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The recent unrest in Iran during the first few days of this new year makes one marvel at the courage of a people who continue to march in the streets …

After interviewing several people around LSE campus for our latest #askLSE, I deemed it important to define precisely what feminism is. At its most basic, feminism is “the advocacy of …

Last summer, I spent about two weeks in Iran. For me, this experience is worth sharing because it was eye-opening in many ways. It essentially taught me to question over-simplistic perceptions …

In recent weeks, thousands of people in Germany have marched in protest against the AfD (Alternative für Deutschland), the far-right political party whose strong performance in September’s election gave them …

Going back to France for a month (allegedly dedicated to revisions), I found myself enthralled by the political climate of the presidential elections to come this Sunday. French news certainly …

When inquiring about typical utopian, or rather dystopian novels, one instantly thinks of Huxleys’ Brave New World and Orwell’s 1984. Yet, few know that We, written in 1923 by the …