National News
By Hiba Ul-Hasan BA History “Starmer…does not want to support a ceasefire because it will only ‘embolden’ Hamas” On 15 November, Members of Parliament voted against a Scottish National Party (SNP) amendment to the King’s Speech, which called on the UK government to “join with the international community
International News
By Lilac Carr, BA Politics and International Relations Abascal, leader of the far-right Vox party in Spain, made an incendiary call for his supporters to have ‘‘No calm or tolerance in the face of the coup” After months of negotiating following an inconclusive snap election, Spain is facing massive protests
National News
By Hodan Sultan BA History of Art and History “It’s been 6 years since Grenfell, 14 months since the fatal fire at Twinell House,’ and the question for most is if the council have learnt lessons from both tragedies.” On the evening of November 14th, 400 residents including 100
National News
By Shramana Majumdar, MA International Studies and Diplomacy The UK Supreme Court determined on November 15th that the proposed migration of asylum-seekers from the UK to Rwanda under the Migration and Economic Development Partnership (MEDP) would violate both international and domestic law. Last April, the ‘Rwanda Plan’ was announced by
campus
By Jacob Winter, BA Politics and International Relations On Wednesday October 25th, The Socialist Workers Party held a small but significant demonstration against the occupation of Palestine, with the main premise being a mass student walkout. Despite a low turnout, SOAS security fenced off the entrance to the university and
Gentrification
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,
culture
By Sarah Arsalan, LLB Law The controversial New York Times op-ed left the online community perplexed, prompting film bros to purge their Letterboxd accounts of any film featuring jumpsuits and superheroes. In the wake of Martin Scorsese’s eyebrow-raising takedown of “superhero films,” labelling Marvel movies as mere “theme park”
culture
By Lilac Carr, BA Politics and International Relations “If I had known that bombs raining down on us would take you from me, I would have gladly told the world how I adored you more than anything.” If you look in the comments section of any social media post from
islamaphobia
Anonymous For Islamophobia Awareness Month this year, the SU organised a series of events in support of SOAS’ Muslim students. On 22 November, a poetry reading and gallery were held at the JCR. Student Zahra Seedat read a poem to open the event, and the SU invited the charity MEND
Books
By Melina Tavakoli Moghaddam, BA Politics and International Relations Joe Burridge, manager of the soon-to-be-closed SOAS bookshop is pretty clear about things – “I just want them to leave me alone.” SOAS management’s new obsession with the renovation and repurposing of spaces has claimed a new victim – the SOAS bookshop
culture
By Kabir Mehta BA Politics and International Relations Familiarising yourself with the areas around SOAS is an excellent way to feel more comfortable at university while also finding a suitable escape from the stressful environment that can build up around your studies. I found that walking around campus is the
culture
By Kristi Greenwood, BA Japanese Designer brands, champagne parties and glamorous messy mistakes. Our infatuation with socialites, or ‘IT girls’, has always been down to the escapism they provide us. But do the elite socialites still possess the same chokehold on the media as they once did? With the rise