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The other Bobby Sands

January 20, 2021January 20, 2021 by Era Magazine, posted in People

Chas Newkey-Burden writes on the songs and poetry of Bobby Sands, a figure best known for his election as an MP, his hunger strike, and ultimately, his death.

Dismantling racist mathematics

December 28, 2020December 28, 2020 by Era Magazine, posted in People

Ray Mwareya and Nyasha Bhobo speak to Pali Lehohla, the statistician tasked with dismantling apartheid South Africa's racist data-collection systems in the 1990s.

Songs of resistance

December 11, 2020December 11, 2020 by Era Magazine, posted in People

Clare Church considers the contributions made by three iconic performers to the cause of Free France during World War II.

Two Americas: the legacies of JFK and LBJ

November 26, 2020November 26, 2020 by Era Magazine, posted in People

Alex Walker reflects on the successes and failures of two presidents who occupy very different positions in the historical imagination.

It’s relative: family history and Ireland’s original Bloody Sunday

November 21, 2020November 22, 2020 by Era Magazine, posted in People

Niamh Carroll's great-grandfather was shot by British soldiers 100 years ago. Here, she reflects on the effects of oral history on political perspective.

Disappearing children: after the Sixties Scoop

November 19, 2020November 19, 2020 by Era Magazine, posted in People

Alicia Colson remembers the brutality of a policy that saw seven generations of Indigenous Canadian children stolen from their parents.

Challenging norms: the memory of Baroness Elsa

October 22, 2020October 22, 2020 by Era Magazine, posted in People

Dillon Whitehead looks at the radical legacy of one of Dada's most iconic artists.

Nellie Bly and the changing face of journalism

October 4, 2020October 4, 2020 by Era Magazine, posted in People

Meghna Amin remembers the 23-year-old woman who revolutionised investigative journalism.

‘Mere gatherers of roots’: David Attenborough’s colonial perspectives

September 30, 2020September 30, 2020 by Era Magazine, posted in People

Jack Guise observes how the iconic documentary-maker's earliest films reflected the colonial anxieties of their time.

Chernobyl’s forgotten generation

September 15, 2020September 15, 2020 by Era Magazine, posted in People

Charles MacNeice looks back at the human cost of a disaster known only for its political consequences.

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