David Gordon Scott
@david-scott71.bsky.social
Socialist and Abolitionist.
Works at Open University.
Chair of the Weavers Uprising Bicentennial Committee
Works at Open University.
Chair of the Weavers Uprising Bicentennial Committee
Reposted by David Gordon Scott
@david-scott71.bsky.social explores how penal abolitionists advocate a profound transformation of the #CriminalJustice system, replacing its harm-inducing, punitive framework with an ethical, victim-focused approach centered on healing, safety, and accountability: buff.ly/AwxlELJ
The case against prisons - Transforming Society
David Gordon Scott explores how penal abolitionists advocate a profound transformation of the criminal justice system, replacing its harm-inducing, punitive framework with an ethical, victim-focused…
www.transformingsociety.co.uk
May 17, 2025 at 9:53 AM
@david-scott71.bsky.social explores how penal abolitionists advocate a profound transformation of the #CriminalJustice system, replacing its harm-inducing, punitive framework with an ethical, victim-focused approach centered on healing, safety, and accountability: buff.ly/AwxlELJ
Reposted by David Gordon Scott
Great work from @david-scott71.bsky.social and the team in collectively remembering a once forgotten workers' uprising and massacre. Public history at its best. Good news this has now got funding and will be taught in schools too www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Academic's quest to commemorate 1826 mill massacre
The Chatterton mill massacre saw workers killed after they rose up in a protest over conditions.
www.bbc.co.uk
March 7, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Great work from @david-scott71.bsky.social and the team in collectively remembering a once forgotten workers' uprising and massacre. Public history at its best. Good news this has now got funding and will be taught in schools too www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...