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Communities Fight the Threat of Gentrification to Protect their Markets

Communities Fight the Threat of Gentrification to Protect their Markets

By Archie Thomas, BA Politics and International Relations “The councils are just going along with it and they don’t really understand… You really take away some people’s only access to community and to have social interaction” Walking around London you will often find yourself in a long-standing market,

SOAS STUDENT’S UNION DOES NOT NEED FOUR CO-PRESIDENTS

By Barty Roberts, BA Politics and International Relations Bloated, expensive and ineffective, the SOAS Student Union does not need four Co-Presidents for the 5,500 students it represents. Against the backdrop of rising bar and shop prices and rising society and sports team membership costs, the current four-president model costs

The Monarchy is Failing Democracy

The Monarchy is Failing Democracy

By Roxanna Brealey, BA History and Politics It was on the 7th of November that King Charles III opened parliament with an impartial pitch of Rishi Sunak’s legislative agenda. It’s often accepted amongst the public that the monarchy plays an entirely neutral and ceremonial role within the self-proclaimed

Remembering Mahsa Amini: Iranian Perspective

By Melina Tavakoli Moghaddam, BA Politics and International Relations 16th of September 2022. To many, this may be the day it was announced that NHS nurses will march in front of the Queen’s coffin. To some others, it may be the day the ‘oldest heart’ was discovered in Australia.

Holding Space at SOAS: Reflecting on Past Student Struggles

Holding Space at SOAS: Reflecting on Past Student Struggles

By Sam Landis, BA Social Anthropology & International Relations On Friday, November 24th, hundreds of students and workers from SOAS, UCL, KCL, and LSE gathered on the SOAS campus to demand their institutions call for an immediate ceasefire in Palestine and end their complicity in Israel’s occupation. The demonstration,

The General Election: The Forbidden Dream of the UK

The General Election: The Forbidden Dream of the UK

By Tumininu Peters, BA Politics and International Relations Envision a performance in which the actors, inconsiderate of their audience’s irritation, utilise a variety of deceptive methods to prolong their time on stage. Sounds familiar? Welcome to the world of modern British politics. During this extraordinary performance, a significant juncture

External Political Figures at SOAS - A Cost-Benefit Analysis

External Political Figures at SOAS - A Cost-Benefit Analysis

By Tania Monica Zucconi Ruiz, MSc Violence, Conflict and Development SOAS has always garnered a lot of public attention since its inception in 1916. Initially a colonial institution, SOAS’ status as a school of Oriental and African studies – offering subjects that many institutions had never delved into – meant it had