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Queers for Palestine Boycott Success at National Student Pride

By Lilac Carr, BA Politics and International Relations “Queers for Palestine further stated that the result was “made possible by the incredible solidarity of our queer community and sets a precedent for other Pride organisations.” For the Queers for Palestine Logo, ‘Queers for Palestine Logo (@queers .for.palestine, Instagram)’ National

SOAS ADMINISTRATION REFUSE TO DENY ISRAELI INVESTMENTS

SOAS ADMINISTRATION REFUSE TO DENY ISRAELI INVESTMENTS

By Barty Roberts, SOAS News Editor At the end of 2023, Palestine Solidarity UK reported that SOAS had invested more than £2 million in companies which they describe as complicit in Israeli apartheid. The SOAS Spirit asked SOAS to confirm if this was true and if so, what their justification

Boycotts: Your Power, Your Purse, Our Liberation

Boycotts: Your Power, Your Purse, Our Liberation

By Amran Abdiqadir-Mohamed, BA Global Development and Social Anthropology “Boycotts don’t work…I’m just one person so it won’t make a difference…Well the shop has already bought it, so I’m not changing anything.” These are all phrases that I’m sure we’ve heard in

What can you do as a SOAS student to #FreePalestine?

What can you do as a SOAS student to #FreePalestine?

SOAS Palestine Society Do you really care about Palestinians? Or did you quieten down when the momentum faded after the world forgot about Sheikh Jarrah and Gaza last summer? Do you really care about Palestine? Or do you just wear your kuffiyeh, turn up to your Palestine module, and call

BDS Will Not Be Defeated By Anti-Boycott Measures

BDS Will Not Be Defeated By Anti-Boycott Measures

Mel Plant, BA Arabic and Turkish On the date of publication, it will be almost a year since the SOAS community passed a motion for the academic boycott of Israel. Part of the School’s historic support of the wider Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement (BDS), the academic boycott motion

Vote 'yes' to boycotting Israeli academic institutions

Vote 'yes' to boycotting Israeli academic institutions

BDS Working Group SOAS is buzzing with conversation about the academic boycott of Israel referendum, which is to be held on campus from 23-27 February. The referendum will be school-wide and will call on students, academics, and other staff members to vote in favour of boycotting Israeli academic institutions. The

Vote 'no' to boycotting Israeli academic institutions

Vote 'no' to boycotting Israeli academic institutions

Kay Lees, LLB Law The BDS movement (Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions), calls for international support to help achieve its goals of boycotting Israeli academic institutions and academics in order to chastise Israeli treatment of Palestinians— from human rights violations to the marginalisation of academics and activists. Taking into account the conflicts