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Soldiers of the Future?

09/02/2022

The British Army calls the Future Soldier programme its most “radical transformation in two decades”. We take a look at key documents announcing the plans and ask crucial questions of the proposals.


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Warrior Nation podcast: War and Memory – Culture

December 2021

December 9, 2021 SEASON 3 EPISODE 6
In the final episode of Series 3, Joe speaks with Essex University historian Lucy Noakes and Chicago-based artist Michael Rakowitz on the creation of cultural memories around war and conflict. They cover a wide array of topics, including the Churchillian turn of British World War II narratives and how the words monument and demonstrate are linked by their roots in Latin. Their discussion beautifully encapsulates a number of topics covered across the series and explores more radical ways of remembering - or remembering better.


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Britain’s dystopian (and less accountable) military future

15/12/2021

With more troops being placed beyond scrutiny, and army units reportedly deployed to stop refugee flows across the Polish border and English Channel, the UK military is becoming even less accountable to democratic institutions.


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Day One, Week One: Veteranhood

13/11/2021

Excerpt from Joe Glenton's new book outlines the violence inherent in the British Army's basic training and explores what impacts this can have on mental health.


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Beyond Emissions: the military and climate change

10/11/2021

The military has a role to play in reducing emissions and environmental degradation but we should beware securitising, and militarising, the response to the climate crisis.


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What lies behind Parliament’s military cosplay scheme?

03/11/2021
A picture of MPs sitting in the Houses of Parliement where they are currently debating legislation on The Troubles.

The Armed Forces Parliamentary Scheme raises serious questions about the relationship between politicians, the military and defence companies.


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Scuppering access to justice for women in the armed forces

26/10/2021

The government is intent on sinking an important reform which would support women who have experienced sexual violence in the military.


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Insights from the arms fair

24/09/2021

DSEI shows the military, government and death merchants are as entangled as ever.


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War and Memory: Moral Injury & Trauma

September 2021

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021 SEASON 3 EPISODE 4
In the fourth installment of our series on war and memory we speak with former British Army mental health clinician Christian Hughes on the traumatic impacts of conflict, and explore the relatively new acknowledgment of moral injury


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War and Memory: Pathologising Critique

August 2021

 AUGUST 5, 2021 SEASON 3 EPISODE 3
In the third installment of our series on war and memory we speak with American academic and Vietnam veteran Jerry Lembcke on how resistance to the conflict in South East Asia was framed during the 1960s and 70s.