Politics
A Student Union United?
Two resignations have been handed in by half of the Sabbatical officers this year, has the core of the Students' Union lost its way? … Read more
Adventures in Journalism: Tall Tales and True Scoops
Twice British Journalist of the Year Phillip Knightley talks at Goldsmiths - Wed 24th Feb … Read more
Smash EDO Mass Demo
Mass demonstration outside Brighton's very own bomb factory. Monday 18th January, 1pm … Read more
Everybody Has Room For Jello
Jello Biafra is the Punk frontman who has left the band but is still behind the microphone, but are we all listening? Johnny Blonde is writing from the audience. … Read more
Who is going to save the world? Capitalism or Communism?
Capitalism is blamed for the current economic climate, but it has also taken steps to correct it. Communism meanwhile wasn't to blame and Matt West asks why didn't it step in when Capitalism went wrong. … Read more
Running Blackwater
Barack Obama was elected on a manifesto of change. Adam Pleass investigates this claim by looking at the use of private contractors in Afghanistan and Iraq. … Read more
CLIMATE RUSH come to Goldsmiths - 25th November
Cordelia Cembrowicz discusses Direct Action: The pros and cons of environmental art … Read more
SU Student Assembly
A meeting where all students can attend and discuss the issues that are raised by the Student Union Standing Committee. … Read more
Student By-Elections 2009
The results of this year's Student Union By-Elections. Plus some information about what they'll be getting up to over the next 365 days … Read more
A Message To You, Reader
Welcome to the SMITHS Politics section, your Goldsmiths go to guide for all things political. This covers everything from a focus on our Student’s Union to catching up on the 1984 Brighton Conservative party conference and everything interesting in between. … Read more
National Demonstration - Troops out of Afghanistan, Saturday 24th October
Stop the War, CND and BMI have call a national Troops Out Now demonstration for 24 October, to mark the eight anniversary of the invasion. … Read more
Armenia Stuck In The Past: Turkey could give a hand
The Armenian genocide remains lost in history; marred by the First World War and Turkey’s refusal to accept that it ever took place. By describing the battle to recognize this tragedy, Isaure Cointreau brings history back into the present. … Read more
Spotlight on Latin America: Honduras
With the recent coup in Honduras making headlines around the world this summer, and evidence suggesting it was backed by the United States, Mexican student journalist Guillermo Almeyra discusses whether we are seeing the return of the bloody American interventions of the latter half 20th Century kind. … Read more



