Voting has opened for this year’s LSESU Lent Term elections amidst uncertainty and lack of engagement due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Voting will remain open until Thursday, with results being announced the same day in the evening.
Hustings have been replaced by Zoom meetings chaired by Democracy Committee members Sharif Kazemi and Josh Freeman, recordings of which can be found here.
Shreya reports on how LSE has been named among twelve British universities found to have paid a private security firm to surveil pro-Palestinian students on campus.
Sophie highlights how society imposes contradictory and performative expectations on disabled people.
Hareem claims that Western powers weaponise feminist rhetoric to justify imperialist violence.
Anna contends that Dubai’s promise of insulation from Middle Eastern instability was always precarious, and recent conflict exposes how wealth cannot ultimately shield a city from geography, politics, or human consequences.
Andrei argues that Trump’s war on Iran is incoherent and contradictory, with no clear strategy, and appears largely driven by Netanyahu’s political interests.
