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Tech workers are fighting back against employee surveillance

Power in numbers — Invasive workplace surveillance has become a reality for many remote workers over the pandemic. Now, tech workers are unionising to lead the resistance.

  • Activism
  • Sian Bradley

Inside the anti-capitalist, anti-border micronation

Welcome to Obsidia — Founded in 2015, Obsidia is the world’s only portable, feminist, self-declared territorial entity. More than just a playful venture, the nation is offering a means to explore alternative modes of political organisation.

  • Activism
  • Chloé Meley

The messy history of the nurses’ strikes in 1988

‘We let rip’ — As nursing unions gear up to protest the government’s three per cent pandemic pay rise, people who attended the UK’s first-ever national nurses’ strike reflect on its legacy.

  • Activism
  • Moya Crockett

‘It’s a wild west’: Inside Margate’s Airbnb crisis

Homes not hotels — In recent years, an influx of visitors to the Kent coast has caused house prices to soar and a sense of community to be lost. While private landlords and lettings platform Airbnb benefit, local people are being forced out of their homes.

  • Activism
  • Sophie Church

We need more than boycotts to make clubs feel safe

Breaking the cycle — Student groups from more than 30 universities are planning to boycott clubs and bars this week in a bid to push for nightlife reforms following reports of spiking, but campaigners say that demands must go further.

  • Activism
  • Sian Bradley

The teen ‘finfluencers’ trying to keep hustle culture alive

Crypto kids — On ‘FinTok’, teenagers who’ve hit the crypto jackpot say they want to help their peers do the same – but are they simply perpetuating a broken capitalist system?

  • Activism
  • Chloé Meley

A year on from #EndSARS, and what has changed?

The fight for justice — One year ago, peaceful protests in Nigeria against police brutality ended in a violent crackdown. Now, young Nigerians, many still healing from the emotional scars of those protests, are asking whether any progress has actually been made.

  • Activism
  • Conrad Johnson-Omodiagbe

‘Dead time’ and the broken world of work

Unjust system — Unpaid time spent at work while not working is a ubiquitous feature of the gig economy. And, how we think about it has huge implications for the future of work and the rights of all workers.

  • Activism
  • Hugh Morris

The Palestine activists who occupied Liverpool’s arms fair

#ShutElbitDown — Yesterday, protesters seized Liverpool’s ACC venue in a demonstration against the Electronic Arms Fair taking place in the city this week. From the ACC roof, Huck spoke to activists who had successfully scaled the building and to those on the ground.

  • Activism
  • Vuyokazi Mtukela

The rise of anti-abortion activism in UK universities

‘It’s actively dangerous‘ — The government’s efforts to protect ‘free speech’ within universities has emboldened pro-life campaigners operating on campus. Unsurprisingly, it has led to significant backlash among students.

  • Activism
  • Katie Tobin

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