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"Outcast is a 1937 American film directed by Robert Florey. Warren William plays a Baltimore doctor accused of murder. Although acquitted, he becomes a pariah and his practice is ruined, so he transplants himself to a small Wisconsin town. Confiding with a sympathetic retired lawyer (Lewis Stone), the doctor just begins to build back his practice, his self-respect, and a relationship with a local girl (Karen Morley) when his past follow him in the form of the avenging sister of the murder victim. Unusually for Florey, this was an independent production (Emanuel Cohen Productions, billed as "Major Pictures Corporation") released through Paramount. Cast * Warren William as Dr. Wendell Phillips / Phil Jones * Karen Morley as Margaret Stevens * Lewis Stone as Anthony Abbott * Jackie Moran as Freddie Simmerson * John Wray as Hank Simmerson * Esther Dale as Hattie Simmerson * Christian Rub as Olaf - the Valet * Virginia Sale as Jessica Tuite * Ruth Robinson as Mrs. Scutter * Murray Kinnell as Anthony 'Tony' Stevens * Harry Woods as Grant - Head Lyncher * Richard Carle as Mooney External links online review with photographs 1937 films American films Films directed by Robert Florey Paramount Pictures films Films set in Wisconsin Films scored by Ernst Toch American black-and- white films 1937 drama films American drama films "
"Frontiers and Ghettos: State Violence in Serbia and Israel is a sociological book written by James Ron, Harold E. Stassen Chair in International Affairs at the University of Minnesota. Inspired by his time as a member of the Israel Defense Forces, as a research consultant for Human Rights Watch, and as a research consultant for the International Red Cross, Ron asks: "what explains why states use different kinds of violence in some cases and not others?" For Ron, institutional distinctions and international norms are key to explaining diverse repertoires of state violence against similar victims. Summary In Frontiers and Ghettos, James Ron argues that states use different methods and degrees of coercion against perceived national enemies as a result of variation in institutional contexts. When a targeted group is ghettoized, they are likely to become victims of severe, police-style repression but not ethnic cleansing or murder. Contrarily, when a targeted group exists on a frontier, they are more likely to become victims of cleansing and death instead of repression. This is because in ghettos, states have unrivaled control but are also bound by international and domestic legal and moral obligations to its inhabitants. Along frontiers, states have less control as well as fewer and weaker moral obligations. According to Ron, the more that a state controls a given territory, the more it feels a “bureaucratic, moral, and political sense of responsibility” for the fate of those within it.Ron, J. (2003). Frontiers & Ghettos: State Violence in Serbia and Israel. University of California Press. This sense of responsibility leads states to choose less overtly violent modes of repression in ghettos as compared to when states target populations exist on the periphery. Case Studies James Ron examines five cases of ethnic violence and ethnic policing in two States, Serbia and Israel, over similar periods of time. The cases are as follows: # Serbian ethnic cleansing on the Bosnian frontier from 1992-1993. # Serbian ethnic policing against non-serbs in the Sandzak and Vojvodina from 1992-1993. # Serbian switch from ethnic policing in Kosovo from 1990-1997 to ethnic cleansing in 1998-1999. # Israeli repression of Palestinians during The First Intifada in the West Bank and Gaza in 1988. # Israeli destruction of PLO forces and Palestinian refugees during the 1982 Lebanon War. Ron uses field interviews, newspaper reports and academic publications to illustrate the importance of institutional context for explaining repertoires of state violence. He argues that Serbia engaged in ethnic cleansing in Bosnia because in 1992, Bosnia became a frontier. On the other hand, Israel policed Palestinians in 1988 because Palestine at the time was a ghetto, even though the threat posed by Palestinians during the 1988 uprising was greater. The more states controlled territories and peoples, the less likely their security forces were to ethnically cleanse perceived national enemies. Reception Frontiers and Ghettos was favorably received by many sociologists and political scientists as well as human rights organizations working on issues related to state violence. For example, the historian L. Carl Brown, writing for Foreign Affairs magazine, wrote that the book offered "a well-documented study of Ron's chosen examples and a sophisticated framework for understanding other such situations."Brown, L. Carl. (2003). Review of Frontiers and Ghettos: State Violence in Serbia and Israel in Foreign Affairs. Sociologist Anthony Obserschall compliments Ron for his "engaging