Activism

Black Lives Matter activists #shutdown Heathrow Airport in London

We shut shit down

Black Lives Matter campaigners have shut down roads leading down to Heathrow Airport and other city centres in the UK this morning in a day of action.

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What could a new UK recession mean for young people?

We need an economy that works

We spoke to economist Laurie MacFarlane, who explains young people are likely to bear the brunt of another economic downturn.

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We watched angry activists release thousands of bugs in a busy London restaurant

Earlier this week burger restaurant chain Byron hit the headlines for allegedly lying to their staff and calling fake meetings so immigration officials could swoop and make arrests. It's an incident that's been met with outrage, and last night we joined a group of activists as they took matters into their own hands.

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Twenty-four hours inside Sisters Uncut’s East London occupation

Homes free from violence

For two weeks now, activists from feminist direct action group Sisters Uncut have been occupying an empty council home in Hackney, East London, to highlight the lack of support for survivors of domestic violence. Photographer Jade Jackman spent 24 hours in the occupation, meeting the campaigners putting themselves on the front line.

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California’s dirty little secret: What’s in the water used to grow your all-American fruit?

Oil wastewater

Details have recently emerged of Californian agriculture’s dirty little secret: for the last twenty years, oil companies have been selling their wastewater to farmers, used to water crops for some of America’s best known food brands.

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Sisters Uncut occupy empty home to demand action on domestic violence

Homes free from violence

Campaigners from feminist direct action group Sisters Uncut took to the streets of London today to highlight the need for places of refuge for survivors of domestic violence.

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Don’t Attack Iraq: The protests that politicised a generation

Chilcot Report #2: Where are they now?

The failure to stop the Iraq war led to years of anger and apathy, but also helped a generation develop new tools to force political change. Huck tracks down four activists who were mobilised as teens by the biggest anti-war demonstration in British history.

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Despite the invasion, there are lessons to be learnt from Italy’s stop the Iraq war movement

Chilcot Report #1: A view from Italy

In 2003, millions of people around the world marched together to demand the invasion of Iraq be halted. Unlike in Britain, in Italy the anti-war movement was creative and radical, and important lessons can be learned.

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10 ways Brexit could affect young people

Surviving a sinking UK

Britain’s split with the EU won’t be pretty. Huck gets to the bottom of the propaganda, myths and the deluge of questions nobody can answer yet, to look at how Brexit will affect you.

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Brandalism activists unveil Global Ad Hack Manifesto at Glastonbury Festival

Advertising shits in your head

Shadowy art-activists The Special Patrol Group kick off their global anti-advertising campaign at Glasto’s Shangri-La.

OPINION

As the world locks down, who will protect refugees?

Where we shelter

Photographer Giles Duley examines the impact COVID-19 will have on refugee camps, where conditions are already barely livable.

News & Politics > Opinion

For indigenous people, COVID-19 is only the latest battle

A view from Brazil

Brazil’s former vice-presidential candidate Sonia Guajajara calls for urgent environmental action amid the existential threat posed by the coronavirus.

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Anti-prostitution ‘feminism’ has no place in a pandemic

People are in danger

With no protection or support to deal with the coronavirus crisis, sex workers are more vulnerable than ever. It’s time to put aside your personal politics, argues Molly Smith.

REPORTAGE

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Life after lockdown: will London ever be the same?

The disappearing city

The city has changed immeasurably during the coronavirus crisis, with the future more uncertain than ever.

Art & Culture > Music

Inside Lagos’s underground queer clubbing scene

Forbidden fun

It’s been six years since homosexuality was effectively criminalised in Nigeria. Despite this, LGBTQ people in the country are still finding ways to party.

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Somewhere to go: the fight for London’s queer spaces

The disappearing city

The capital has lost 58 per cent of its LGBTQ+ venues in the past decade. These spaces are vital – but how much longer can they survive?

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Queen Lactacia: what life is like as a child drag queen

We need to talk about Nemis

The adventure-seeker who found her purpose in the wild

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The sinister new politics of public space

Your prejudice is showing

The torture of Tokyo rush hour, up close and impersonal

One hell of a commute

N.I.G.G.E.R

The Slave & The Master

Where sex therapy meets art: the magic of Shelby Sells

Let's talk about sex

What life on a Native American reservation really looks like

Arbitrary divisions

From the archives: The Deftones album that became a turning point

A story of staying power

Privileged kids need to stop fetishising working class culture

From Where I Stand

Dystopian photos of London’s bankers in meltdown

The 2008 crash

Aaron Kai is riding high on a wave of creativity

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Fire Starters: the women fighting to be vikings

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Ali Milani: the young muslim immigrant taking on the PM

Knock Knock: An Election Special

Nadia Whittome: Labour’s bright young hope for Britain

Knock Knock: An Election Special

The existential guide to street photography

Huck × Vans

The skate bowl leading the Athens fightback

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Cycling and survival on the streets of London

Before The Storm

The teen champion taking the fencing world by storm

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The photographer who found freedom through running

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What it takes to be a 12-year-old dance sensation

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