Activism
The activists getting skateboarders to vote
Ride to the polls — Skaters are rarely considered a particularly engaged demographic of voters, but this election, a grassroots organisation is seeking to change that.
Written by: Jonathan Smith
Grace Blakeley on how we'll survive the corona crash
Rebuilding the future — In her new book, The Corona Crash, economist Grace Blakeley sets out the ways we need to radically restructure society in the wake of coronavirus.
Written by: Daisy Schofield
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
A brief history of the Molotov cocktail
Underdog's grenade — Unlike armed insurgency, a Molotov – also known as a petrol bomb – is more likely to damage property than it is to kill people. Writer James Stout considers its legacy of anti-fascist action and its unique place in protest movements.
Written by: James Stout
The radical history of Southall, London's Little India
Home Away From Home — When an 18-year-old was killed in a racist attack in Southall in 1976, it sparked the first and biggest youth-led movement of anti-racism the district had ever seen. Writer Sharan Dhaliwal reflects on the area's rich political history and immense cultural pride.
Written by: Sharan Dhaliwal
Favela ballet: inside a dance school unlike any other
En pointe — In one of Rio’s toughest neighbourhoods, a makeshift academy is offering young women the opportunity to escape the struggles of life – even if just for a day.
Written by: Fabian Federl
The protesters on the frontline of the fight to #EndSARS
'It's all been empty promises' — Nigeria’s protests against a loathed special police unit have gone global, and while the government has since promised to disband SARS, demonstrators are vowing to keep on the pressure.
Written by: Zainab Onuh-Yahaya
The secret spaces giving a voice to Saudi Arabia's youth
Behind closed doors — In Saudi Arabia, where homosexuality merits the death penalty and many activists are still jailed or tortured for sedition, there are few places for the country's youth to express themselves freely. But a handful of underground events are seeking to change that.
Written by: anonymous
The teens behind a landmark climate lawsuit
Futures before fossil — A group of teenagers from Australia are suing the government over a coal mine extension. Win or lose, it’ll make a profound difference across the world to similar cases fighting to make climate change a children's rights issue.
Written by: Lucia Osborne-Crowley
The forgotten Black radicals
Untold Black History — For Black History Month, writer Joshua Virasami unearths the legacy of two revolutionary figures, Elma Francois and Amilcar Cabral, whose names, along with most of Black Marxist history, are too often cast aside.
Written by: Joshua Virasami