military in society
Warrior Nation podcast – Gentleman Bureaucrat Masculinity: liberal militarism and the civil service
November 2022
November 30, 2022 SEASON 4 EPISODE 3Warrior Nation podcast – Lifting the Rock: the military and justice
November 2022
November 17, 2022 SEASON 4 EPISODE 2Our host, Joe Glenton, talks to Emma Norton, Director of the Centre for Military Justice, about the glacial pace of service justice reform and what it’s like to challenge the power of the British military.Warrior Nation podcast – Dirty Secrets: the press and the military
November 2022
November 3, 2022 SEASON 4 EPISODE 1From Militant to Military Labour
With the UK in the midst of wide spread industrial action we took a look at the historic use of the armed forces to break strikes and quell workers rights.
Pioneering a dystopian future
Many of the world's largest arms companies are involved in providing education and careers activities for young visitors at the UK's largest airshows. The same companies that are supplying weapons and military jets to Saudi Arabia for their war in Yemen.
Warrior Nation podcast: Unpacking Armed Forces Day
June 2022
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.
Beyond Emissions: the military and climate change
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.
Warrior Nation podcast: War and Memory – Empire
October 2021
OCTOBER 1, 2021 SEASON 3 EPISODE 5
In the fifth instalment of our series on war and memory we speak with Harvard historian Maya Jasanoff on the different ways Empire is remembered in Britain and the disconnect between how the British state wants the public to view the country's colonial past and the way it is seen by different communities.
What lies behind Parliament’s military cosplay scheme?
The Armed Forces Parliamentary Scheme raises serious questions about the relationship between politicians, the military and defence companies.