By Amberly Ying

“In the span of a few months, we have already witnessed events totally alien to Hong Kong’s nature under this new legislation. Not only have protesters been stunned into silence with a sword of Damocles hanging over their heads, but the corporate and international community have faced enormous difficulties while navigating through this 1984-esque Hong Kong.”

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By Maia Rakovic

"Whether intentional or not, Manuel-Miranda and Disney+ have stopped treating bootlegging as a blight on the theatre world, but as an untapped market. Is it symptomatic of late capitalism that we’re rejoicing at the idea that we can get the opportunity to complete our role as consumers? Probably”

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By Laura Bennie

“Rather than seeing cancellation as the online masses seeking retribution for bad behaviour, like racism and sexual harassment, cancel culture has been co-opted by people in positions of power to claim they are being silenced simply for speaking their mind. This might seem like they’re stretching the meaning of the term - but do they have a point?”

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By Lia Da Giau

“The social unrest in the United States is pushing many to reflect on both the historical and ideological factors that determine and sometimes justify racism in the country, and it is time for European states to undergo such a process too."

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By Christian Philips

"As such, the vast majority of political power was concentrated in the coffee fields and farms of the countryside rather than the halls and chambers of government offices."

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By Martin Caforio

"When the process of amending such an important document is placed within the political sphere rather than the institutional one, this allows the most sacred republican document to be used for political ploys and by power-hungry party leaders concerned with their approval ratings and any political change they can harness to obtain and maintain power"

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By Dasha Krasnodembskaya

“The hostility of the Lukashenko government with which Belarusians are faced with, underlines the disrespect the government has for its own people. Yet, when a government does not respect its own people, then it doesn’t respect its own country, so why does the government deserve to lead?”

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By Lucia Guercio

"The Netherlands is not an adult-only amusement park, nor it is the Devil’s own terrestrial paradise, it is country which weighted up various options and realised citizens’ safety and happiness is also dependent on compromising with real-life issues"

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By Grace Vollers

“Why does sexuality have to be a plot point? Why do we only see the pain or the anxiety of queerness when there is so much love and hope and pride that exists?”

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By George J. Watts

“Our tendency to suppress ‘other world leaders’ by either branding them to be ‘not Trump’ or ‘similar to Trump because’ leaves us in a problematic state of analysis. When Modi exists in relation to Trump through the Western eye, the damage he causes will always be comparative.”

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By Maanvi Chawla

“Like a magician diverts the audience’s attention from the trick to his alluring assistant beside him, the BJP has slyly distracted the public by luring them in with promises of an egalitarian society whilst increasing their power on a totalitarian basis.”

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By Julia Swerdlow

"The past few months have seen the amount of resources surrounding topics such as The Black Lives Matter movement, Pride, or Environmentalism skyrocket. In line with this educational ‘side’ of TikTok, a new trend has emerged: sharing the daily reality of encompassing living with a chronic illness.”

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By Joseph Daly

“Whether the concept of the nation is ultimately a good or bad thing for states to base themselves upon is a very open dispute. In a continent like Europe – which has been forged, for good or evil, in the shape of nationalism – it’s a question that we need to tackle sooner rather than later.”

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By Sara Weissel

“He committed himself to ensuring a future driven by the need to consider the impacts of climate change in all aspects of policy, whether it be in a return to America’s economic and international prowess, or by eradicating the generational injustices felt by minority (and frontline) communities as a result of climate change.“

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By Martin Caforio

“The package as a whole will achieve the bold vision of Europe which leaders such as Emmanuel Macron and Angela Merkel envisioned for it. To that extent, it also deals a significant blow to Mark Rutte’s short-sighted and egotistical vision for the Union.”

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By Sara Weissel

“Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.”

Samuel Johnson

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