Activism
You can’t have climate justice without migrant justice
Season of disruption — It’s time for a radical, brave and global solution to the climate crisis – we can’t afford to have solutions for some, but not all.
Written by: Minnie Rahman
The criminal lawyer who was outed as a sex worker
How to rebuild — Nadia Guo’s professional reputation was wrecked by Canadian tabloids, forcing her to rebuild her life from the bottom up.
Written by: Victoria Chan
Huck: The Utopia Issue
Out now! — Our new issue’s about bolder, brighter worlds – built by people sick of the status quo.
Written by: Huck
Bruce LaBruce on art, porn and queer sex work
On our backs — The artist discusses his appearance in new exhibition On Our Backs, which celebrates the revolutionary work of LGBTQ sex workers, activists and allies.
Written by: Miss Rosen
In Portugal, protestors are fighting for housing rights
‘We are being expelled’ — On Sunday, activists took to the streets of Lisbon to demonstrate against unaffordable rent hikes and widescale evictions.
Written by: April Clare Welsh
What we learned from The World Transformed 2019
Power in the grassroots — Earlier this month, the annual arts and politics festival returned for its biggest – and most radically transformative – year yet.
Written by: Ben Smoke
How to save the world from financialisation
Lessons from Grace Blakeley — The journalist and economist talks us through her new book, and why it’s so important that we don’t repeat the mistakes of the past.
Written by: Ben Smoke
The women taking on France’s femicide problem
‘This is an emergency’ — The nameless movement has been plastering urgent messages on walls across the country, to draw attention to a rising tide of violence again women: ‘Our objective is simple: for the deaths to stop.’
Written by: Peter Yeung
On the frontlines with Germany’s eco-activists
Off-Grid Apocalypse — Deep within a forest on the outskirts of Germany, a small army of activists is fighting to protect a 12,000-year-old natural resource from being destroyed. As photographer Néha Hirve found out, it’s a battle that feels like waiting for the end of the world to come.
Written by: Néha Hirve
When it comes to periods, hygiene is a dirty word
#HealthNotHygiene — Women across the world are made to feel dirty or shameful for menstruating, and the language we use is partly to blame. Changing the way we talk may finally help shift the stigma, argues #HealthNotHygiene convenor Josie Parmee.
Written by: Josie Parmee