‘The biggest mistake of white, western society is to name itself “civilised”, for they have been barbaric’. Adebayo Bolaji at Dangerous Times Festival 2014
Clare Solomon
As President of the University of London Union 2010-2011, Clare was a key organiser of the 2010 student rebellion. ‘Springtime: The New Student Rebellions’, her book on the student and youth revolts worldwide, co-edited with Tania Palmieri, is published by Verso. She is a leading member of the People's Assembly and Counterfire.
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The Quadrangle inside the University of Glasgow. Source: Michael D Beckwith - Wikicommons / cropped form original / CC0 1.0
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