SOS message on campus Globe

On the night of Monday 11 November, the LSE Globe was once again used as a medium for conveying a political message. Subject to vandalism and political controversy since its inauguration, the public art sculpture on Sheffield Street had posters forming the abbreviation SOS stuck to one of its sides. 

The posters read “Murder #hongkongprotests” and compared the 2019 protests in Hong Kong to the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. They also referred to three Twitter accounts that have been disclosing information, images, and videos of the demonstrations in Hong Kong: “@anti_elab, @HongKongHermit, and @GlobalSolidUK.” 

This act follows the Black Bloc day organised by the LSE Students Alliance for Hong Kong on 31 October outside the New Academic Building, attended by over 70 students and staff at the school. The different perspectives of the Chinese Students and Scholars Association and the Alliance have demonstrated the division of the LSE community on the issue.  

There is currently little information on who was responsible for placing the posters on the ‘World Turned Upside Down’ between 9 and 10pm last night. By this morning, the posters had been removed.