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How to spark serious social change, using art

Six tips from ACT UP — Legendary ACT UP founding member Avram Finkelstein combined art and activism to combat the AIDS crisis. Here, he shares the invaluable lessons he’s learned.

  • Art
  • Miss Rosen

Remembering the incredible women of America’s last crusade

Portraits of 1968 — In the weeks following Martin Luther King’s death, thousands descended on Washington Mall to ‘confront the power structure.’ Jill Freedman captured it all in her photo series, Resurrection City 1968.

  • Photography
  • Miss Rosen

Six tips for aspiring protest photographers

How to change the world — War veteran Michael A. McCoy initially turned to photography as a way of coping with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder – since then, he’s shot some of the most significant protests in US history. Here, he shares his advice for young activists.

  • Photography
  • Miss Rosen

British racists held another miserable rally this weekend

A damp squib — Only fifty members of far-right group Britain First bothered to turn up in Bromley to protest their leader's prosecution.

  • Reportage
  • Alex Robert Ross

Protest artist arrested after setting fire to Paris Bank

Up in flames — Petr Pavlensky, who nailed his scrotum to Moscow’s Red Square in 2013, was protesting ‘the economic system in Europe.’

  • Art
  • Niall Flynn

Donald Trump's state visit to Britain has been cancelled

Good. — Trump may still visit the United Kingdom, but after mass protests and the promise of more he will no longer get the red carpet and royal treatment.

  • Activism
  • Michael Segalov

Politicians and pot smokers hold marijuana tea party in London

Sparking change — MPs and protestors descend on Parliament to demand the legalisation of medical marijuana in Britain.

  • Activism
  • Michael Segalov

Radical art show exploring sex and gender opens in New York

Beyond the binary — From September 27 to January 21, the New Museum will play host to Trigger – a new multimedia exhibition exploring gender’s place in contemporary culture.

  • Art
  • HUCK HQ

LGBTQ Brazilians take to the streets after use of 'Gay Cure' is authorised

Love is not an illness — After a judge ruling authorised the usage of "sexual reversion therapy" in the country earlier this week, the LGBTQ community organises to make their voices heard and say no to intolerance.

  • Activism
  • Biju Belinky

Hundreds take to the streets for silent Grenfell Tower vigil

‘Never forget’ — Three months after the disaster, and on the day of its official public enquiry opening, survivors and mourners make another moving call for justice.

  • Activism
  • Dominique Sisley

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