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Tag: protests

Alexei Navalny’s Provocative and Perilous Homecoming

Posted on 2nd February 20212nd February 2021 by Ana Hill Lopez-Menchero

Alexei Navalny returned to Russia after being poisoned with nerve agent. He is now facing trial. Ana Hill Lopez Menchero investigates his homecoming and the precarious position of those who oppose to the Russian state.

The rationale driving anti- lockdown protests to the streets

Posted on 7th December 20207th December 2020 by Benjamin Stafford

 With arrests being made in Bristol a few weekends ago, it is as clear on the streets as it is online that there are a wide variety of views on the necessity and effectiveness of […]

Discomfort is not an excuse for complacency

Posted on 11th June 202011th June 2020 by Jessie Lee

The truth is that no one likes to feel embarrassed or uncomfortable. This is a difficult thing to admit when we want to claim that we are doing our best: we don’t want to make […]

The White People Guide To Supporting #BlackLivesMatter

Posted on 8th June 20208th June 2020 by Lizzie Wright

People of colour have been oppressed by white people for over five hundred years. To be surprised by the George Floyd murder is to be ignorant of how the police, amongst others with institutional power, […]

Donald Trump: Out of touch and out of time

Posted on 3rd June 20203rd June 2020 by Lucy Slater

Of all the world leaders, Donald Trump is the last that we would ever want to see deal with protests and riots over race and equality. Not once has he made any attempt to hide […]

Second Arab Spring, Second Arab Winter

Posted on 29th November 201929th November 2019 by Ted Orme-Claye

A worldwide spark of civil uprising has taken governments by surprise this year, both in the East and West. Ted-Orme Claye explores the reminiscence of the Arab Spring movement and its consequences.  As the UK […]

Hong Kong Government Bans Face Masks

Posted on 21st October 201921st October 2019 by Jian Feng

As the five month long protests in Hong Kong rage on, Carrie Lam, the country’s chief executive, has held a special administrative meeting in order to enact the ‘Prohibition of Masking Regulations’.  This ordinance, which […]

“A Time for Boldness” – Climate Protests Strike London Fashion Week

Posted on 4th October 20194th October 2019 by Elena Sotelo

This year’s London Fashion Week has once again been shadowed by protests – led by climate activism group Extinction Rebellion.  The event, which took place between the 13th and 17th of September, is one of […]

The liberal who cried wolf

Posted on 2nd February 2017 by The Gryphon Web Editor

First things first; a disclaimer. Like 99% of the people I know I find Trump’s Muslim ban repulsive, ill thought out and counterproductive. As such it became a valid topic for what was Leeds’ third […]

Toxic Trump

Posted on 19th November 201619th November 2016 by The Gryphon Web Editor

After the world was left rightly distraught on Tuesday night at the thought of the racist, sexist and misogynistic pig that is Donald J. Trump becoming President of the United States of America. Masses of […]

‘TEFCO’ protest against university reform proposals

Posted on 18th November 201618th November 2016 by The Gryphon Web Editor

On Monday afternoon, Leeds Union activists ran a stall outside Essentials in a bid to register students for NUS’s forthcoming national demonstration. The apron wearing, tin can wielding campaigners petitioned under the banner ‘TEFCO’ in […]

Campus Watch: Wits University reopens following student protests

Posted on 14th October 201626th October 2016 by The Gryphon Web Editor

The University of Witwatersand (Wits), South Africa has reopened after student demonstrations forced its closure last week. Nationwide protests calling for free education have highlighted the continuing sense of inequality felt by many black students, […]

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