Activism
Actor and activist Rob Delaney on giving money to the poor, giving Starmer a chance and Deadpool![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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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![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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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’![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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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
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
Scotland’s national poet Kathleen Jamie on why book festivals are wrong target for climate activism
Activist Kwajo Tweneboa: ‘We’re facing the biggest housing crisis since World War II’![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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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’![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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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?![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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‘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’![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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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’![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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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![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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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![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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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![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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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![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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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![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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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![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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‘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![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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The Big Issue Changemakers of 2024: Media and campaigns
Introducing the Big Issue 100 Changemakers of 2024![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Introducing the Big Issue 100 Changemakers of 2024
Everything you need to know about UK’s shameful Post Office scandal![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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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’![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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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![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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TUC chief Paul Nowak on activism, cost of living crisis and what’s next for UK’s workforce
How protest fashion became this year’s hottest Christmas gift![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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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![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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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![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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‘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![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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