Activism
Change is brewing: Jeremy Corbyn joins Baristas' campaign to unionise
This afternoon, employees of the hospitality chain to call for to call for better pay and working conditions.
Written by: Ben Smoke
Photos of UK activists occupying tree tops in the ’90s
Adrian Fisk recalls documenting the fight in Newbury to prevent the felling of 350 acres of pristine ancient woodland to make a motorway bypass.
Written by: Isaac Muk
The real reasons young straight men aren’t having sex
‘I self sabotage’ — Sex among young men is declining – and the things holding them back from physical intimacy are more complicated than you might think.
Written by: Magdalene Taylor
Too poor to die: the rise of crowdfunded funerals
Grave matters — Dying has always been expensive. But now, amid soaring inflation, more families are having to turn to the kindness of strangers to shoulder the costs.
Written by: Sian Bradley
Egyptian activists are battling the state’s greenwashing
COP27 — While hosting the 2022 UN Climate Change Conference, the Egyptian government are continuing repressive mistreatment of environmental campaigners.
Written by: Jessie Williams
Why prison educators are fighting for a proper pay rise
Time for change — After voting to strike across England, prison teachers explain why they’ve been pushed to a breaking point.
Written by: Ella Glover
Just Stop Oil don’t need you to like them
Not here to be loved — The hate and vitriol Just Stop Oil faced after throwing soup over a Van Gough painting has been immense. Here, one of their members explains why it won’t deter them.
Written by: Anna Holland
Inside the winning fight to stop the Rwanda deportation flights
A campaign led by ex-torture survivors and refugee organisations has left the Tories with no planes left to carry out their callous scheme. Writer Diyora Shadijanova reports on how they won.
Written by: Diyora Shadijanova
What’s happening at Manston should horrify us all
As the situation at the dangerously overcrowded immigration centre in Kent escalates, SOAS Detainee Support detail the appalling conditions they witnessed there.
Written by: SOAS Detainee Support
The Belfast artists fighting to save the city’s creative studios
‘Stop pushing us out!’ — After a devastating fire cost some artists their life’s work and archives, creatives in the city are coming together to call for more affordable workspaces.
Written by: Róisín Lanigan
