Words: Stella Small (she/her) every protest stands on the shoulders of ones prior. Outside this year’s Labour Party conference in Liverpool, dozens of protesters held
Words: Amy Lurring (she/her) Who are our representatives really accountable to? Is it the voters who elect them, or the donors who bankroll their access
Words: Darcy Islington (she/her) While in theory the international system operates on an equal playing field, in reality, this is far from being the case.
Words: Mack Young (he/him) we will not be divided; we shall not be moved On the 8th of April 2013, Margaret Thatcher was found dead
Words: Maya Statham (She/Her) Language is a crucial thread in the tapestry of culture, and mass assimilation toward a homogenous global lingua franca threatens the
Words: Olivia Humphrey (She/Her) If we entered a room filled with British archetypes, we’d quickly bump into the working-class hero – maybe a football player,
Words by Kinga Kusyk (she/her) Scotland’s rate of drug-related deaths is 16 times higher than the average in the EU. Opioids such as heroin, morphine,
Words: Eva Smedeby According to the UN, the Earth is ‘1.2°C warmer than it was in the late 1800s and emissions continue to rise.’ To
Words: Didi Marina Salonia (She/Her) We are experiencing things that the mind cannot even comprehend. cw: sexual assault and genocide For Palestinians, who have endured
Words: Ruby Morgan (She/Her) ‘In 1949, Europe anchored itself to the bald eagle, never imagining it would one day become a losing bet.’ As Trump
Words: Lucy Donoghue (she/her) There is perhaps little more sickeningly cringe-worthy than Trump’s admiration for Scotland, which he communicates with the passionate desecration of our
Words: Alice McCloskey (she/her) ‘I am not a crook.’ Ali Abbasi’s film The Apprentice opens with footage of a speech by the United States’
Words: Ava Scott-Nadal (she/her) ‘All that Democrats have left is the hill that they chose to die on’ With human rights issues, abortion access, and
Words: Freya Wood (She/Her) The signs of impending disaster were clear. Meteorologists and climate scientists issued their warnings days in advance. Yet the local authorities
Words: Lottie Fountain (she/her) CW: homicide ‘Between the lines of the official death toll, there lies a shadowy network of orchestrated violence, including ordinary citizens
Words: Liz Bennett (she/her) CW: genocide ‘Western nations that dictate statehood today are often the same colonial or imperial powers that once carved up Somalia’s
Words: Iona McDuff (she/her) ‘Greenland is open for business, but it is not for sale.’ In 2019, Trump’s proposition to purchase Greenland made headlines worldwide.
Words: Lorcan Adams (He/Him) Trump ensures that people remain divided, living in constant anxiety of the “other”, all while he advances the interests of the