Kester Ratcliff‘Reconciliation’ meaning completely different things in different imaginary ontologies & the way…A Good Friday thought after re-reading Maimonides on reconciliation13 min read·Mar 29, 2024----
Kester RatcliffRevolutionary hope.the courageous radical freedom to hope and the power of poetry.4 min read·Oct 26, 2023----
Kester RatcliffPolitical communications strategy advice for other refugees’ rights advocates: focus on changing…Interpretation of Pew polling data and recent election results.6 min read·Jun 28, 2023----
Kester RatcliffWhy EU leaders should re-align policies on irregular migration and asylum with EU Civil SocietyEven if EU leaders remain motivated by the same extrinsic political motives, strategically it makes more sense for them to re-align with…11 min read·Jun 20, 2023----
Kester RatcliffWhy misinformation and disinformation on the Left is harder to operationalize measurements for.This was stimulated by Rathje, S., Roozenbeek, J., Van Bavel, J.J. et al. Accuracy and social motivations shape judgements of…4 min read·Mar 28, 2023----
Kester RatcliffAnts, Guppies and Deer: biological analogies to explain why the topic of refugees entering…If you’ve noticed that it seems somewhat random or accidental that prima facie refugees who enter by irregular means is the obsessive hate…17 min read·Mar 10, 2023----
Kester RatcliffExplaining the legal philosophy behind why asylum and migration laws are setup the way they are now…I deleted my 1am rage post about this and decided to explain the legal philosophy behind why the law is the way it is now in the simplest…7 min read·Mar 8, 2023--1--1
Kester RatcliffAgain, why restoring EU asylum and migration policies back to a human rights legal basis is…Sweden is taking over the presidency of the European Council this month, and their statement of priorities for the Council’s agenda…7 min read·Jan 10, 2023----
Kester RatcliffI agree, but I wonder if we also agree about what it takes to actually cultivate the imagination…Those weaknesses in our cultural operating system I think are repressed parts of the human condition which we've unconsciously collectively…1 min read·Jun 18, 2022----
Kester RatcliffIs it really always illegal to publish videos of POWs?ICRC has stated that videos of Russian POWs violate Geneva Convention III Article 13 under the term “for public curiosity”, and many people…6 min read·Mar 8, 2022----