Activism

Actor and activist Rob Delaney on giving money to the poor, giving Starmer a chance and Deadpool
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Actor and activist Rob Delaney on giving money to the poor, giving Starmer a chance and Deadpool

Deadpool & Wolverine star Rob Delaney was thrilled to talk to Big Issue about elections, blockbuster movie sets, saving the NHS, and the serious business of being a piece of handsome furniture

France is booting homeless migrants out of Paris ahead of the Olympics – but some are fighting back
Paris Olympics 2024

France is booting homeless migrants out of Paris ahead of the Olympics – but some are fighting back

The Belleville Youth Collective was formed by migrants, volunteers and concerned residents after migrants were evicted from the Paris park

Hefty jail terms for Just Stop Oil activists ‘set a terrible example for the rest of the world’
Climate activism

Hefty jail terms for Just Stop Oil activists ‘set a terrible example for the rest of the world’

‘The public can expect to see renewed and radical disruptive action in the months ahead,’ one protest expert says after Just Stop Oil activists sentenced to four and five years in prison

DWP Jobcentre security guards ‘suffer’ and turn to food banks as wages fail to cover basics
Department for Work and Pensions

DWP Jobcentre security guards ‘suffer’ and turn to food banks as wages fail to cover basics

Scotland’s national poet Kathleen Jamie on why book festivals are wrong target for climate activism
Books

Scotland’s national poet Kathleen Jamie on why book festivals are wrong target for climate activism

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Activist Kwajo Tweneboa: ‘We’re facing the biggest housing crisis since World War II’
Housing

Activist Kwajo Tweneboa: ‘We’re facing the biggest housing crisis since World War II’

Game of Thrones star Emilia Clarke: ‘Surviving brain injuries gave me a fire to keep going’
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Game of Thrones star Emilia Clarke: ‘Surviving brain injuries gave me a fire to keep going’

‘Future is as shaky as its ever been’: Will Baillie Gifford funding row kill our book festivals?
Books

‘Future is as shaky as its ever been’: Will Baillie Gifford funding row kill our book festivals?

Liz Carr: ‘I was told all the time I wouldn’t live to be old – and I believed it’
Letter To My Younger Self

Liz Carr: ‘I was told all the time I wouldn’t live to be old – and I believed it’

Actor Liz Carr says it hurts to hear her younger self ‘wanted to die’
Disability rights

Actor Liz Carr says it hurts to hear her younger self ‘wanted to die’

Feeling like change in the UK isn’t possible? Let these 28 purposeful campaigns prove otherwise
Activism

Feeling like change in the UK isn’t possible? Let these 28 purposeful campaigns prove otherwise

Grand National: Animal rights activists claim ‘tweaks’ to ‘cruel’ horse race don’t go far enough
Animal rights

Grand National: Animal rights activists claim ‘tweaks’ to ‘cruel’ horse race don’t go far enough

How baby banks are fighting child poverty and empowering mums in the cost of living crisis
Mother's Day

How baby banks are fighting child poverty and empowering mums in the cost of living crisis

Vagina Museum: We need to smash taboos around menopause – the stigma has gone on too long
Zoe Williams

Vagina Museum: We need to smash taboos around menopause – the stigma has gone on too long

Why have we fallen out of love with Greta Thunberg? It’s because she’s hitting the system where it hurts
Nadeine Asbali

Why have we fallen out of love with Greta Thunberg? It’s because she’s hitting the system where it hurts

‘We can 100% end homelessness’: Someone’s Daughter, Someone’s Son filmmaker’s rousing call to action
Film

‘We can 100% end homelessness’: Someone’s Daughter, Someone’s Son filmmaker’s rousing call to action

The Big Issue Changemakers of 2024: Media and campaigns
Changemakers 2024

The Big Issue Changemakers of 2024: Media and campaigns

Introducing the Big Issue 100 Changemakers of 2024
Changemakers 2024

Introducing the Big Issue 100 Changemakers of 2024

Everything you need to know about UK’s shameful Post Office scandal
Post Office scandal

Everything you need to know about UK’s shameful Post Office scandal

Read prison letters of Just Stop Oil activists jailed for QE2 bridge protest: ‘UK cannot imprison its way out of climate crisis’
Activism

Read prison letters of Just Stop Oil activists jailed for QE2 bridge protest: ‘UK cannot imprison its way out of climate crisis’

TUC chief Paul Nowak on activism, cost of living crisis and what’s next for UK’s workforce
Activism

TUC chief Paul Nowak on activism, cost of living crisis and what’s next for UK’s workforce

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How protest fashion became this year’s hottest Christmas gift
Activism

How protest fashion became this year’s hottest Christmas gift

Museum of Austerity: The mixed reality exhibition giving a voice to victims of benefit cuts
Art

Museum of Austerity: The mixed reality exhibition giving a voice to victims of benefit cuts

‘Activism and organising is kinda sexy!’: Colman Domingo on Rustin, Oscar buzz and the Obamas
Film

‘Activism and organising is kinda sexy!’: Colman Domingo on Rustin, Oscar buzz and the Obamas

Migrants may be forced into destitution as UK hikes visa renewal fees amid cost of living
Immigration

Migrants may be forced into destitution as UK hikes visa renewal fees amid cost of living