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Rod Earle
@rodearle.bsky.social
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Reluctant criminologist, The Open University, convictions my own and others
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Rod Earle @rodearle.bsky.social · 8d
Forever Young melts me everytime. Lucky students having you back in the room.
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Rod Earle @rodearle.bsky.social · 8d
You’d expect eloquence from a lawyer, but listening to him he was beyond eloquent.
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Dr J Warr @warrcrim.bsky.social · 9d
There are two overlapping forms of #Racism occurring in this account which plagues so many racialised people in #CriminalJustice settings:
1. The construction of #CJS institutions as white spaces (see E Anderson).
2. The old imposed colonial myths of Black criminality (see P Gilroy)
#criminology
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JazzReads📚 @jazzreads.bsky.social · 10d
So exhausting..
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Rod Earle @rodearle.bsky.social · 11d
“my research suggests that borders are more complex, mobile, and attach to different bodies in diverse ways. Their function isn't as simple or legitimate as commonly believed.” www.ias.edu/ideas/challe...
Challenging Conceptions of “Borders” and “Race”: Q&A with E. Tendayi Achiume
E. Tendayi Achiume, Ashvin B. Chhabra and Daniela Bonafede-Chhabra Member in the School of Social Science, comes to the Institute from Stanford Law School. Her research focuses on the international le...
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Alan Lester @alanlester.bsky.social · 16d
This, on late British imperial administrators in Iran & Iraq, looks excellent. Focuses on the intertwining of the personal and the political.

www.cambridge.org/core/books/l...
Love, Class and Empire
Cambridge Core - Twentieth Century British History - Love, Class and Empire
www.cambridge.org
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Rod Earle @rodearle.bsky.social · 16d
Worth a look
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Rod Earle @rodearle.bsky.social · 16d
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Ingrid Schubert: Letters from Prison 1970–1977
As a member of the Red Army Faction, Ingrid’s letters reveal the daily struggle of a political prisoner resisting repression.
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Alan Lester @alanlester.bsky.social · 17d
UK politics has been restructured over the last few years around anti-trans and anti-immigrant ideas. Not because they’re objectively the most important issues, but because extremist US propagandists have pushed them centre stage. Next on their agenda, religious fundamentalism:
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Alice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · 19d
We need to be very clear about this.

Rising Christian nationalism is a threat to us all.

humanists.uk/2025/09/17/r...
Rising Christian nationalism: a threat to us all
Scenes on Saturday of Christian preachers denouncing ‘Secular Humanism’ from the main stage of Tommy Robinson’s radical right Unite the Kingdom rally in London may have been surprising to see on the s...
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Open Thanatology @openthanatology.bsky.social · 21d
Watching Morning Live on BBC One this morning? You'll see our Dr Sam Murphy on there talking about palliative care and music playlists. If you can't watch it live, if you live in the UK you'll be able to catch it on iPlayer from later today. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC One - Morning Live
Join Gethin Jones, Helen Skelton, Michelle Ackerley and the team for conversation, advice and tips to make your day that little bit easier.
www.bbc.co.uk
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Rod Earle @rodearle.bsky.social · Jun 9
This is my mid-week gig! All welcome
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lsesocialpolicy.bsky.social @lsesocialpolicy.bsky.social · Jun 9
Join The Mannheim Centre this week to hear @rodearle.bsky.social‬ talk about ‘From the chaotic debris of experience…?’: questions for criminology and criminal justice

📅11 June
🕰️5pm start
Find out more here: buff.ly/wH6BBW2

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Rod Earle @rodearle.bsky.social · Jun 2
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... the latest from my nephew. As ever, seeing well beyond his years…
Ready to ‘enjoy a few beers’ with Nigel Farage, leftwing hero? This is what Labour has left us with | Samuel Earle
Britain’s most talented opportunist now claims Reform is the ‘party of the workers’. He’s occupying terrain wilfully vacated by Keir Starmer, says author Samuel Earle
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Rod Earle @rodearle.bsky.social · May 14
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Sycamore Gap tree duo do not belong in prison | Letters
Letters: Two men convicted of cutting down the Sycamore Gap tree should face a punishment that fits the crime, not jail, writes Dr Rod Earle. Plus letters from Matt Powell, Shayne Mary Mitchell and Mi...
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Steve Tombs @stevetombs.bsky.social · Apr 28
... also written by Joe Sim @ccse-ljmu.bsky.social
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INQUEST @inquest-org.bsky.social · Apr 28
“Claiming stun guns will make prisons safer is perverse. A debate about violence and safety must include state violence against prisoners and the shocking death rate in prisons, up to 399 deaths in the year to March 2025, an increase of 37%.”

