The Clerkenwell explosion, also known as the Clerkenwell Outrage, was a bombing in London on 13 December 1867. The Irish Republican Brotherhood exploded a bomb to try to free one of their members being held at Clerkenwell Prison.
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Quick Hits 1 – Pensacola
This new series will take an deep look into a specific recent terrorist attacks. In this episode, Phil analyses the latest events in Pensacola Florida.
With all the focus on jihadis it is important to monitor far right anti-immigrant violence.
Every state has a right and a duty to protect its citizens from terrorism: that right does not extend to genocide. What is a government to do when it comes to acts of political or ideological violence on its soil? The answer is not complicated. Every state has the authority, and I would add the […]
Most terrorists are not very competent and often succeed in killing only themselves.
Is the Joker character played by Joaquin Phoenix in the latest film a terrorist? Did he actually spur a terrorist movement? Listen to this episode to find out!
On this day in 2016, two explosions caused by a car bombing and suicide bombing in Istanbul killed 48 people and injured 166 others.
Is it possible that some who are not convinced climate change is real could become extremists?
On this day in 2003, a female bomber detonated her explosive device in iconic Red Square in Moscow, killing six and wounding 44.
Terrorism is now associated primarily with either Islamist extremism or far right nationalism: it was once a tool of Communists.