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Mark Rylance: We must remember Brian Haw, ‘the most adhesive of protesters’
Protest

Mark Rylance: We must remember Brian Haw, ‘the most adhesive of protesters’

Mark Rylance writes exclusively for The Big Issue, launching his campaign for a statue of Brian Haw to be erected in London. The memorial would honour a tireless voice for peace in the early part of the 21st century.

Why has Mark Rylance launched a campaign to honour peace protester Brian Haw?
Activism

Why has Mark Rylance launched a campaign to honour peace protester Brian Haw?

Oscar-winning actor Mark Rylance says a statue of the late campaigner Brian Haw will “stand for all of us awake to the horror of war”

Uniting against housing injustice: Class Act by SPID Theatre review
Activism

Uniting against housing injustice: Class Act by SPID Theatre review

Community youth theatre group SPID launched a ‘season of social change’ at BFI Southbank. One of their young filmmakers was there to document the event especially for The Big Issue.

New laws could make it easier to arrest journalists. Here’s why that matters
Press freedom

New laws could make it easier to arrest journalists. Here’s why that matters

The pop culture milestones that helped shape LGBTQ+ history
LGBTQ+ History Month

The pop culture milestones that helped shape LGBTQ+ history

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Britain on strike: The biggest walkout in a decade in pictures
Employment

Britain on strike: The biggest walkout in a decade in pictures

Trafalgar Square’s Fourth Plinth should honour our past struggles
Opinion

Trafalgar Square’s Fourth Plinth should honour our past struggles

Aisling Bea: ‘I am a born protester, an up-in-arms person’
community

Aisling Bea: ‘I am a born protester, an up-in-arms person’

Can you help solve the mystery of this Black flower seller in 1800s Hastings?
History

Can you help solve the mystery of this Black flower seller in 1800s Hastings?

Yuval Noah Harari: ‘We are living inside the dreams of dead people’
Books

Yuval Noah Harari: ‘We are living inside the dreams of dead people’

What impact would a rent freeze have? Just ask tenants in Scotland
Rent freeze

What impact would a rent freeze have? Just ask tenants in Scotland

National protests to take place demanding government action on soaring energy bills
Cost of living crisis

National protests to take place demanding government action on soaring energy bills

Don’t Pay UK: Why are people cancelling their energy bills?
Energy bills

Don’t Pay UK: Why are people cancelling their energy bills?

Doreen Lawrence says the UK justice system ‘degrades’ the Black community
Racism

Doreen Lawrence says the UK justice system ‘degrades’ the Black community

Don’t Pay UK supporters are cancelling their direct debits regardless of the consequences
Energy bills

Don’t Pay UK supporters are cancelling their direct debits regardless of the consequences

Why are anti-monarchy protesters being arrested after the Queen’s death?
Protest

Why are anti-monarchy protesters being arrested after the Queen’s death?

Enough is Enough: Unions, food banks and MPs launch campaign to fight the cost of living crisis
Cost of living crisis

Enough is Enough: Unions, food banks and MPs launch campaign to fight the cost of living crisis

Why century-dead trade unionist James Connolly is the political voice of the summer
Unions

Why century-dead trade unionist James Connolly is the political voice of the summer

‘It nearly destroyed my life’: Menopause activist teams up with Big Issue to give sellers crucial advice
Health

‘It nearly destroyed my life’: Menopause activist teams up with Big Issue to give sellers crucial advice

Activists plaster fake Barclays adverts across London Underground in fossil fuel protest
Climate activism

Activists plaster fake Barclays adverts across London Underground in fossil fuel protest

The ‘paramilitary’ tactics used by police to suppress protest
podcast

The ‘paramilitary’ tactics used by police to suppress protest

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‘Children are dead. And people are still making excuses’: March For Our Lives activist Ariel Hobbs
podcast

‘Children are dead. And people are still making excuses’: March For Our Lives activist Ariel Hobbs

‘I hope young activists will take heart’: Sir Nick Partridge on Aids: The Unheard Tapes
TV

‘I hope young activists will take heart’: Sir Nick Partridge on Aids: The Unheard Tapes

‘Sherwood is important. It forces people to remember that the political is personal’
TV

‘Sherwood is important. It forces people to remember that the political is personal’

Campaigners call for a million people to cancel their energy bills if government refuses to act
Cost of living

Campaigners call for a million people to cancel their energy bills if government refuses to act