Madeleine Williams hears from a first year student living in the fenced-off halls of residence at University of Manchester.
Ghosts and ghouls against fossil fuels: People and Planet Society stage halloween protest outside Barclays
Last week, People and Planet society held a pumpkin carving event with a difference – all pumpkins were carved with slogans or images relating to its Divest Barclays campaign.
Protest against SARS in Nigeria
Following the recent protests against the ‘special anti-robbery squad’ and the horrific Lekki Massacre, BLM Leeds held a socially-distanced demonstration in Millennium Square to raise awareness of police brutality, corrupt leadership, and to show solidarity […]
Reclaim Headingley Stadium: Protesters call for a safer city
A petition has been set up to encourage local authorities to implement further safety procedures for those using the alleyway which joins Headingley and Burley. Following huge social media attention surrounding recent alleged sexual assault […]
Extinction Rebellion and GALBA ‘Ride The Noise’ To Protest Airport Expansion
Last Saturday, Extinction Rebellion and GALBA staged a protest against the Leeds Bradford expansion plans. Ella Jones reports.
Performative allyship: Do you want to prove you’re not racist or are you willing to self-reflect?
A fact: social media is not a measure of activism. A lie: this means we are allowed to be silent. Black Lives Matter is not a trend that we forget about as soon as the […]
Colston falls: History in the making
Sunday was perhaps one of the most momentous days in Bristol’s history. As you are likely to have heard, the statue of ex-slaver, Edward Colston, which has been standing in the city centre since 1895, […]
Stop gaslighting the US protestors
Ever heard of the term “tone policing”? I hadn’t until a few days ago, nose buried in Layla Saad’s fantastically eye-opening Me and White Supremacy. Tone policing is the act of taking offence when a […]
European Film Institutions call for the Freedom of Incarcerated Iranian Dissident Director Mohammad Rasoulof
Mohammad Rasoulof, director of the recent There Is No Evil, who was recently incarcerated in Iran, has gained international attention from many filmmakers and institutions since his Iranian jail sentence. Institutions such as European Film […]
UK Universities Recall Hong Kong Exchange Students Over Safety Concerns
Over the past week, as many as 13 UK universities, including Edinburgh and Warwick, have recalled students studying abroad in Hong Kong due to the increasingly violent protests in the territory. The last few days […]
French Student Sets Himself on Fire in Response to Student Poverty
Thousands of French protestors have taken to the streets of France in a show of solidarity- a student from the University of Lyon set himself on fire to highlight undergraduate financial insecurity. Further demonstrations and […]
‘It’s an Air-Mergency’: Leeds Protestors Install Oxygen Masks at Local Bus Stops
Groups of families began protesting the dangerous levels of air pollution in Leeds last Wednesday. The anti-pollution campaign group refer to themselves as ‘The Air Team’ and gathered on Infirmary Street to show their growing […]