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The people fighting back against an AI future

  • The Huck Long Read
  • The Huck Long Read
  • Ginnia Cheng
  • 10 min read
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What went down at Huck’s 20th birthday party

84 issues and counting — We took over east London’s Jaguar Shoes with friends old and new to celebrate two decades and our new issue, with Tony Bontana taking the decks for a special set.

  • Huck 84: It Starts With Us
  • Ella Glossop

Landmark new exhibition is celebrating 50 years of female punk

God Save the Queens — The Museum of Youth Culture is bringing together rare photography, archive material and a one-night-only supergroup featuring members of X-Ray Spex, The Slits and The Raincoats.

  • Culture
  • Ella Glossop

Sports Banger is throwing a party to mark 90 years since the Battle of Cable Street

“Fascists hate dancing” — The October event will bring DJs, live music, sound system culture and anti-fascist politics together in East London.

  • Activism
  • Ella Glossop

The battle for the soul of lockpicking

Under locksport and key — In recent years, breaking locks for fun has grown from a niche hobby into an activity followed by millions of people. As it has matured, so have tensions over who sets the rules.

  • Sport
  • Jack Dennison-Thompson

Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters joins team of new Palestinian resistance documentary

Freedom Theatre — Directed by Rishi Pelham, the film spotlights a theatre operating in the Jenin refugee camp.

  • Activism
  • Ella Glossop

Just Stop Oil holds first protest in 17 months

No new drilling — Having previously said that it was “hanging up the hi-vis”, the climate activist group has blocked a road outside Parliament to protest Andy Burnham opening the door for new oil and gas extraction licenses in the North Sea.

  • Activism
  • Ella Glossop

Tens of thousands gather to remember Jason Arday at London vigil

Stand Up to Racism — It took place in Trafalgar Square, with speakers paying tribute to the former Cambridge professor’s life and achievements, while calling for accountability over the reporting he faced from the mainstream press.

  • Activism
  • Ella Glossop

Count Binface: “Nigel, who said he didn’t want to be humiliated, maybe has been”

“I’m just getting started” — The novelty political candidate, created by Jonathan David Harvey, came second in the Clacton by-election after winning 9,455 votes and more than a quarter of the votes.

  • Activism
  • Ella Glossop

Gold-tinged togetherness as Londoners flock to Primrose Hill for the solar eclipse

Celestial gathering — Ella Glossop photographs the once in decades event from one the city’s most popular gathering spots, and the community spirit that encapsulated the moment.

  • Culture
  • Ella Glossop

“Magazines are cultural artefacts”: magCulture’s Jeremy Leslie on the enduring importance of print

We love magazines — Despite the ever creeping digitalisation of the world and culture, physical objects are taking on different, yet vital, roles in culture today. Ella Glossop chats to one of London’s biggest proponents of the art about why we need to support independent publications.

  • Culture
  • Ella Glossop

Massive Attack condemn authoritarianism after Singapore ban for displaying Palestine flag

‘Impromptu expression’ — In a statement released on Sunday, the band drew parallels to policing in the UK after being detained and banned from the country for raising the flag onstage at a concert.

  • Activism
  • Ella Glossop

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