UK’s New Extremism Definition Raises Concerns Over Free Speech and Bias
Amidst widespread protests for Palestine, the Government has released a new definition for extremism that has sparked concerns about its…
Brighton Peace Camp Continues Protest Against Weapons Factory
Near the Home Farm Road junction on Lewes Road, a large banner with the words ‘Peace Camp’ is visible, marking…
Is Our University Funding Genocide?
The University of Sussex takes pride in its recent position as the 8th most sustainable in the UK, alongside its…
Tories Left Standing in Election Meltdown, in Conversation with BBC 5
As a first-time voter, I need help understanding what is happening in the often paradoxical world of politics. This is…
Courting Controversy: International Scrutiny Intensifies with Genocide Case Against Israel
Written by: Akanksha Pandey, Senior Editor and Abigail Keyla, Staff Writer Eighty-three days into the Israel-Hamas war, the Republic of…
Redefining Fearless Journalism
According to the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), at least 85 Palestinian journalists have been killed in Gaza since October…
Holding Power to Account: Interview with MP Lloyd Russel-Moyle
As members of parliament go, Labour’s Lloyd Russel-Moyle is a rather interesting case. Elected to represent Brighton’s Kemptown constituency in…
How Disinformation on Social Media Influences the Narrative
Beyond the amount of firepower, war is also about who controls the narrative. While various international and local media outlets…
Can Mainstream Mass Media Discuss Modern-day Massacres?
As the ongoing Israel-Hamas war has been covered extensively by local and international news outlets, posts on social-media platforms about…
Universities Not a Place of Liberation?
Universities are not a place for liberation for both students and staff, according to staff panelists at the University of…
Students Voice Support for Palestine
Amid the weekly rally held on Mondays in Library Square, Zeena (who requested her surname be omitted), a third-year Palestinian…
Students say ‘arms manufacturers off campus’
Students occupied the General Dynamics and Thales stalls, the fifth and tenth largest arms manufacturers respectively, at the University careers…
The BDS movement empowers the Israeli hard right
This last week marks the one year anniversary of Sussex students voting overwhelmingly for the student union to boycott products…
Palestine Awareness Week "a success"
Sussex Friends of Palestine’s week ‘Palestine Awareness Week’ was a series of events taking place on campus aimed to draw…
Mixed reactions to Israeli Apartheid Week events provoke criticism
Israeli Apartheid Week took place on campus last week as part of the 8th Annual international series of events of…
Living beside your oppressor – inside East Jerusalem
On a seemingly desolate road in East Jerusalem, in the area of Sheikh Jarrah, dozens of Palestinian families live their…
Special mission impossible – Livni’s return
In 2009, Israeli foreign minister Tzipi Livni cancelled an official visit to the UK after a magistrate issued an arrest…
The case for Palestinian statehood
At the recent UN Security Council meeting, the Palestinians placed a bid to be recognised as a state. This is…
Israel boycott referendum will be held in week seven
The Students’ Union has announced this week that a referendum on the boycotting of Israeli goods on campus will go…
Blood ties: can mutual grief unite the Middle East?
An immeasurably long history of misunderstanding and violence has caused an unparalleled and seemingly irreparable level of discord between…