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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Divided Northern Ireland Faces Brexit Hangover
Marc Champion, Bloomberg, 19 July 2016

Millennials may be first to earn less than previous generation - study
Study highlights growing intergenerational divide Pay squeeze on young workers predated crash
Larry Elliott, Guardian, 18 July 2016

The Countercoup in Turkey
The Editorial Board, New York Times, 18 July 2016

Obama says Black Lives Matter. But he doesn't ensure they do
Patrisse Cullors, Guardian, 16 July 2016

Britain’s identity politics
London is an island. Over there, in Little England, each community knows its place and wants others to know theirs
Salil Tripathi, Mint, 14 July 2016

Obama has failed victims of racism and police brutality
The president and his cheerleaders refused to engage deeply with systemic problems facing our country. That came back to haunt America last week
Cornel West, Guardian, 14 July 2016

The punch that made David Bowie into an icon
Ahead of his major new biography of David Bowie, Paul Morley writes about the schoolboy fight that gave the late singer mismatched eyes – and laid the foundations of his idiosyncratic brilliance
i Team, i News, 14 July 2016

Theresa May will stop migrant crisis: New PM vows she will end free movement from EU
THERESA May will make a strict new limit on immigration her top demand in her push for an EU exit deal, the Daily Express has learned.
Macer Hall, Express, 13 July 2016

After Brexit, should the Eurozone pursue full political union?
Is full political union of the eurozone the only way to stop the disintegration of Europe after Brexit?
Brendan Simms, New Statesman, 11 July 2016

Brexit vote paves way for federal union to save UK, says all-party group
Proposed constitutional reform would give each nation and region of the UK full sovereignty over its own affairs
A protester wraps an EU flag around himself during an anti-Brexit march near the Houses of Parliament in London. A protester wr, Guardian, 10 July 2016


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