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If Westminster won’t offer reparations, Oxford should

A diasporic fight that surged with UN-approved ambitions saw optimism dwindle early this month. Jamaican government officials have elevated their call for reparations with a petition to Buckingham Palace....

Opinion Madison Garrett -

Oxford’s new Reform UK society puts students like me at risk

I was too mentally exhausted to write this article, but I grew up watching my mother respond to every verbal harassment we faced on the street. When I once told her she could ignore it, she told me that they are relying on stereotypes surrounding Muslim women: they rely on us to be what they want us to be, silent and meek. It is our silence that emboldens them.

Opinion Saba Ahmadzadeh Noughani -

The hypocrisy of Oxford academics invoking ‘academic freedom’ for Nathan Cofnas

Now, it cannot be clearer: ‘Academic freedom’ is only ever collectively invoked for those like Nathan Cofnas.

Opinion Saba Ahmadzadeh Noughani -

The hypocrisy of aestheticised wilderness

We seem to have been locked in an eternal attempt at domination over nature for millennia. My recent trip to Thailand shifted this into clear focus: perhaps the attempt was never really about humans over nature.

Opinion Ava Doherty -

No, Labour did not lose the local elections

The party should not be too disappointed about the result, but can’t be complacent

One man’s trash is another man’s treasure

Oxford’s trashing clampdown is nothing short of garbage

Colleges share more similarities than differences

“We all go to the same lectures and many colleges share tutors"

Why the media is fixated with student life

Freelance and Guardian writer Dawn Foster says that the right wing media have an odd fixation with student life

Feminism must fight for the rights of all women

The struggle for trans womens’ rights must be part of feminists’ aim of universal equality

Colleges must get on board with gender neutral toilets

“A man and a woman using next door cubicles will be the norm"

The Union should not welcome Jordan Peterson

Different opinions are one thing, but Peterson is unworthy of an invitation

“Boredom is counter-revolutionary”

The only comparable manifestations of the desire for social change in political change have been deeply reactionary, with the rise of right-wing, populist leaders, like Trump and Le Pen.

The rights and responsibilities of fighting ‘evil speeches’

We violate our liberties if we give way to censorship, but freedom should not entail letting hate speech go unchallenged

The simplification of our politics is a modern scourge

Simplistic, outraged rhetoric and a failure to focus on nuance prevents proper debate at a time when it is more important than ever

Oxbridge going private would say goodbye to diversity

Copying the American university structure will take improving access off the agenda and polarise students

The Union’s celebration of diversity hides our true divides

Technology is widening social gaps, writes Alexander Curtis

Gender equality is not purely monetary

We have seen businesses labelled sexist by pay gap data. But these statistics serve only to reinforce gender divides.

We must share the outrage of the Windrush generation

We must be willing to listen.

Racism amongst college porters must be dislodged

Exposed: 20 alleged accounts of porters profiling students of colour as they enter colleges

‘Racism amongst college porters must be dislodged’ Appendix

This week in Features Leanne Yau exposed widespread racial profiling of students of colour by porters employed by Oxford colleges. Accusations were received from...

Plagiarism is a modern malaise that must be avoided

We must ask Said students for explanations, says John Mainland

Single-minded Brexiteers are the real snowflakes

Right-moaners want to create a ‘safe space’ for themselves where they don’t have to engage with the views of neighbouring countries

The West needs to focus on the act, not the method, of killing

The West's intervention in Syria implicitly condones other forms of inhumanity

Bops are for everyone – the themes we choose should be too

Joe Sibley praises the Mansfield Entz team's change of heart

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