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‘Please Continue’ – Did This Simple Two-Word Phrase Lead Normal People To ‘Torture’ Strangers?

David Kaposi holocaust, isrf, isrf fellows, psychoanalysis, social science, torture, violence 23 December 2021

What can original recordings from Stanley Milgram’s famous and controversial ‘obedience to authority’ experiments tell us about cruelty and authority?

Derek Chauvin trial: how oppressive police systems defend themselves

Deana Heath africa, colonialism, history, policing, the conversation, torture, violence 13 May 2021

Colonial police organisations used similar arguments to uphold their power as were heard in the trial of George Floyd’s murderer.

India’s Torture Record is Dire – But Britain Has Little to Crow About

Deana Heath colonialism, india, the conversation, torture, violence 14 August 2017

There is something disconcerting about the Western move to denounce the human rights records of post-colonial states.

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Derek Chauvin trial: how oppressive police systems defend themselves

India’s Torture Record is Dire – But Britain Has Little to Crow About

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