Photo by Evan Brockett, via Unsplash. Haiti is currently at a stalemate, stuck between warring gangs, uncertain leadership and a vicious bloody colonial history. The citizens are stranded on the island, cut away from any medical and food aid, slowly wasting away, with IPC reports that 4.5 million people are facing acute food insecurity. The...
Photo by: Tolga Ahmetler Turkey, a country famous for its delicious cuisine, picturesque tourist destinations, and captivating dramas: beneath its surface lies a darker reality for its citizens. Twenty-five years ago, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan blamed those in power for corruption after a deadly earthquake destroyed everything in 1999. He made a promise of a corruption-free government...
Alan, the President of City University’s Green Party Society, delivering a leaflet through a letterbox near Tufnell Park. [Photograph by: Masato Shibayama] On a cloudy Wednesday afternoon, the President of City University’s Green Party Society, Alan, went around Tufnell Park handing out leaflets in an attempt to persuade more Londoners to vote for more Green...
Photo by Nothing Ahead on Unsplash Comments from the former Home Secretary, Suella Braverman, that Islamists had taken control of the country have sparked outrage and are unveiling the deep problems of Islamophobia within the Conservative Party. Are there any truths behind the claims, and what are the repercussions? Former Home Secretary, Suella Braverman recently...
Photo by Paul Silvan on Unsplash The House of Commons was a scene of absolute chaos due to the Speaker, Sir Lindsay Hoyles, handling of Scottish National Party’s (SNP) motion calling for a ceasefire in Gaza. His decision overruled the House rules and allowed for a Labour amendment which sparked many questions regarding his ability...
Photograph taken from Unsplash On a busy Thursday afternoon, 8 February 2024, a total of ten students and staff from City, University of London gathered together in the Pool (the College Building) for a special talk on black queer history in the United Kingdom. This talk was hosted by Veronica McKenzie, a writer, director, and...
Photograph by: Nicky Ebbage (Unsplash) On 7 February 2024, City University’s School of Health and Psychological Sciences held a hybrid panel event to celebrate the members of the LGBTQI+ community who made the greatest contributions to improving healthcare throughout the United Kingdom, especially for people who identify as LGBTQI+. Before the talk began, the majority...
Photo by Nik on Unsplash. On a cold Thursday evening on 17 January 2024, the Islington Green Party held a meeting at the Islington Town Hall to discuss the Green Party’s stance on the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas. Chaired by the Green Party’s Councillor for the Borough of Islington, Benali Hamdache, this hybrid...
Photo by Bruno Martins on Unsplash. Since the pandemic, there has been a drop in Tube usership which has not been as fast to pick back up as expected, especially on Fridays, as a tweet from London’s mayor, Sadiq Khan, states. With ridership being consistently 12 per cent lower on Fridays compared to the rest...
Gary McFarlance (top left) giving his speech on Franz Fanon and resisting colonialism. Michelle (bottom right) chaired the meeting. [Photographed by: Masato Shibayama] In the late evening of Thursday, 25 January 2024, the Islington branch of the Socialist Workers’ Party held their weekly meetings at 84 Mayton Street to discuss their latest concerns and solutions to...
Panellists of the Assembly (from left to right): Sophia Beach, Dr Omar Abdel-Massan, Fatima, the chairwoman, Andrew Murray and Jeremy Corbyn. [Photographed by: Masato Shibayama] On the evening of Wednesday, 31 January 2024, a historic meeting took place. In contrast to the quiet, relaxed environment which pervaded the streets, cafés and bakeries outside the Archway...
Violence takes to the streets after a knife attack occurred which led to a woman and multiple children being injured. Anti-immigration looting and rioting has taken over Dublin, with over “400 Irish police officers … involved in the height of the response.”