In a recent players’ group conference call, a faction, led by six-time All-Star Kyrie Irving, put forward the idea of staging a boycott against the proposed resumption of the NBA season in Orlando. The theory behind the suggested boycott is to help maintain the momentum of the BLM movement in the media, for once the…
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Norwich shows solidarity with migrants
In the wake of an arson attack on The Village Store, a Romanian-owned shop on Magdalen Street, Norwich came together to show ‘Solidarity with Migrants’ at a protest on Tuesday evening. Organised by Rebecca Tamás, a Hungarian-British PhD student at UEA said, “I hope these events are encouraging people to look at their city, to…
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UEA to give scholarships to Syrian refugees
UEA has announced that it is planning to provide a small number of scholarships for Syrian refugees. The announcement comes shortly after a petition created by the Union of UEA Students’ Migrant Solidarity Campaign began to circulate online. The Migrant Solidarity Campaign was set up at the beginning of the academic year. Since then, it…
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Acts of student solidarity are inspiring, but are making little impact
The boycott of lectures and seminars on 17th November truly was a day of solidarity, mobilising a number of home and international students, but was anybody watching? The success of the NUS, and of our own union, to rally a mass protest through various walkouts and stunts is commendable; nonetheless, it is outweighed by the…
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The Paris Attacks have changed terrorism and we need to embrace our reaction
“Descartes… Monet… Rousseau… Camus… Daft Punk and Zizou Zidane. Liberté, egalité, fraternité and crème brulee. Versus what? Beheadings, crucifixions, amputations, slavery, mass murder, medieval squalor… I think the outcome is pretty clear to everyone but you, whatever atrocities you are currently capable of committing, you will lose”. As Andrew Neil opened ‘This Week’ on Thursday…