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The Beirut magazine keeping the flames of revolution alive
The Outpost — The defiant flames of the Arab Spring are still burning in Beirut, thanks to The Outpost: an independent magazine that believes change is always possible.
Written by: Alex King
Brexit Britain: You've been played
The roots of racist resentment — As the UK votes to leave the European Union, the population is left to face a hard truth. This campaign was fuelled by a resentful white nationalism - the roots of which run deep. But what happens when the manipulated masses don't "get back" the country they were promised all along?
Written by: Gavan Titley
The Firestarters: meet the photographers who captured punk
Style that still burns brightly — As Punk London’s year-long celebration takes over the Photographers’ Gallery with an exhibition of punk portraits, photographers Derek Ridger and Anita Corbin share the stories behind their iconic images.
Written by: Jack Richardson
Mourn: A brash band fighting to be heard
Catalonian spirit at its fiercest — As Catalonian teenagers performing post-punk in English, Mourn quickly found a worldwide following. Then the real work started. Forced to self-fund a second album, they’ve become embroiled in a battle over rights that’s become a familiar saga in the broken music biz.
Written by: Álvaro García Montoliu and Cian Traynor
Refugees and young Berliners are finding community through food
Filling in the gaps — Germany might have accepted large numbers of refugees into the country at points during the ongoing crisis, but when it comes to support and integration the state is failing. Instead, young people are filling in the gaps, using food as a tool to bring people together.
Written by: Merlin Jobst
Is the boom in slum tourism anything more than poverty porn?
Oi, gringo! — In the last few years, tourists and travellers have been poking around in slums and favelas in unprecedented numbers. Slum tourism could play a positive role in transforming marginalised communities around the globe - but only if residents have a real say, argues Fabian Frenzel, author of Slumming It.
Written by: Alex King
Honest, intimate portraits of London's skaters
Shooting people, not the tricks — Skate photography all too often glorifies the technique, the tricks, the board, over the community in which all three exist. Organic and personal from the start, skater and photographer Ian Kenneth Bird’s first exhibition features soft black-and-white portraits of his friends and fellow skaters.
Written by: Jack Richardson
What do small town teens think of the EU referendum?
Something has to change — Most young people are expected to vote to remain in the EU when they head to the polls today, while voters from small, low income, high unemployment areas are more likely to vote out. So where does this leave small town teens?
Written by: Charlotte England
Bringing gender fluidity into the politics of the nipple
#FreeTheNipple — The Free the Nipple is a campaign saturated by conversations on the female body – but what about those who do not fall within conventional gender binaries? Meet two activists bringing trans and non-binary back into the politics of the nipple.
Written by: Taylor McGraa
The photographer staring death in the face
Salad days of a fleeting youth — Ever looked at a photograph and thought you've seen it before? Ben Gore’s candid new book Goodbye, Blue Monday, is like flicking through the pages a surreal old family photo album you found in the loft.
Written by: Saoirse O'Leary
