lord-kerr
- Article Against: https://www.britpolitics.co.uk/powerful-judiciary-a-level-uk-politics/

Suggested Podcast: “Undercurrents” - Chatham House
Suggested Articles:
- https://uk.usembassy.gov/our-relationship/policy-history/ - UK-US Relations and its History.
- https://study.com/academy/lesson/influence-of-geographic-factors-on-politics-in-europe.html - Video on Political Geography.
- https://www.ft.com/content/c15eeb9b-fa3f-4529-88a5-3201302aedae
- https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2021/02/04/what-climate-change-will-mean-for-us-security-and-geopolitics/ - Geopolitical consequences of climate change.
- https://www.un.org/en/
- https://unfccc.int/process-and-meetings/the-convention/what-is-the-united-nations-framework-convention-on-climate-change

Further Reading: “Prisoners of Geography” - Tim Marshall
Topic of Debate: How should resources, such as coal and oil, be distributed and controlled on an international scale? Should it be through the UN, and should the OPEC ‘cartel’ be abolished?
- OPEC mission statement: https://www.opec.org/opec_web/en/about_us/23.htm
- Anti-OPEC: https://www.thenewatlantis.com/publications/why-and-how-we-should-break-opec-no
- Potential consequences of an OPEC break-up:
- https://oilprice.com/Geopolitics/International/What-Would-The-End-Of-OPEC-Mean.html

Suggested Podcast: “Talking Politics” - David Runciman.
Suggested Articles:
- https://yougov.co.uk/topics/politics/articles-reports/2019/08/14/left-wing-vs-right-wing-its-complicated - Political Ideologies.
- https://www.politicalcompass.org/uselection2020 - US Election 2020 on the Political Compass.
- https://www.macmillanihe.com/companion/Heywood-Political-Ideologies/resources/Chapter-summaries/ further set of ideologies
- Explanations of key political ideologies:
- https://www.britannica.com/topic/Marxism
- https://www.britannica.com/topic/socialism
- https://www.britannica.com/topic/conservatism
- https://www.britannica.com/topic/progressivism
- https://www.britannica.com/topic/liberalism
- https://www.britannica.com/topic/anarchism https://www.britannica.com/topic/populism

Further Reading: “The Story of Brexit” - Jason Hazeley.
Topic of Debate: Is it a necessity for people to be more aware of the political compass, and should it be incorporated as part of school curriculum?
- Pros and Cons of Politics in schools:
- https://debatewise.org/3565-should-children-be-taught-politics-at-school/
- https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/jun/08/young-people-vote-school-teach-politics-curriculum-election - good article on finding your stance on this debate
- https://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2015/08/06/415498760/the-role-of-politics-in-the-classroom?t=1613073884237
- https://www.openaccessgovernment.org/brits-believe-politics-should-be-taught-school-curriculum/82803/

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