The Right to Protest: A Right Only When it’s Convenient?
Hayden explores how the right to protest is seen in the modern day.
Democracy
Around the world in a series of elections
Claire Manning-Duignan discusses the most significant global elections of 2024.
British Republicanism : A new frontier?
Orla Compton argues the case for British republicans who stand against the monarchy.
Students! Do not fall into the trap of ignoring the next general election
Rory McAlpine lays out how to get involved in the next election.
An interview with Nathan Law: the fading hope of Hong Kong
Current Affairs Deputy Editor Joshua Guillen interviews Nathan Law, activist and pro-democracy advocate, about his experiences of authoritarianism and political repression in Hong Kong.
The test of the west: countering the authoritarian wave
Current Affairs Deputy Editor Joshua Guillen analyses the threat of the authoritarian wave, suggesting democratic governments should do more to counter its spread.
Have you heard? Organ donation no longer needs your active consent
On the 20th March 2020 amidst the hysteria of the pandemic, three days before Boris Johnson announced the first lockdown the law around organ donation in England was transformed. Rather…
Chile’s constitutional ‘rebirth’: an historic victory
Catalina Mella - a Chilean student - explores what the recent referendum result will mean for her country's future and, importantly, its past
2019 Hong Kong Protest: Past, Present and Future
Quick summary and recent updates of the ongoing Hong Kong protests.
Chile Protests: A Country “At War”?
Chile is in a state of emergency amidst violent protests across the city. Will Guy writes from first hand-experience; about Chile's volatile experience of democracy and the prospect of progress.