Activism
Activists left missing posters outside the Home Office
Where are the children? — The action took place in response to the 200 asylum-seeking children who were placed in hotels run by the Home Office who have gone missing.
Written by: Ben Smoke
Dartmoor protests: inside the battle over the right to roam
Reclaim the land — A recent High Court ruling against the right to wild camp in Dartmoor National Park sparked the largest countryside access protest in history. While landowners have since announced camping will be free and unrestricted, campaigners say their fight is not over yet.
Written by: Sian Bradley
‘The climate crisis is a liberationary struggle’
Gearing up for the release of her first book, climate activist Mikaela Loach talks standing up to authority and building a more inclusive movement.
Written by: Ben Smoke
Inside the fight against the Tories’s anti-strike bill
Democracy under attack — Activists and campaigners are fighting back against new laws that would seriously undermine the ability to take industrial action, calling it an attack on fundamental workers' rights.
Written by: Ben Smoke
The Tories are mounting fresh attacks on trans rights
Reform the GRA — After blocking the Scottish government’s gender recognition reform bill, Westminster is now devising further changes to the law to make it harder for trans people to self-identify.
Written by: Liam Konemann
Sperm donor children are calling out the fertility industry
‘It’s driven by profit’ — A new law change is enabling Britain’s donor-conceived children to know the truth about their origins – but campaigners say the fertility industry must do more to protect people.
Written by: Katie Tobin
Bridging the gap between trans women & cis men
A new podcast is opening up the conversation between trans women and trans amorous men in the hope of building coalitions.
Written by: June Bellebono
The Ukrainians left vulnerable by the UK’s rental market
‘We are facing a crisis’ — After fleeing the war in Ukraine, people are being left vulnerable once again as they battle to secure affordable and decent housing in the UK.
Written by: Tamsin Paternoster
Saving people at sea should never be a crime
Drop the chargers — A group of aid workers face imprisonment for helping to save people fleeing their homes at sea. If they are charged, it will have a chilling effect on humanitarian efforts, writes Ben Smoke.
Written by: Ben Smoke
The teen photographer who captured the Black Panther Party
Jeffrey Henson Scales intimate portraits and protest images of the BPP and its leaders offer a rare insight into organisation at a time of societal upheaval.
Written by: Miss Rosen