Category - army

Armed Forces Day adds insult to injury

Symon Hill — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 20:05:39 +0100

Today is the UK's first Armed Forces Day. It is a thinly veiled attempt to deflect scrutiny of politicians who have made disastrous decisions about war, says Symon Hill. But sentiment is no substitute for accountability.

Critical view of military recruitment needed

Press Office — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 17:57:07 +0000

Simon Barrow, co-director of the think-tank Ekklesia, which focusses on religion and society, but has a particular interest in promoting alternatives to violence and armed conflict, has welcomed a

Violence, the media and redemption

Colin M. Morris — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 08:46:51 +0000

If children are traumatised by media images of violence, the answer is not censorship says Colin Morris, but deeper questions about the networks of wrong doing we are part of and the question of whether and how redemption is possible.