Protest
Beirut protestors hold concert against LGBTQ censorship
Music is louder — After Mashrou’ Leila had a gig cancelled following pressure from ‘homophobic’ Christian groups, thousands flocked to The Palace Beirut to take action.
Written by: Alexander Durie
Photos from this weekend’s ‘Free Tommy’ clashes
Fuck the far-right — Protesting his sentencing, supporters of Tommy Robinson marched on London this weekend. Anti-fascist groups, determined not to let an emboldened far-right march unopposed, were there to meet them.
Written by: Huck
Glasgow’s strippers are fighting to save their jobs
‘We just want the stigma to end’ — As the council puts forward a consultation to shut down the city’s lap dancing clubs, dancers are doing what they can to educate the public: ‘Feminism is having the ability to choose. It’s not a time when you should tell women what to do.’
Written by: Iris Pase
The quiet resistance of NFL Star Marshawn Lynch
Silence is power — Lynch: A History is a new documentary which examines race, masculinity, media and protest at the turn of the millennium.
Written by: Miss Rosen
NHS doctors are protesting the hostile environment
Life or death — Migrants can be charged up to 150 per cent of costs upfront for UK medical care, with many being denied lifesaving treatment. Journalist Bethan Staton meets the staff who are taking a stand.
Written by: Bethan Staton
The coalition battling Georgia’s calamitous ‘heartbeat bill’
Our bodies, our choice — ‘Abortion bans are racist and unjust, and the burden falls hardest on women of colour, rural communities, and low-income people. Our bodies and lives are not political pawns.’
Written by: April Clare Welsh
The story behind Switzerland’s new feminist revolution
Earlier this month, the country saw the first women’s strike in nearly three decades, with hundreds of thousands of citizens taking to the streets. We spoke to the organisers to find out why it had to happen now.
Written by: Beth Webb
Bullets, bikes & corruption: the fight to save Armenia’s forests
On the frontline — In Dilijan national park, a group of radical forest rangers – made up of young environmental activists and volunteers – are taking a stand against the country’s ‘wood mafia’.
Written by: Joe Nerssessian
As long as fascists are on TV, people will throw stuff at them
It’s raining milkshakes! — For the second time on his campaign trail, Tommy Robinson has been milkshake-d. While nobody thinks viral confrontations are going to halt the rise of the far-right, the incidents are a reflection of how we’re all feeling: fed up.
Written by: Micha Frazer-Carroll
A visual history of resistance in New York City
People power — For decades, photographer Builder Levy has used his camera to address systems of oppression and injustice in the US: ‘The humanity I was seeing and trying to capture in my pictures – I looked at as a way of countering negativity.’
Written by: Miss Rosen
