In this round-up of the week, we begin to reap what we sowed over the last month as trust in institutions goes through the floor. And people begin to kick back against the narrative that everything is awful and everyone is racist.

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Additional Reading / References

Douglas Murray Daily Mail piece

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8418209/DOUGLAS-MURRAY-Anarchy-breaking-brakes-thing-Does-know.html

More police than usual resigning from Minneapolis police

https://disrn.com/news/minneapolis-police-resigning-in-unusually-large-numbers

Austin, Texas, protests 11 days in a row by June 7

https://patch.com/texas/downtownaustin/black-lives-matter-rally-draws-thousands-austin

Fear of surge in cases in Jacksonville after demonstrations

https://www.firstcoastnews.com/article/news/local/fear-of-surge-in-coronavirus-cases-among-african-american-communities-as-mass-protests-continue/77-d4bcce44-8955-428b-b90b-c927901bb35f

Will protests increase the spread of covid-19?
https://spectrum.ieee.org/the-human-os/biomedical/ethics/will-protests-increase-spread-covid19-coronavirus

Interview with Professor Clifford Stott

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000k2l3

Racist police violence reconsidered

https://quillette.com/2020/06/11/racist-police-violence-reconsidered/

In this round-up of the week, campaigners aim to cancel the police for brutality. Others want to cancel long-dead people for slavery. Mostly they end up cancelling each other for having wrong opinions. Let's discuss. 

A star-spangled cast, with the likes of Winston Churchill, Gandhi and Gladstone rubbing shoulder to shoulder with JK Rowling, Nigel Farage, and more. 

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The Mallen Baker Show is aimed at all people who see themselves as change makers, with commentary on issues and change movements with a particular focus on climate change and environment, social issues, free speech and corporate social responsibility.

References

Black Lives Matter website – ‘defund the police’

https://blacklivesmatter.com/defundthepolice/

Mayor Garcetti disagrees with protesters' calls for defunding LAPD https://abc7.com/george-floyd-defund-lapd-the-police-use-of-force/6242698/

Forbes: Why The ACLU, Black Lives Matter And Others Want To ‘Defund The Police’ While This Weapons Supplier Disagrees
https://www.forbes.com/sites/monicamelton/2020/06/08/why-the-aclu-black-lives-matter-and-others-want-to-defund-the-police-while-this-weapons-supplier-disagrees/#5e6c4222f929

Democratic leaders clash with Black Lives Matter activists over 'defund the police'

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/democratic-leaders-clash-black-lives-matter-activists-over-defund-police-n1227671

In this round-up of the week, America sees a week of protests and riots and police brutality and political manoeuvring and almost no social distancing. The result of the terrible events that led to the death of George Floyd. 

What's the unfortunate truth why the protests are possibly going to result in the opposite to what they want? What are President Trump and Joe Biden doing to try to ensure events benefit their campaign for election? And what just happened that means we might get even worse violence further down the road? 

If you want to solve the problem, you have to know what the problem is. And that’s what we’re getting wrong. Let’s discuss. 

The Mallen Baker Show is aimed at all people who see themselves as change makers, with commentary on issues and change movements with a particular focus on climate change and environment, social issues, free speech and corporate social responsibility.

References

Story about Breonna Taylor
https://www.vox.com/2020/5/13/21257457/breonna-taylor-louisville-shooting-ahmaud-arbery-justiceforbre

Statistics on people shot by police in the US

https://www.statista.com/statistics/585152/people-shot-to-death-by-us-police-by-race/

Fatal shootings by police in England and Wales

https://www.statista.com/statistics/319246/police-fatal-shootings-england-wales/

Officer characteristics and racial disparities in fatal officer-involved shootings, Johnson et al

https://www.pnas.org/content/116/32/15877

Channel 4 Fact check – Do more black Americans commit crimes?

https://www.channel4.com/news/factcheck/factcheck-black-americans-commit-crime

Definitions 2nd / 3rd degree murder, Minneapolis

https://www.voanews.com/usa/nation-turmoil-george-floyd-protests/what-do-2nd-degree-murder-3rd-degree-murder-manslaughter

The Myth of Systemic Police Racism, Heather MacDonald, WSJ

http://archive.is/OXbjA

In this round-up of the week, the media tries to take down Brexit architect Dominic Cummings, President Trump declares war on social media companies, and YouTube removes another video for contradicting the covid-19 approved line.

References

Spiked article on Dominic Cummings’ press event

https://www.spiked-online.com/2020/05/26/how-the-media-lost-the-plot/

Toby Young’s deleted video

https://www.bitchute.com/video/P7qJBIVOPoBs/

French social media law

https://www.forbes.com/sites/simonchandler/2020/05/14/french-social-media-law-is-another-coronavirus-blow-to-freedom-of-speech/#60071611703c

In this round-up of the week, the second wave of infections is notable by its absence, the WHO comes under attack, furious debates break out over how quickly to get back to normal and we see disturbing signs of the silencing of voices critical of then virus lockdown. 

