Politics
The fight to ‘Kill The Bill’ has only just begun
Time to act — With the Bill returning to Parliament in early July, heavy-handed policing at nationwide protests and the G7 should fuel our fight against this authoritarian legislation.
Written by: Ben Smoke
Liverpool is taking a stand against anti-LGBTQ+ attacks
Enough is enough — Earlier this week, following a series of violent attacks on queer people in the city centre, demonstrators came together in a moving show of solidarity.
Written by: Vuyokazi Mtukela
Why left-wing groups aren’t exempt from sexual assault
Hidden abuse — Isolated incidences of rape culture threaten the very ideology that unites activists and the building of a better society. Why then has there been a failure among some leftist groups to look inwards at the cultures they may be perpetrating?
Written by: Katie Tobin
Gabriel Krauze has no time for neat conclusions
The written truth — In his Booker longlisted debut, the London writer produced a double-dose adrenaline shot of violence, brotherhood and fuck-you swagger, based squarely on his own experiences as a younger man. So, as the 34-year-old gears up to throw himself into the follow-up, it begs the question: where does he go next?
Written by: Michael Fordham
Bristol protests: the full story, told by those who were there
#KillTheBill — Last weekend, protests erupted into chaos in the South West of England city over a draconian bill that seeks to increase police powers. Politics Editor Ben Smoke speaks to protestors to find out what really happened.
Written by: Ben Smoke
Power of protest: The policing bill has been delayed
Sisters united — Thanks to Sisters Uncut’s tireless campaigning, an authoritarian bill that intends to crack down on protesting and increase police powers has been delayed until at least the summer, reports Politics Editor Ben Smoke.
Written by: Ben Smoke
Can cyberpunk ever reclaim its radicalism?
Reimagining dystopia — After the disastrous launch of Cyberpunk 2077, some critics questioned whether the game’s namesake genre had lost its way entirely. But there might still be a way to save cyberpunk from its inertia, writes Gerry Hart.
Written by: Gerry Hart
South Africa’s jazz upstarts are imagining a new nation
Moving pictures — A new release from some of the country’s most exciting musicians challenges the notion that the fight for freedom is a battle of the past.
Written by: Hugh Morris
We must change how we think about unemployment
Time to organise — In the 1920s and '30s, the National Unemployed Workers' Movement mobilised thousands of people. Now, a century on, a newly-launched radical organisation is bringing together workers made unemployed by the pandemic to demand and resist.
Written by: Polly Smythe
VCR visionary: The woman who taped 33 years of TV news
The Marion Stokes Project — Director Matt Wolf speaks to Huck about his documentary on the elusive Marion Stokes, a Communist radical who recorded 70,000 tapes worth of TV news as a form of activism.
Written by: Daisy Schofield