A Veteran Speaks on Remembrance Day
Joe Glenton on what we should be thinking about this Remembrance Day.
Tag: remembrance
Activists Hold Remembrance March for Refugees Killed Trying to Reach UK
Campaigner in pink veils marched to the Cenotaph with candles and placards bearing the names of migrants who died fleeing conflict and persecution.
Unless the British Legion Calls for Transformational Change, It Should Disband. Veterans Deserve Better
Were the Royal British Legion to fulfil its original mission, it would call for societal change and stand up for the thousands of veterans who are either homeless, at the front line of the criminal justice system, or facing severe mental health issues. If not it should disband, argues Aaron Bastani.
War, What Is It Good For? (Absolutely Gammon)
As poppy season gets in full swing, ex-soldier Joe Glenton joins Michael Walker and Dalia Gebrial to discuss British militarism and how we remember war.
Passive Voices: On Remembrance, Political Agency and the Rise of Trump
Remembrance encourages us to think back over history to the situation of those who lived through it. Amid our current turmoil, we ought to reflect on how history happens - and our own role in creating it.
The Labour of Memory
Sunday Long Read: What's the purpose of public remembrance, how do we remember, and why does the future only seem to hold more mourning?