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Stun guns won’t bring an end to violence in prisons | Letters
Letters: Readers respond to an article by former prison officer Alex South, in which she says the weapons might keep staff and inmates safe
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Rod Earle @rodearle.bsky.social · Apr 24
Check this out! Essential and timely and Open Access. Building an effective anti racist politics has always been an urgent priority and has never been easy. This really helps manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526169662/
Manchester University Press - Islamophobia, anti-racism and the British left
Islamophobia, anti-racism and the British left - Browse and buy the eBook edition of Islamophobia, anti-racism and the British left by Scarlet Harris
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Rod Earle @rodearle.bsky.social · Apr 15
One of my very favourite versions of a very fine song. Take a listen. Two or three years old now and better every time.

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(Mumma Was A) Bankrobber, by Happy People Records
from the album Perkie & The Co-operators - (Mumma was a) Bankrobber 7"
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Rod Earle @rodearle.bsky.social · Apr 8
Shocked. And saddened to read this. The OU can do better than this.
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The OU’s second-class students: investigation
The Open University provides a lifeline for prisoners seeking to take degree courses, with around 2,000 students behind bars across the UK. However, those hoping to continue learning after release …
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Rod Earle @rodearle.bsky.social · Apr 2
Good news is in short supply but I’d like to congratulate the very wonderful Dr Bill Davies on his promotion to Reader, the best of all academic titles. Bill and I have worked together on convict criminology in the UK since day 1. He is so modest about his achievements.
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Nicola Carr @nicolacarr.bsky.social · Apr 2
Fab opportunity to work with great people 👇👇👇
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Lizzie Seal @lizzieseal.bsky.social · Apr 2
3 year Research Fellow post in Historical Criminology based at Sussex. Working with me and @esmoriemiller.bsky.social on Leverhulme funded project Imagining Race, Crime and Justice in Sailortown, 1870-1939. Please repost, send to anyone who might be interested: jobs.sussex.ac.uk/job/18442578...
Research Fellow in Historical Criminology Ref: 40549 (Fixed term) - Job page - University of Sussex Job Search
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Rod Earle @rodearle.bsky.social · Apr 1
Prison and prison ed folk here in UK might be interested in this US newsletter. www.opencampus.org/college-insi...
College Inside - Open Campus
A biweekly newsletter about the intersection of two major systems shaping our society: criminal justice and higher education. Written by Charlotte West, Open Campus staff reporter. Know someone who do...
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Rod Earle @rodearle.bsky.social · Mar 31
Please share this call on your networks about prison and/or education www.ucu.org.uk/media/14950/...
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Luke Billingham @lbilli91.bsky.social · Mar 26
Richard Yeboah's book about Hackney & gentrification is out soon. Pre-order here:
www.bitebackpublishing.com/books/from-h...

I reviewed it & said:
"Neither a lecture nor a rant, [the book] guides the reader through the contours of controversy with gentle tenacity, careful balance & a lot of heart"
From Hackney, With Love
The London Borough of Hackney is one of the poorest areas in the country and a cultural epicentre for London’s diverse, working-class communities. It is also under threat. From Hackney, With Lov...
www.bitebackpublishing.com
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Jeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn.bsky.social · Mar 25
No Other Land depicts the horrifying violence Palestinians in the West Bank endure under apartheid.

Yesterday, its co-director Hamdan Ballal was beaten in his home by settlers before being detained by Israeli forces.

People applauded Hamdan. Now they are silent. Free Hamdan.
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Rod Earle @rodearle.bsky.social · Mar 25
Seeing Tenpole Tudor sing ‘Who Killed Bambi’ holds a very special place in my memory so seeing Robert de Niro being haunted by his demented warbling in the Netflix Zero Day series is seriously messing with me.
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Prof Erica Borgstrom @ericaborgstrom.bsky.social · Mar 24
The BBC is launching a special new season - Memories and Dementia: Starting the Conversation. I've been able to support this in my Media Fellow role at The Open University, with segments on Morning Live and additional content on OU Connect.
Read about the season here: www.bbc.com/mediacentre/...
Memories and Dementia: Starting the Conversation season launches at the BBC
Dr Punam leads new season designed to help start conversations
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · Mar 24
It should be obvious by now that Netanyahu won't stop until every Palestinian in #Gaza (and perhaps the West Bank) has been murdered, maimed or expelled. He wants it all. Governments like ours should cut off all military equipment, diplomatic support and other relations until the genocide ends.
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Rod Earle @rodearle.bsky.social · Mar 22
Laissez les Bon temps rouler avec les meilleur Cajun the world can find.
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