and promising" hypothesis as well as his "fascinating" use of detail that make the footnotes as pleasurable to read as the main text."Frontiers and Ghettos: State Violence in Serbia and Israel by James Ron. Review by: Anthony Oberschall. Social Forces, Vol. 82, No. 4 (Jun., 2004), pp. 1657-1659 However, Obserschall also critiques Ron on several grounds. For example, he argues that (1) the ethnic policing versus cleansing distinction is too crude for legal and normative evaluations of state violence, and (2) the frontier concept is applied inconsistently for the comparisons Ron wishes to make. In the former critique, Obserschall notes how 750 Palestinians were killed during The First Intifada, 13,000 were wounded, hundreds lost their homes, and thousands were arrested and detained. In the latter critique, Obserschall writes that the Lebanese frontier and Bosnian frontier are not as comparable as Ron makes them out to be. Bosniaks in Bosnia were unarmed and defenseless whereas Palestinian paramilitaries in South Lebanon were heavily armed and frequently engaged in cross-border military actions against Israelis. Political Scientist Darius Rejali writes that Ron argues "persuasively" why it is important to study not just why violence is done, but how. He adds, "[Ron's] "study of the practice shows that international norms are far more robust than political scientists normally imagine".Frontiers and Ghettos: State Violence in Serbia and Israel by James Ron. Review by: Darius Rejali. Journal of Palestine Studies, Vol. 34, No. 1 (Autumn 2004), pp. 93-94 External links * Author's personal site * Book homepage at University of California Press * Foreign Affairs magazine, Review of Frontiers and Ghettos References 2003 non-fiction books Violence Books about Israel Books about Serbia History books about ethnic cleansing "
"The Social Liberal Forum (often abbreviated to SLF) is a pressure group and think tank which seeks to promote social liberalism within Britain. The Social Liberal Forum originated as a group that represented the centre-left within the British Liberal Democrats, but membership is now open also to people who are not members of the Liberal Democrats but who share the SLF's values and principles; since 2018 this has included liberal progressives of all parties and none. The SLF regularly organises fringe events at the Liberal Democrat Federal Conference and, increasingly, provides speakers to events elsewhere. Overview The SLF was launched in February 2009. The book Reinventing the State: Social Liberalism for the 21st Century has been said to be influential on the thinking of those who created the SLF. The SLF did not take a corporate position on the suitability of the Coalition Government between the Liberal Democrats and the Conservatives and campaigned for many changes to Coalition policy on issues such as NHS reforms, economic policy and cuts to welfare spending. The SLF advances social liberal policies, theory and thought leadership within British politics, often in opposition to free market fundamentalism. It takes inspiration from the political ideas of William Beveridge, John Maynard Keynes, Thomas Hill Green, Leonard Trelawny Hobhouse, David Lloyd George, Jo Grimond and Charles Kennedy amongst others. The SLF has supported a wide range of socio-economic policies including the introduction of a universal basic income, opposition to welfare reforms and support for wealth taxation, economic democracy and Keynesian economics. Conference and Lecture Every July since 2011, the SLF has held a one-day annual conference; and since 2012, this includes a William Beveridge Memorial Lecture. William Beveridge Memorial Lectures { class="wikitable sortable" - ! class="unsortable" Number ! class="unsortable" Year ! class="unsortable" Speaker ! class="unsortable" Title -align="center" align="left" 1st align="left" 2012 align="left" Nick Clegg MP align="left" Pollution, the sixth giant evil -align="center" align="left" 2nd align="left" 2013 align="left" Steve Webb MP align="left" Something for something -align="center" align="left" 3rd align="left" 2014 align="left" Tim Farron MP align="left" Ambitious government, to improve the lives of citizens -align="center" align="left" 4th align="left" 2015 align="left" Baroness Claire Tyler align="left" Wellbeing - a modern take on Beveridge -align="center" align="left" 5th align="left" 2016 align="left" Sir Vince Cable MP align="left" The fragmentation of the centre-left -align="center" align="left" 6th align="left" 2017 align="left" Lord William Wallace align="left" Is a liberal and democratic society compatible with globalisation? -align="center" align="left" 7th align="left" 2018 align="left" Layla Moran MP align="left" A new liberal approach to education - challenging the broken status quo -align="center" align="left" 8th align="left" 2019 align="left" Sir Ed Davey MP align="left" Climate justice: how to decarbonise capitalism and tackle poverty -align="center" align="left" 9th align="left" 2020 align="left" Clive Lewis MP align="left" Social Liberalism in the 21st Century -align="center" } Publications On 9 March 2018, the Social Liberal Forum published a book, edited by Helen Flynn, entitled "Four Go In Search of Big Ideas: Putting Progressive Ideas at the Heart of UK Politics". The book included chapters from a range of social liberal, social democratic and green political thinkers and aimed to build a "progressive alliance of people, ideas and campaigns".Lishman, Gordon (2018). "Introduction" in Four Go In Search of Big Ideas. King's Lynn, Norfolk: Social Liberal Forum. p. 6. The book covered three main policy areas; the economy, welfare and climate change and included contributions from active members of the Liberal Democrats and the Labour Party. The Forum regularly publishes pamphlets written by members relevant to social liberal thought and action. Books =Pre-SLF books by social liberals= Much of the debate and organisation of the Social Liberal Forum emerged from the following book, which was framed as a response and antidote to The Orange Book: * Duncan Brack, Richard S. Grayson and David Howarth (eds), Reinventing the State: Social Liberalism for the 21st Century (Politico’s, London, September 2007). 400pp. It was subsequently reprinted by Politico's in 2009, to tie in with the launch of the SLF. =SLF books= *Helen Flynn (ed.), Four Go in Search of Big Ideas: Putting Progressive Ideas at the Heart of UK Politics (Social Liberal Forum, London, March 2018). 205pp. *Paul Hindley and Gordon Lishman (eds), The Wolves in the Forest: Tackling Inequality in the 21st Century (Social Liberal Forum, London, September 2019). 143pp. Pamphlets =General pamphlets= *Prateek Buch (foreword by Will Hutton), Plan C — Social Liberal Approaches to a Fair, Sustainable Economy (Social Liberal Forum, London, March 2012), 38pp. *David Hall-Matthews and Prateek Buch, Liberal Democrat Party Policy-Making in Coalition (Social Liberal Forum, London, September 2012), 22pp. *Helen Flynn, Developing a Coherent, Progressive and Sustainable Education Policy (Social Liberal Forum, London, September 2013), 14pp. *Vince Cable, Inequality: A Speech Given by Sir Vince Cable MP at the Resolution Foundation, 6th September 2017 (Social Liberal Forum, London, September 2017). 12pp. =SLF 'Long Reads' series= *Lewis Baston and Seth Thévoz, Lib Dem Seats in 2010-5: Where Did the Votes Go? SLF Long Reads Number 1 (London: Social Liberal Forum, July 2015), 22pp. *Simon Radford, Shouldn't We Listen to Those Who Predicted the Crash? SLF Long Reads Number 2 (London: Social Liberal Forum, August 2015), 12pp. *Seth Thévoz, Electing the Lords: How Did That Work Out for the Lib Dems? A Study into the Effectiveness of the Interim Peers Panel System for Electing Liberal Democrat Nominees to the House of Lords, 1999-2015. SLF Long Reads Number 3 (London: Social Liberal Forum, September 2015), 28pp. *Paul Pettinger, Why Centrism Doesn't Work for Minor Parties. SLF Long Reads Number 4 (London: Social Liberal Forum, April 2016), 18pp. *Edward Robinson, The European Carbon Market isn’t Working — and Social Liberals Should be Worried. SLF Long Reads Number 5 (London: Social Liberal Forum, February 2017), 10pp. *Seth Thévoz, The Richmond Park By-Election in Perspective: Lessons from Liberal, Social Democrat and Liberal Democrat By-Election Gains. SLF Long Reads Number 6 (London: Social Liberal Forum, February 2017), 28pp. *Michael Mullaney, Northern Discomfort: An Analysis of the Liberal Democrat Performance in the 2017 General Election. SLF Long Reads Number 7 (London: Social Liberal Forum, June 2017), 10pp. *Tom Holden, Universal Basic Income as a Tool for Tax and Benefit Reform. SLF Long Reads Number 8 (London: Social Liberal Forum, August 2017), 14pp. *Paul Pettinger, The Progressive Alliance: Why the Liberal Democrats Need It — Revised Edition. SLF Long Reads Number 9 (London: Social Liberal Forum, September 2017), 20pp. *Nigel Lindsay, The EU and the UK: The Liberal Case for Territorial Differentiation. SLF Long Reads Number 10 (London: Social Liberal Forum, March 2018), 8pp. =SLF 'Revisiting Texts' series= *John Maynard Keynes and Ian Kearns, Keynes and Kernes: Am I A Liberal? (Social Liberal Forum, London, March 2019). 36pp. People The current Chair of the Social Liberal Forum is Cllr Iain Brodie-Browne and Deputy-Chair Louise Harris Previous Chairs of the SLF have included Helen Flynn, Naomi Smith, Gareth Epps, David Hall-Matthews and Richard Grayson. See also * Liberal Democrat Federal Conference * Liberal Reform * Young Liberals References External links *Social Liberal Forum Website 2009 establishments in the United Kingdom Liberal Democrat (UK) factions Organisations associated with the Liberal Democrats (UK) Organizations established in 2009 Political advocacy groups in the United Kingdom Political organisations based in London Political party factions in the United Kingdom "