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FRESHERS FAYRE DISRUPTED BY PROTEST AS STUDENT UNREST CONTINUE
The Freshers’ protest is just a warning of far more action to come if the university continues to ignore its students.
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Opinion
Is brat Summer Over?
“Brat, as an identity, has seeped into the US presidential election, with Charli XCX tweeting ‘kamala IS brat’
Opinion
Elections: the Ultimate Representation of Democracy or a Show?
‘In recent years, people have been driven to vote against someone rather than for someone.’
Opinion
A Status Quo of Genocide
‘There is a very strong status quo, but that status quo is enabling genocide and therefore it needs to go’
News
SOAS UNIONS: HABIB MUST GO
It has consolidated the ever-growing concern as to whether Adam Habib is worth his £234,204 salary
Digital Exclusives
The Case for the Sylheti Language
'Just as the Bengali language movement of 1971 stood against the imposition of Urdu, Sylheti speakers must also rise against the dominance of Bangla radicalism.'
Digital Exclusives
The UK Handing Over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius Is Not Decolonisation, But the Next Chapter Of British Colonialism
'The deal is a stark reminder that modern decolonisation is far more complex than a simple transfer of sovereignty.'
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Dadaism: Using the Absurd to Reclaim Rationality
Rather than clinging to the past or wishing to be young again, we should embrace maturity with grace, understanding our inherent traditions and rationalising them with the new.
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coalition
Student Power Coalition Wins Elections Despite Poor Turnout
By Barty Roberts, BA Politics and International Relations Safia Shaikh (Activities and Events), Abel Harvie-Clark (Democracy and Education), Alex Cachinero-Gorman (Welfare and Campaigns) and Hamayal Zaib (Equality and Liberation) have all been elected to become SOAS SU Co-Presidents despite turnout failing to surpass 30% (full results can be found on
cinema
The Death of Comic Book Movies?
By Nathan Hay, BA Social Anthropology Caption: Marvel has failed to captivate their audience lately in the same way they once did Source: https://deadline.com/2022/06/marvel-kevin-feige-phase-4-secret-wars-1235048750/ Superhero fatigue. With every new Marvel movie, the phrase does the rounds on social media. Since the pandemic began, Marvel Studios
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Why does Hilary Clinton care about Barbie being snubbed at the Oscars? And why should we even be outraged?
BY Hodan Sultan BA History of Art and History The internet went into a frenzy the day that the Oscar nominations for 2024 were announced, even politicians suddenly became film critics. But where has this outrage come from? The Academy Award nominations are always something we look forward to and