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...Social Sciences and Arts (FASS) at The Open University...In this edition of the PodMag, the theme is human rights. You may be aware that December 10 is Human Rights Day, which calls upon everyone to stand up for someone’s rights – whether that’s defending the rights of a refugee, a woman, a child, an LGBT person, indigenous peoples, or anyone at risk of...

...social movement like Black Lives Matter, nor did it connect with, or was motivated by, the experiences and voice of former slaves, as was sometimes the case in the USA anti-slavery movement during the mid-1800s. If we are looking for inspiration when challenging legal repression, dehumanisation and state coercion, then it is to the lived experiences and testimonies of...

...social (and that means realms of the cultural, the economic and the political) are important to understanding both how environmental issues come about, and also leading us towards the kinds of things that we might be able to do in the future - in order to redress, affect, modify, improve our environmental futures. Michael: Okay. This is a Second Level module that’s...