The Beacon Digest is the online publication of The Beacon, dedicated to bringing alternative journalism and advocacy on human rights issues to light. By featuring interactive, ‘digestible’, multimedia student contributions, we aim to promote dialogue and thought around pertinent problems facing humanity through various means of exposition.
We recognise that some of the best ideas transcend letters, numbers, and prose, oftentimes expressible only through creative facets. This is the exact reason Beacon Digest was created: to publish compositions across various mediums and topics related to human rights, in a digital environment that amplifies passionate voices fighting for justice, equality, and humanity.
We welcome all kinds of submissions, from poetry, films, and paintings, to essays, music, and graphic art. There are no restrictions when it comes to the kind of work we publish on the Beacon Digest as we believe in making use of the versatility of digital publications to allow for multiple narratives and perspectives to shine and reach a wider audience.
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Activism, not Terrorism: How UK Governance Threatens Climate Action
Mathilde Betant-Rasmussen In January of this year, The Guardian uncovered an interesting document circulated by the Counter Terrorism Policing South East (CTPSE) Unit to the Home Office, the NHS and the Department of Education. The short guide on extremist ideologies, part of the UK’s Prevent strategy, provided a list of threatening groups, which included Extinction Read more
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Occupied Chairs at Empty Tables: Food Insecurity in the UK
Chelsea Auma and Azaad Sadiq While food insecurity has been traditionally viewed as a problem plaguing the developing world, a quick look beyond campus would reveal otherwise. In the past decade, food insecurity has exponentially risen in the UK, affecting 5.3 million people in 2014 (Field, 2016). That such staggering numbers of people do not Read more
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