Ben Smoke
How Big Pharma got out of the business of curing people
Since the neo-liberal revolution of the 1980s pharmaceutical companies have super charged their profiteering, at the expense of patients. In this edited extract from his new book Pharmanomics, Nick Dearden explains how and looks to the solutions.
Written by: Nick Dearden
Why we must abolish all work to truly be free
Recent years have seen many proposals for how to reduce the time we spend working. But they too often neglect the considerable burden of domestic labor and other care work, disproportionately borne by women, argue Helen Hester and Nick Srnicek in their new book, After Work.
Written by: Helen Hester
In Photos: Londoners come together to demand a ceasefire in Gaza
Half a million people flooded the streets of the city, with hundreds taking part in a sit-in to call for the end of violence in Palestine.
Written by: Ben Smoke
Introducing the Season of Hope
In an ever darkening world, we’ve partnered with the Peace & Justice Project to shine a light on those inspiring and creating change.
Written by: Samuel Sweek
Greta Thunberg leads protests against oil conference
The Swedish climate activist joined hundreds in central London to demonstrate against the Energy Intelligence Forum.
Written by: Ben Smoke
In photos: celebrating the Autumn Equinox at Stonehenge
Photographer Ben Crank was there to capture the marking of the change of the seasons at the World Heritage site.
Written by: Ben Smoke
‘You can literally just do it’: Nicola Dinan on intimacy, representation and Bellies
The author of acclaimed novel Bellies talks to Huck about the story’s success, the value of intimacy, and imbuing hardship with humour.
Written by: Jake Hall
What ‘Barbie’ and ‘Oppenheimer’ have in common
Or; why the master's tools will never dismantle the master's house.
Written by: Ben Smoke
The Drag collective fighting for a queer, independent Wales
Photographer Megan Winstone captures Cŵm Rag amid a banner year, from climbing Yr Wyddfa in aid of Trans Aid Cymru to selling out Wales Millennium Centre.
Written by: Ben Smoke
How Trump used organised misogyny to end the right to safe, legal abortion in the US
In this extract from Bodies under Siege, author Siân Norris explores how online communities were weaponised to end the constitutional right to abortion, one year on from the overturning of Roe v Wade
Written by: Siân Norris
