Politics
Living on a knife-edge with Savages: a band confronting apathy head-on
Sticking to your guns in a climate of unrest — London’s fiercest post-punk group won’t tell anyone what to think... but they do have one code to live by: ‘Be Involved. Don’t just leave politics to other people.’
Written by: Jade Bremner
Fear and Trolling on the Campaign Trail
Five political commentators who won’t bore you to death — Finding sharp, insightful voices in an online echo chamber of US political commentary can be difficult. Here are five figures you can rely on for intelligent coverage and scathing wit.
Written by: HUCK HQ
Video: Everything you need to know about Bernie Sanders - in a hilarious bongo rap
Do the Bernie Bongo — YouTuber Matt Orfalea’s bongo rap tells you more about Bernie Sanders’ all-conquering presidential campaign than any nightly new report.
Written by: Alex King
The student debt crisis is real: but artists are fighting back
Overturning financial oppression — UK student grants were abolished by the Tory government this week. We talk to the artist behind the ‘Day After Debt’ project to find out how art can challenge a culture of debt.
Written by: Joshua Gabert-Doyon
How radical publishers in Hong Kong are pissing off the Chinese government
Disappearing booksellers and sex scandals — The strange story of Mighty Current publishing takes another turn, as UK national Lee Bo becomes the fifth employee to go missing.
Written by: Josh Gabert-Doyon
Documentary #ThisIsACoup gets inside the fierce battle between Syriza and the EU
Angela, Suck Our Balls — #ThisIsACoup is a four-part documentary series arguing that the EU destroyed the first radical left government in modern history and forced economic collapse on Greece.
Written by: Alex King
Hugo Chavez’s Bolivarian revolution crumbles in Venezuela
Latin America’s progressive ‘pink tide’ is on the way out — Victory for the right wing opposition in Venezuela’s national elections is another defeat for left-leaning populist governments across the continent.
Written by: Alex King
Young, British and angry? The government thinks you're a terrorist
Start of a police state? — A London children's safeguarding board has warned parents that distrust of government policy and the mainstream media could lead to potential extremism.
Written by: Adam White
In Pictures: Political posters in the Philippines, speaking out against corruption
Trapo by Lawrence Sumulong — Filipino-American photographer Lawrence Sumulong photographs political posters, ahead of 2016 elections, to show distrust in a country ravaged by corruption.
Written by: Shelley Jones
The young South African photographers you need to follow on Instagram
#RainbowNation #BornFrees — Photographers Sipho Mpongo, Sean Metelerkamp and Wikus de Wet travelled South Africa together as Twenty Journey to understand the land that binds them. Here they select their favourite Instagrammers.
Written by: Alex King