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Activism at SOAS faces an Antisemitism Issue, and We Need to Address It

By Anonymous SOAS has always been a radical place for organising, for community and most importantly a place where I felt comfortable standing up for Palestine. It has also been a space where certain groups have failed to address antisemitism to the point where they have allowed it to become

Commodification of Self-Care - From Political Resistance to Consumer Culture

Commodification of Self-Care - From Political Resistance to Consumer Culture

‘…Insecurities are no longer just being exploited - they’re being actively created.’

Is brat Summer Over?

Is brat Summer Over?

“Brat, as an identity, has seeped into the US presidential election, with Charli XCX tweeting ‘kamala IS brat’

Elections: the Ultimate Representation of Democracy or a Show?

Elections: the Ultimate Representation of Democracy or a Show?

‘In recent years, people have been driven to vote against someone rather than for someone.’

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’

The Restructuring of My Course Was a Disgrace

The Restructuring of My Course Was a Disgrace

By Ella Dorn, BA Chinese and Linguistics It’s in vogue to complain about Adam Habib. He sterilised the SU bar and cracked down on campus security. Nobody mentions the elephant in the room – the academic side of his reign. In the summer of 2020, almost every SOAS course was

Sunak’s Transphobia Should Be No Surprise to the British Press - Their Transphobia Is Equally Damning

By Lilac Carr, BA Politics and International Relations The British press has been in unprecedented shock about the cruel transphobic ‘jokes’ made by PM Rishi Sunak in Parliament while the mother of Brianna Ghey, the 15-year-old trans girl recently murdered in a transphobia-motivated attack, was scheduled to be in Parliament.