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Anonymous When I joined Oxfam in 2016, I was certain that the several hundred people working at Oxfam’s HQ would all be walking saints – people who had made it their life’s work to selflessly serve others. So it came as somewhat of a shock when half-way through my
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By Zain Hussain, MSc Internatonal Politics Those of us who were at SOAS on the 2st February 2018 may remember Valerie Amos being heckled at by students. This was done in response to an email sent to the student body by Deborah Johnson, addressing concerns that many working class students
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By Ashutosh Nagada, MSc Asian Politics ‘I can, I will, and I shall stay alone’. These were my exact thoughts for last five years. London changed it all. To give a bit of my background, I am freshly turned 22-year-old who has never stayed away from his family before moving
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By Uswa Ahmed, BA World Philosophies The famed Cambridge historian Mary Beard attempted to rationalise the alleged behaviour of Oxfam aid workers in Haiti after reports surfaced accusing Aid workers of sexual exploitation of women and children. Beard took to Twitter to explain that the alleged behaviour could not be
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By Sally Hunt, General Secretary of University and College Union. UK universities are set to be hit with unprecedented levels of strike action starting on Thursday 22 February. How have we got here and how do we resolve the dispute? University and College Union general secretary Sally Hunt says students
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by Anna Huseby, BA International Relations and Development Studies On January 31st, Director Valerie Amos sent an e-mail to all staff and students at SOAS notifying them that the vandalism in the University Buildings would be reported to the police. A few days later the Student Union responded with a
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By Julia Everett, BA International Relations and Development Studies The cabinet remains to be overwhelmingly privileged, white and male Theresa May recently stated that her new cabinet reshuffle has made the government look ‘more like the country it serves’ and is ‘bringing fresh talent into government’. But this statement is
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By Emma Ruiters, MSc Development Economics Mark Twain once said: “Truth is stranger than fiction.” If the portrait of Donald Trump in Fire and Fury is by any degree accurate, we should all be terrified. If the leader of the Free World (and in theory the most powerful man on
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By Yasar Ohle LL.M. Law and Gender In response of my article on the ‘Aladdin Musical’ in the December edition of the SOAS Spirit, I received a comment on the online addition of the website that read: “Who is being misrepresented??? Agrabah is a fictional city you nonce.” In
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By Becca Thompson, MSc Development Economics A group of pro-Trump protestors attempted to make a citizen’s arrest of London Mayor, Sadiq Khan, as he stood to make the keynote speech at the Fabian Society’s New Year Conference on Saturday 13 January. One man from the group proudly told
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Yes, I heard when you said, “Who is this idiot?” just after reading the headline. Well, I am a twenty-something postgraduate student who loves politics but has very little idea about American politics, and no idea whatsoever about state policies of America. This piece is not about Trump and his
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By Kushie Amin, With great urgency, President Trump has decided to meddle in another region’s affairs, causing instability and provoking chaos. Trump declared last month that Jerusalem is to be recognised formally as the capital of Israel. To mark this change, the US embassy will move from Tel Aviv