Activism
Anti-monarchy protesters hold blank signs outside Parliament after arrests
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Anti-monarchy protesters hold blank signs outside Parliament after arrests
Explained: This is your right to protest and how police can restrict it
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Explained: This is your right to protest and how police can restrict it
Why are anti-monarchy protesters being arrested after the Queen’s death?
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Why are anti-monarchy protesters being arrested after the Queen’s death?
The musicians helping to change young people's lives in Reading
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The musicians helping to change young people's lives in Reading
Premier League clubs donate food from cancelled games to charity
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Premier League clubs donate food from cancelled games to charity
Chris Kaba: Protest to take place after 24-year-old shot dead by Met Police
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Chris Kaba: Protest to take place after 24-year-old shot dead by Met Police
Rwanda scheme protesters fear treatment of refugees will worsen under Liz Truss
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Rwanda scheme protesters fear treatment of refugees will worsen under Liz Truss
Community food bank fights eviction by property developer
![Homegrown in Tottenham](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/homegrown-pic-e1662045919442.jpeg?w=768)
Community food bank fights eviction by property developer
These people quit their jobs to help neurodivergent adults get the support they need
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These people quit their jobs to help neurodivergent adults get the support they need
Warm This Winter: Charities form campaign group to fight cost of living crisis
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Warm This Winter: Charities form campaign group to fight cost of living crisis
Don't Pay UK to stage protest outside Ofgem offices as energy price rise is confirmed
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Don't Pay UK to stage protest outside Ofgem offices as energy price rise is confirmed
How a grassroots group is reimagining community activism in east London
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How a grassroots group is reimagining community activism in east London
'Don't forget Afghanistan': The kite festival with a message
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'Don't forget Afghanistan': The kite festival with a message
Huge energy bill hike leaves one of Britain’s biggest food banks facing closure by Christmas
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Huge energy bill hike leaves one of Britain’s biggest food banks facing closure by Christmas
Policing Extinction Rebellion protests cost the Met over £10million
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Policing Extinction Rebellion protests cost the Met over £10million
Met Police slammed for secrecy over cost of failed Sarah Everard vigil appeals
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Met Police slammed for secrecy over cost of failed Sarah Everard vigil appeals
Activists plaster fake Barclays adverts across London Underground in fossil fuel protest
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Activists plaster fake Barclays adverts across London Underground in fossil fuel protest
Met Police banned a man from Shoreditch 'after he filmed a stop and search'
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Met Police banned a man from Shoreditch 'after he filmed a stop and search'
The 'paramilitary' tactics used by police to suppress protest
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The 'paramilitary' tactics used by police to suppress protest
Anti-LGBTQ+ protesters targeted a drag queen at a children’s storytime event in the UK
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