Today July 14th celebrates International Non-Binary People’s Day, an occasion to raise awareness about and organise around the issues faced by non-binary people around the world. Transphobes across the globe often turn to history to […]
Category: Global Issues
Jacinda Ardern: Leadership or luck?
Gus Anderson, Editor and Founder of Partisan Journal, discusses Jacinda Ardern’s leadership during the COVID-19 pandemic, and how much both her supporters and critics should be focusing on her deft ability to govern. Jacinda Ardern […]
National security law: What is happening in Hong Kong?
By Rachel Stanley There is a lot happening in the news currently surrounding Hong Kong and changes to the law which will see pro-democracy protestors more severely targeted by the authorities. But what does the […]
Global unrest: a unifying thread of protest is establishing a new normal
By Kristian Rehfeld Thodén To protest, or to display ‘a statement or action expressing disapproval or objection’, has long been a popular method of pushing for political change within societies. 2019 was a significant year […]
An Ode to Hong Kong(ers): Recent developments in the Hong Kong protests
By Natalia Slomczykowski Two years ago, I spent two and a half months living and working in Hong Kong. I was lucky enough to make many close friends who have been protesting bravely for the […]
Police State: Power and accountability in the US
By Skyla Baily Note from the author: I, like so many other people, am always trying to educate myself on these matters and so I am by no means an authority on the subject nor […]
What’s happening in Yemen?
It has been called the world’s worst humanitarian crisis in the last century. Yemen is currently battling a five-year-long civil war, one of the worst famines in 100 years, as well as outbreaks of both […]
Taiwan leads by example in COVID-19 response
By Susanna Cirulli Situated less than 81 miles from China and excluded from the World Health Organisation, Tsai Ing-wen’s government has managed to prevent a mass outbreak in the country of Taiwan, without ever having […]