Eithne Quinn

A hostile environment: language, race, surveillance and the media A hostile environment: language, race, surveillance and the media is the second of two reports analysing parliamentary and media debates from 2010-2024, and shows how large sections of these debates encouraged widespread hostility to migrants.

Our government and media are complicit in enabling racist violence, our latest report shows.

One year since the racist riots broke out across the UK, violence which has continued since, those in power cannot continue to deny their enabling role.

Read the report here 👉 www.runnymedetrust.o...

UK Gov is trusting private capital to save us from climate breakdown—covering up to 90% of the cost👇

Some on the right will agree with this approach.

BUT it only works if companies are incentivised to do the right thing.

How then can Gov justify giving 84% tax relief for oil & gas investment? 👇👇

A huge thank you to Billy Bragg @billybragg.bsky.social for supporting our campaign and his insightful thoughts on the connection to Kneecap’s current situation. We're in absolute agreement.

Read his full statement below!

Green deputy launches leadership bid with UK ‘eco-populism’ vision Exclusive: Surprise challenger Zack Polanski says party can learn from success of Nigel Farage and Reform UK

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

The History of Earth Day - Earth Day Discover Earth Day's 50-Year Legacy, Uniting Billions Annually on April 22. Explore the Movement's History.

On this day in 1970, 20 million Americans—10% of the population at the time—took to the streets to demand change. Without the internet!

With our political systems unable to shake the grip of fossil fuel and big agriculture lobbyists, maybe it'll take mass mobilisation to secure our future?

Joint Enterprise and tackling racial bias Eithne Quinn, a Professor of Socio-Legal Studies at The University of Manchester, shares her thoughts on racial bias and injustice concerns related to the application of Joint Enterprise secondary lia...

My new piece in Solicitors Journal on racism in the criminal legal system.
www.solicitorsjournal.com/sjarticle/jo...

NEW: Jailed for 8 Years for a Group Chat – Challenging Institutional Racism in the Courts

In his annual lecture at @uniofmanchester.bsky.social Keir Monteith KC will examine how a 17-year-old ‘law student-to-be’ was wrongly convicted.

🗓️ 1 May ⏱️ 5pm 📍Roscoe B

Book: eventbrite.co.uk/e/jailed-for...

Q&A: Alec Karakatsanis on the Media’s Role in Spreading ‘Copaganda’

A vital theme of my new book: how did liberal institutions--news outlets, professors, non-profits--help lead us to this authoritarian moment? What can we do about it? This is one of the most important interviews I've done: www.cjr.org/the_media_to...

Israel just committed *the largest child massacre in its history*, according to Haaretz. Two hundred Palestinian children murdered in a single day, with direct support from the US and UK, and zero outrage from Western media. What stage of barbarism is this...

From undermining democracy to destabilising the climate: a brief history of the neo-liberal Atlas Network The mythical Atlas carries the world on his shoulders. This one tries to put it under its thumb.

The article I wrote for Alliance Mag is now public!

"From undermining democracy to destabilising the climate: a brief history of the neo-liberal Atlas Network

The mythical Atlas carries the world on his shoulders. This one tries to put it under its thumb."
www.alliancemagazine.org/analysis/und...

🗣 The Moss Side "joint enterprise" case and miscarriage of justice concerns in the criminal trial system - @david_conn

📆3-4pm, Weds 19 Mar 2025, Uni of Manchester

All welcome. Pls share🙏🏾
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📣 Join us & the American Studies Dept for an event w/ @harvard.edu and @leverhulme.bsky.social Visiting Prof Michèle Lamont & Gary Younge on politics & cultural change in the US/UK, w/ a focus on class, race & Trump's presidency.

📅 29 April, 3pm
📍 @alliancembs.bsky.social

🔗 ow.ly/Vij650UU0kM

Woke Wars w/ Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò, Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor & Mike McCarthy Featuring Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò, Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor and Mike McCarthy on the MAGA and DOGE war on woke; the complicity of bankrupt liberal identity politics; and the centrality of various oppressions...

glad to talk to @keeanga.bsky.social @itsmccarthy.bsky.social, @danieldenvir.bsky.social, about our increasingly weird political situation and the role that identity politics plays in it. even if this episode isn't for you, @thedigradio.bsky.social is a gold mine

thedigradio.com/podcast/woke...

Exploring carceral intersections of race, class and disability Margarita Aragon on processes of race- & class-making in the incarceration of people perceived as mentally deficient in early 20thC Britain.

📌Exploring carceral intersections of race, class & disability - Margarita Aragon
📆12pm 20 March 2025 (hybrid)

@uomsoss.bsky.social @manchesterup.bsky.social @racerootsresist.bsky.social @ersjournal.com @identitiesjournal.bsky.social @britsoci.bsky.social
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/exploring-...