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References 

Video with Dr Karol Sikora https://unherd.com/thepost/professor-karol-sikora-fear-is-more-dangerous-than-the-virus/

Denmark SSI doesn’t understand why there aren’t more cases https://nyheder.tv2.dk/samfund/2020-05-20-ssi-vi-forstaar-ikke-hvorfor-der-ikke-er-flere-smittede

Earlier UK lockdown could have saved lives
https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/uk-lockdown-coronavirus-deaths-avoided_uk_5ec76ad1c5b66686597a8129

Climate modeller James Annan’s original post
https://bskiesresearch.wordpress.com/2020/05/12/the-human-cost-of-delaying-lockdown/

We’re all in the big numbers now – counting the cost of the damage

https://thecritic.co.uk/were-all-in-the-big-numbers-now/

Education leaders don’t want schools to reopen

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/education/coronavirus-uk-schools-boris-johnson-lockdown-june-a4436626.html

British people scared of coming out of lockdown

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/02/fearful-britons-oppose-lifting-lockdown-schools-pubs-restaurants-opinium-poll

Journalist cancelled for suggesting petition to reopen schools
https://lockdownsceptics.org/the-reaction-to-a-petition-to-reopen-schools/

In this round-up of the week, the World Health Organisation, savages Sweden for believing in herd immunity. But is it actually the only strategy that works? The world begins to relax lockdown but sees early signs of a second spike of covid-19 cases. And Extinction Rebellion is full of rage that governments may not simply allow the air industry to die in a ditch like a dog. 

The Mallen Baker Show is aimed at all people who see themselves as change makers, with commentary on issues and change movements with a particular focus on climate change and environment, social issues, free speech and corporate social responsibility. 

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References 

Please see the YouTube video notes for references. 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PO-tpVKu-Qg 

In this round-up of the week, as 'Professor Lockdown' Neil Ferguson falls from grace the computer model that kept people off the streets comes under fierce attack. The global covid-19 blame game goes up ten notches. And new research challenges our theories of why insects may be in decline.

References

How ‘Professor Lockdown’ brought covid-19 into Downing Street

https://www.businessinsider.com/neil-ferguson-transformed-uk-covid-response-oxford-challenge-imperial-model-2020-4?r=US&IR=T

Nature Special Report: The simulations driving the world’s response to covid-19

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-01003-6

Code review of Neil Ferguson’s model

https://lockdownsceptics.org/code-review-of-fergusons-model/

Study on grasshoppers in Texas

https://www.pnas.org/content/117/13/7271

In this round-up of the week, the world gets confused about whether Sweden’s relaxed no-lockdown approach to coronavirus is a good example, or a bad example. Track and trace apps for your phone pose the question how much you’re willing to trade your privacy for safety. And governments and climate change campaigners are determined not to let a good crisis go to waste.

Chris Rose is a hugely experienced environmental campaigner, and was a leading figure in the iconic Shell Brent Spar campaign with Greenpeace. He now runs his own business helping campaigns to be more effective, and he recently produced a detailed report assessing the new environmentalist movements around Greta Thunberg and Extinction Rebellion. 

The Mallen Baker Podcast is aimed at all people who see themselves as change makers, and shares wisdom from some of the most successful and influential change makers in all areas - whether it be in sustainable business, government, campaigning, charities and academia. Interviews range from top CEOs, to hugely experienced campaigners, to authors and more. Guests have included Paul Polman, former CEO of Unilever, Claire Fox author and broadcaster, Lord Paul Boateng, former government minister, and Roger Hallam, Extinction Rebellion co-founder. 

Chris Rose links

 Chris' website 
http://threeworlds.campaignstrategy.org/ 

'Tragedy or Scandal? Strategies of Extinction Rebellion and Greta Thunberg' http://threeworlds.campaignstrategy.org/?p=2442

Chris' twitter account 
https://twitter.com/campaignstrat

In this round-up of the week, the BBC plays host to a climate change scrap between Matt Ridley, Kevin Anderson and Greta Thunberg. And the second in line to the throne Prince William launches an ‘earthshot prize’ to tackle climate change. But is it the right initiative? And finally Amazon’s employees declare war against their own company in the name of climate change. 

The Mallen Baker Show is aimed at all people who see themselves as change makers, with commentary on issues and change movements with a particular focus on climate change and environment, social issues, free speech and corporate social responsibility. 

References 

Charles Moore Today episode (Ridley interview starts at 1:35:00) https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000cpwb 

Greta Thunberg Today episode (Kevin Anderson interview starts at 0:49:45, Greta Thunberg interview starts at 2:47:15) 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000cn3h