Sisters Uncut
Protestors set off rape alarms at a London police station
Sisters united — To mark a year since the murder of Sarah Everard, grassroots group Sisters Uncut organised a protest for the public to ‘withdraw their consent from British policing’.
Written by: Ben Smoke
The Met Police is corrupt, violent and rotten to its core
Sisters Uncut on IWD — This International Women’s Day, Sisters Uncut are calling on people to imagine a future without police, and one that centres survivors.
Written by: Debbie Summers
The Huck List: 20 for 2021
Hell Of A Year — We’re celebrating the inspiring individuals and activist groups who’ve been building a better future in 2021.
Written by: Huck
Sisters Uncut: It’s time we policed the police
Fight for justice — The direct-action group Sisters Uncut are calling on people to recognise the immense power police have over us and to begin to hold them to account.
Written by: Sisters Uncut
Police storming the vigil for Sarah Everard, in photos
Reclaim the streets — Last weekend, a peaceful vigil was held in memory of Sarah Everard. Our photographer, Theo McInnes, was on hand to capture the event, which started off as a sombre affair but later turned into a stark display of a police force drunk on power.
Written by: Huck
10 years of UK Uncut's battle against austerity
People before profit — Tim Street, UK Uncut activist and former Director of UK Uncut Legal Action, reflects on the organisation's legacy of helping to bring tax avoidance into public consciousness and how its audacious direct actions shaped the decade's protest movements.
Written by: Tim Street
Activists from Sisters Uncut have occupied a London women's prison
Reclaiming space — A prison in North London has been occupied by feminist direct action group Sisters Uncut, determined to put domestic violence services at the heart of this general election.
Written by: Michael Segalov
Sisters Uncut demand action on violence this Valentine's Day
'You're breaking our hearts' — Feminist direct action group Sisters Uncut demand the Mayor of Hackney fulfil his promises of safe, secure housing for survivors of domestic violence.
Written by: Marta Bausells
Bridges across England blockaded to demand action on domestic violence
Sisters Uncut — Activists across the United Kingdom shut down bridges to highlight how survivors of domestic violence - particularly migrant women and women of colour - have no path to safety in Britain.
Written by: Michael Segalov
Why domestic violence support services must not be handed to companies like G4S
#NoSisterIsIllegal — The private and public spheres are merging, an ideologically driven move to transfer power and profit into corporate hands. The UK is now the second largest outsourcing market in the world. But there's a human cost to allowing private companies like G4S to run services that are relied on by some of our most vulnerable citizens.
Written by: Sarah Silver
Twenty-four hours inside Sisters Uncut's East London occupation
Homes free from violence — For two weeks now, activists from feminist direct action group Sisters Uncut have been occupying an empty council home in Hackney, East London, to highlight the lack of support for survivors of domestic violence. Photographer Jade Jackman spent 24 hours in the occupation, meeting the campaigners putting themselves on the front line.
Written by: Jade Jackman
Sisters Uncut occupy empty home to demand action on domestic violence
Homes free from violence — Campaigners from feminist direct action group Sisters Uncut took to the streets of London today, before occupying one of Hackney's 1047 empty council homes to highlight the need for places of refuge for survivors of domestic violence. They say they won't leave until their demands are met.
Written by: Michael Segalov
