Gurnoor Jhajj
From Southall to SFU, Pragna Patel speaks on solidarity
Peak Web December 18, 2025By: Gurnoor Jhajj, Collective Representative At SFU’s Harbour Centre, British human rights activist and lawyer Pragna Patel delivered the annual Chinmoy Banerjee Memorial Lecture on identity and far-right politics, reflecting on four decades of activism. “We are, in effect, witnessing the rise of right-wing identity politics,” she said, explaining that authoritarian politics are no longer behind political fringes, but have spread into institutions. She linked this rise in far-right politics to the weakening of feminist and anti-racist solidarity, adding that this division threatens democracy. Patel co-founded the Southall Black Sisters and Project Resist, both of which advocate for women’s rights…
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SCARY STORIES: Vampire spotted at the Bennett Library
Peak Web November 11, 2025By: Gurnoor Jhajj, SFU Student and Mason Mattu, Humour Editor It all went down before a history midterm, on the sixth floor of the library. I was going over my notes, double-fisting two coffees and an energy drink, when I…
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