Protest

In pictures: What does a protest look like in modern Britain?
Activism

In pictures: What does a protest look like in modern Britain?

Documentary photographer Marc Davenant has been taking photos of protests in recent years as governments have cracked down against activism. His powerful photos are now on show at his Rebellion! exhibition

The rise in antisemitic attacks is racism. It isn’t complicated
Sam Delaney

The rise in antisemitic attacks is racism. It isn’t complicated

This is Britain. Freedom of speech is permitted. Racist violence is not, writes Sam Delaney

Miners are back on strike: ‘I lost everything last time. I won’t go back this time until it’s sorted’
Industrial action

Miners are back on strike: ‘I lost everything last time. I won’t go back this time until it’s sorted’

Veterans of the 1984 miners’ strike find themselves back on the picket line. Big Issue Changemaker Marc Davenant visited them for his new exhibition on protest, ‘Rebellion!’

Why renters are protesting against the housing crisis: ‘People are neglected for profit’
Renting

Why renters are protesting against the housing crisis: ‘People are neglected for profit’

Greenham Women’s Peace Camp: The forgotten protest against nuclear weapons that lasted 19 years
Protest

Greenham Women’s Peace Camp: The forgotten protest against nuclear weapons that lasted 19 years

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Everybody to Kenmure Street: Immigration protest film tells a remarkable story of people power
Documentary

Everybody to Kenmure Street: Immigration protest film tells a remarkable story of people power

Palestine Action: What happens when protest is branded terror?
Yasmine Ahmed and Lydia Gall

Palestine Action: What happens when protest is branded terror?

What next for Palestine Action? High Court judgment is important victory for the right to protest
Victoria Tecca

What next for Palestine Action? High Court judgment is important victory for the right to protest

Iranians in Britain call on UK government to stand with the people of Iran against brutal repression
Dr Ela Zabihi

Iranians in Britain call on UK government to stand with the people of Iran against brutal repression

Primal Scream’s Bobby Gillespie: ‘It was hard to get artists to take part in Gig for Gaza’
Music

Primal Scream’s Bobby Gillespie: ‘It was hard to get artists to take part in Gig for Gaza’

We stand against the far-right and the super-rich to stop Britain becoming Elon Musk’s playground
Izzie McIntosh

We stand against the far-right and the super-rich to stop Britain becoming Elon Musk’s playground

Letters: Don’t weaponise violence against women and girls
Letters

Letters: Don’t weaponise violence against women and girls

What the wave of St George’s flags across England means for national identity
Nationalism

What the wave of St George’s flags across England means for national identity

I’m a survivor of domestic violence. Asylum hotel protests do not speak for me – or protect me
Domestic Violence

I’m a survivor of domestic violence. Asylum hotel protests do not speak for me – or protect me

Kneecap rapper Mo Chara’s ‘terrorism’ charge: Is it about free speech, Palestine or something more?
Kneecap

Kneecap rapper Mo Chara’s ‘terrorism’ charge: Is it about free speech, Palestine or something more?

Asylum hotel court ruling risks letting ‘violent mobs dictate government policy’, experts say
Asylum hotels

Asylum hotel court ruling risks letting ‘violent mobs dictate government policy’, experts say

Opera performers are using Palestinian flags to make a stand. And why shouldn’t they?
Classical music

Opera performers are using Palestinian flags to make a stand. And why shouldn’t they?

The fight to keep two libraries in two of Liverpool’s most deprived areas: ‘It would be a grievous blow’
Libraries

The fight to keep two libraries in two of Liverpool’s most deprived areas: ‘It would be a grievous blow’

The invaluable lessons Britain must learn from the Hong Kong’s 2019 pro-democracy protests
Mimi Martin

The invaluable lessons Britain must learn from the Hong Kong’s 2019 pro-democracy protests

Letters: It’s anti-migrant ‘protesters’ that make me feel unsafe – not asylum seekers
Letters

Letters: It’s anti-migrant ‘protesters’ that make me feel unsafe – not asylum seekers

Asylum hotel protests are spreading. Who’s really behind them?
Asylum hotels

Asylum hotel protests are spreading. Who’s really behind them?

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At London Trans+ Pride, I march for a future that teenage me didn’t think I’d have
Oscar Sharples

At London Trans+ Pride, I march for a future that teenage me didn’t think I’d have

From anti-war to Palestine Action: The way we protest is changing – so how did we get here?
Benjamin Abrams

From anti-war to Palestine Action: The way we protest is changing – so how did we get here?

Gen Z Londoners are handing out ‘awards’ to the organisations they blame for the housing crisis
Housing

Gen Z Londoners are handing out ‘awards’ to the organisations they blame for the housing crisis

Letters: What is being done to the people of Palestine IS the crime
Letters

Letters: What is being done to the people of Palestine IS the crime