November and December again saw Islamist speakers gain unfettered access to students to spread their divisive ideology. Behind the badge of civil discourse lies individuals with a host of extremist views. Universities that hosted such speakers included: Roehampton and Middlesex, Oxford University and University of London, Brunel. The speakers were Yahya Raaby and Musa Adnan, […]
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Who are Generation Identity?
Due to the recent visits paid by Generation Identity to university campuses in London, Wolverhampton and Manchester, we tasked Student Rights Research Assistant Ajay Taheem to look into the history of the group, and report on his findings… Who are Generation Identity? In October 2017, a banner was hung from Westminster Bridge stating “Defend […]
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The Telegraph: National Union of Students’ campaign has become a ‘vehicle for extremist interests’, report warns
A National Union of Students’ (NUS) campaign has become a “vehicle for extremist interests”, a report has warned. The “Students not Suspects” campaign, which has been part of NUS policy since 2015, encourages universities to rally against the Government’s flagship counter-radicalisation policy Prevent. But according to the Henry Jackson Society, a counter-extremism think tank, the […]
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Prevent plays a decisive role in challenging Far-Right extremism
Home Office and Police figures have shown that the number of Far-Right referrals to Prevent’s Channel programme have risen significantly in recent times. The proportion has increased from a quarter of all referrals in 2015 to around a third in 2016. In certain parts of the country these referrals reportedly outnumber all other cases, including […]
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Express: Masked THUGS protest shows universities becoming ‘intolerant to FREE SPEECH’
THE VIOLENT protest at King’s College staged by masked thugs from Antifa shows there is a growing culture of intolerance towards free speech on the UK’s university campuses, according to the Henry Jackson Society. Video shows demonstrators forcing their way into a building on KCL before setting off a fire alarm and smoke bombs to […]
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Far left masked anarchists violently shut down libertarian event at King’s College London
On 5 March 2018, the King’s College Libertarian Society attempted to host an event featuring Israeli speaker Yaron Brook of the Ayn Rand Institute and controversial YouTube vlogger ‘Sargon of Akkad’ (Carl Benjamin). Both speakers were due to talk about freedom of expression as well as ‘objectivism’, the libertarian philosophy created by Russian-American author Ayn […]
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Exclusive Interview with The Daily Wire: The Henry Jackson Society’s Richard Black Talks About His Report Regarding Islamic Extremism On University Campuses
On February 1, the Henry Jackson Society (HJS), a U.K. think tank, released a report titled, “Tolerating the Intolerant: A Report on ‘Students not Suspects.’” As the title suggests, the report focuses on a movement known as “Students Not Suspects” (SNS), which operates under the umbrella of the National Union of Students (NUS). According to […]
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Anti-Israel activists intimidate students at King’s College London
On Monday 12 February, former Israeli Deputy Prime Minister and Likud Party politician Dan Meridor gave a speech entitled ‘Threats and Challenges’ to students at the Strand Campus of King’s College London (KCL). Meridor spoke about his long career in Israeli politics, the prospects for peace between Israel and the Palestinians, and also wider geopolitical […]
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CapX: The NUS campaign that undermines the fight against extremism
Student politics has always been a site of radical dissent. In theory, there is nothing wrong with this. It is perfectly legitimate to question the wisdom of conventional beliefs or government policy. However, a line must be drawn. In recent years, the National Union of Students (NUS) has promoted “Students Not Suspects”, a student-led campaign […]
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UK Government pledges to fund student trips to Auschwitz to combat anti-Semitism
In the lead up to Holocaust Memorial Day 2018, the UK government has announced that it will partner with the Union of Jewish Students (UJS) and the Holocaust Education Trust (HET) in sending 200 university students from across the UK to Auschwitz-Birkenau, the former Nazi extermination camp in Poland. The Ministry of Housing, Communities and […]
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