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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

Forgetting Windrush: The Quiet Violence of British Immigration Policy

By Aminah Hashmi, BA Politics and International Relations We remember the Windrush scandal as the moment when the consequences of the ‘hostile environment’ immigration policies of the Tory government were pushed to the headlines in 2017. If you don’t remember, the scandal revolved around the Home Office mislabelling people

Strike a Pose: The Manipulation of Black Models

By Aiesha Akenzua, Opinions Section Editor Opportunity for Black models within the modelling industry has been a persistent topic in the media for decades. In an industry seemingly built for the Kate Mosses and Cindy Crawfords of the world, representation of those whose appearances were antithetical to that of the

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,