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Protestors storm Royal College of Physicians to fight the NHS sell-off

The execs putting profits before people — As junior doctors go on an unprecedented all-out strike, private healthcare companies meet in London to discuss how to suck cash out of the National Health Service.

  • Activism
  • Michael Segalov

London remembered refugees who've died in inhumane Australian detention

#closethecamps — To highlight the plight of refugees arriving in Australia - regularly subjected to inhumane treatment - guerilla projectionists lit up the walls of the Australian High Commission in London last night.

  • Activism
  • HUCK HQ

On the ground in Paris: Music and mayhem at Nuit Debout

An update from Paris — Huck reports from on the ground at the occupied Place de la Republique in Paris, where activists have begun drafting a new French Constitution.

  • Activism
  • Josh Gabert-Doyon

Defending the right of women to choose: abortion campaigners clash in London

Her body her choice — We watched a planned anti-abortion protest get blockaded this weekend as pro-lifers tried to harass women at an East London abortion clinic. Activists from Feminist Fightback, a group fighting for “reproductive justice”, blocked their path, refusing to let anyone stop women exercising autonomy over their own bodies.

  • Reportage
  • Lars Hamer

Five things you need to know about moves to impeach Brazil’s president

So, is this a coup? Er... yeah — The latest chapter in Brazil’s escalating political crisis was opened when congress voted to impeach president Dilma Rousseff. So, what does it mean and what happens next?

  • Activism
  • Alex King

Greenpeace activists scale London's statues to demand action on air pollution

Struggling to breathe — At least eight arrests have been made this morning, as campaigners scale some of London's most well known statues to call time on dangerous air pollution levels.

  • Activism
  • Lars Hamer

Tens of thousands march through London to demand an end to austerity

#4demands — This Saturday 150,000 people descended on the British capital to call for an end to austerity, and with #4demands of health, homes, jobs and education for all. We headed down to see what was happening.

  • Reportage
  • Michael Segalov

Iceland protests set to continue until the entire government resigns

The power of the Pirates — The political uprisings in Iceland will continue until the entire government resigns, according to the political activist group Jæja. Huck investigates how widespread the mistrust between government and citizen in Iceland really is.

  • Reportage
  • Lars Hamer

Thousands march through London to demand David Cameron's resignation

#ResignDavidCameron — As revelations continue to surface about the British Prime Minister's tax affairs, protestors took to the streets of London today to demand David Cameron's resignation, and an end to the tax loopholes that serve the super-rich.

  • Reportage
  • Michael Segalov

Student nurses held a die-in to protest the killing of the UK's health service

A matter of life and death — Over one hundred student nurses descended on the Department of Health in London this afternoon to hold a die-in to mark the number of nursing, midwifery and healthcare students set to be lost thanks to government cuts, and to protest the way the Tories are killing the NHS.

  • Culture
  • Michael Segalov

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