Joint enterprise law reform will help solve UK justice system crisis, say experts Campaigners give evidence on principle under which black people are 16 times more likely to be prosecuted than white people

Keir Monteith KC @gardencourtlaw.bsky.social & @eithnequinn.bsky.social argue for reform of joint enterprise law & misuse of rap/drill lyrics in court.
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/feb...

Keir Monteith KC & Professor Eithne Quinn (@eithnequinn.bsky.social) co-authors of ‘Racial Bias & the Bench‘ Report made a submission to Independent Review of the Criminal Courts: "The review should consider the overuse of Joint Enterprise".

Read it here 🔽
gardencourtchambers.co.uk/authors-of-r...

Strong coverage of @uomcreativemcr.bsky.social event. “The Hillsborough Law has the potential to...force public officials to tell the truth proactively and establish a level playing field for victims of disasters", says Pete Weatherby KC, Garden Court North. @hillsboroughsu1.bsky.social

I was asked for my view on the new paper from Jim Hansen "Global Warming Has Accelerated: Are the United Nations & the Public Well-Informed?"

My full quote is at: climateuncensored.com/has-global-w...

Jim's paper is at: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Guardian journalist to talk about Hillsborough legal failure A planned lecture by a journalist about the legal failings after the Hillsborough disaster, which led to the families having to fight for justice

The University of Manchester and Garden Court North Chambers are set to host a lecture on 13 February 2025, by award-winning Guardian journalist David Conn, on the Hillsborough disaster, and the subsequent legal failings that led to a decades-long fight for justice.

Authors of ‘Racial Bias and the Bench’ Report make submission to Independent Review of the Criminal Courts

🚨 Authors of ‘Racial Bias and the Bench’ Report make submission to Independent Review of the Criminal Courts 🚨

The co-authors include Keir Monteith KC of Garden Ct & Prof Eithne Quinn of The University of Manchester (@uomsoss.bsky.social)

Read on here 🔽
gardencourtchambers.co.uk/authors-of-r...

Universities must defend the right to protest.

That’s why I wrote to @unibirmingham.bsky.social, urging them to drop disciplinary actions against students targeted for peaceful pro-Palestine activism & to review investment policies so they align with international human rights standards.

CCRC chief: I’ve been made scapegoat for Andrew Malkinson failings Helen Pitcher says ‘a head had to roll and I was chosen’ after resigning as head of watchdog that examines possible miscarriages of justice

BREAKING: Helen Pitcher, @ccrcupdate.bsky.social chief, finally quits, saying she's been made scapegoat for Andrew Malkinson failings - graceless resignation after lord chancellor started the process to sack her, but great scoop by Fiona Hamilton in @thetimes.com. www.thetimes.com/uk/society/a...

YouTube video by CBC British Columbia Author George Monbiot on countering despair amid alarming climate change trends

On CBC last night, I spelt out the moral case to keep on trying, however hard it might be. Defending the living planet is not an option we can abandon. Ultimately, it is all that counts.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qX2V...

With news of Mick Lynch's retirement, I want to thank him for relentlessly standing up for trade unions and working people.

His speeches and highly memorable media interviews have been an inspiration for many, including me.

He is truly a once in a generation leader.

Lp cover Santa’s Got a Brand New Bag

The thing about James Brown is that he was never gonna put his name on dreck. This is just one banger after another—doo wop, soul, torch song—just amazing.

Shocking to see such ministerial complacency in the face of risk that our fragile democracy is further undermined. The issue of reforming party funding was in Labour’s manifesto & they should act now, before what little trust is left is totally destroyed

‘My kind of case’: intense focus falls on Lucy Letby trial expert witness Dr Dewi Evans’s evidence has been criticised, even ridiculed, but he maintains his work stands up to scrutiny

“Dr Evans makes no effort to provide a balanced opinion.”

The disturbing story of the 'independent' witness expert whose evidence helped convict Lucy Letby
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024...

The Manchester 10 Appeal: Law student-to-be fights to clear his name. Garden Court Chambers logo. #DoRightFearNoOne

🚨 The Manchester 10 Appeal: Law student-to-be fights to clear his name 🚨

On 19 December 2024, the historic and ground-breaking appeal of Ademola Adedeji, one of the Manchester 10, will start.

Read on here 🔽
gardencourtchambers.co.uk/the-manchest...

Curriculum and Assessment Review: A Response from the Runnymede Trust The Runnymede Trust's response to the government's curriculum and assessment review consultation

We’re calling on the government to embed statutory topics on race, migration, and the British Empire in the National Curriculum 📚

Read our full recommendations and response to the Curriculum and Assessment Review 👇
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