Reading for Battle

Battle Readings is a regularly updated compilation of articles, essays, and opinion pieces relevant to the themes of the Battle of Ideas.

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It is time to embrace the commercial planting of GM food crops
In recent years the issue of whether to pursue the commercial planting of genetically modified (GM) crops has resurfaced.
Helen Birtwistle, Debating Matters, 10 October 2011

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Hungary’s new path is the hidden danger to Europe
Under the guise of economic reform, Mr Orban has veered from an ancient Greek path, one that underpins the entire European Union – that of democracy.
Ian Bremmer, Financial TImes, 10 October 2011

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Dangerous Books for Boys? The Literacy Debate
‘What is to be done about literacy?’ is the shrill cry heard amongst business circles and policy makers. Literacy levels of our schoolchildren are generally a source of worry amongst various educational groups and parents. I’ve finally reached the point where the answer has become blindingly clear. It is DO NOTHING.
Alka Sehgal Cuthbert, Independent, 10 October 2011

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Young, unpaid and angry: interns go online to campaign for a wage
A website is exposing well-known companies that, it claims, offer 'internships' that last for months with little or no remuneration
Daniel Boffey and Heather Stewart, Observer, 9 October 2011

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Crime and punishment: what are prisons for?
When he was Conservative home secretary in the 1990s, Michael Howard famously declared that ‘prison works’. But what is it for prison to ‘work’? And how can we tell whether or not it does?
Piers Benn, Independent, 9 October 2011

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Taming the tabloid beast: reining in the press after Hackgate
Phone-hacking has been recast as an aggravated invasion of individual privacy. The previous, ineffectual inquiries have been recast as the casualties of huge, dirty conspiracies of silence. Unfortunately, this pursuit of concerns about Murdoch’s companies is going to take lumps out of all of journalism. Like Larkin’s parents, it may not mean to, but it will.
Sean Bell, Independent, 8 October 2011

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10 Reasons to Oppose the 'Offensive Behaviour at Football and Threatening Communications (Scotland)
The Scottish government has recently introduced the 'Offensive Behaviour at Football and Threatening Communications (Scotland) Bill' which aims to criminalise sectarian chanting at football matches. This is a disproportionate and dangerous attack on freedom of speech and will actually increase tensions amongst football fans.
Kirk Leech, Huffington Post, 7 October 2011

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Young people's fiction: Feisty girls, feckless boys
In young people’s fiction, why are girls so self-righteous and boys so oafish, asks author and Costa judge Eleanor Updale
Eleanor Updale, Daily Telegraph, 6 October 2011

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On the oddballs occupying Wall St
Disdainful and conspiracy-minded, the protesters claiming to speak for all Americans are acting like teenage despots.
Nathalie Rothschild, spiked, 6 October 2011

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Silencing sectarianism: football’s free speech wars
No-one would describe Old Firm games as being like a polite tea party and sensitive souls should really choose another sport if they want to stand quietly in polite company.
Kevin Rooney, Independent, 6 October 2011

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