Feeling the heat? Help our vendors keep cool. Buy a summer support kit for £35
BUY NOW

Protest

As the government moves to ban Palestine Action, are terror laws being used for 'political policing'?
Yvette Cooper
Protest

As the government moves to ban Palestine Action, are terror laws being used for 'political policing'?

Palestine Action are being banned and Kneecap prosecuted – both under anti-terror laws. What could the consequences be?
George Floyd, five years later: Has anything really changed?
Black Lives Matter

George Floyd, five years later: Has anything really changed?

The far-right's resurgence was only a matter of time after Black Lives Matter
Dr Aaron Winter

The far-right's resurgence was only a matter of time after Black Lives Matter

Disabled protesters say they'll stop Labour's benefit cuts – or die trying: 'I will fight my heart out'
Disability benefits

Disabled protesters say they'll stop Labour's benefit cuts – or die trying: 'I will fight my heart out'

Drag Race UK winner Ginger Johnson: 'The world is burning down… why not tap dance on the table?'
LGBTQ+

Drag Race UK winner Ginger Johnson: 'The world is burning down… why not tap dance on the table?'

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Inside the Big Issue: The rise and fall of Black Lives Matter
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: The rise and fall of Black Lives Matter

'We get communities dancing': How Bradford's brass heritage still brings people together
Music

'We get communities dancing': How Bradford's brass heritage still brings people together

We took the UK government to court to defend the right to protest – and won. Here's what it means
Liberty protesters outside the Court of Appeal after protest law success
Katy Watts

We took the UK government to court to defend the right to protest – and won. Here's what it means

Femi Kuti on Afrobeat, protest and his legendary father: 'The trumpet felt like an Uzi'
Music

Femi Kuti on Afrobeat, protest and his legendary father: 'The trumpet felt like an Uzi'

These activists are putting parking tickets on homeless tents to make an important point
Humans Parked Illegally Vagrancy Act installation showing fake parking fines on a sleeping bag
Rough sleeping

These activists are putting parking tickets on homeless tents to make an important point

Just Stop Oil may be reviled – but their tactics reshaped the climate movement
Just Stop Oil
Sam Nadel

Just Stop Oil may be reviled – but their tactics reshaped the climate movement

Actor and activist Mark Rylance: 'Brian Haw sacrificed his mind and body for peace'
Peace

Actor and activist Mark Rylance: 'Brian Haw sacrificed his mind and body for peace'

'Welfare not warfare': Disabled people hold Downing Street protest over Spring Statement benefit cuts
Disabled people protest benefits cuts at Downing Street ahead of the Spring Statement
Spring Statement

'Welfare not warfare': Disabled people hold Downing Street protest over Spring Statement benefit cuts

The remarkable story of Fare Dodgers' Liberation Front and their fight for free public transport
10Foot Takeover

The remarkable story of Fare Dodgers' Liberation Front and their fight for free public transport

Police pay out £2.5k over wrongful arrest of man who shouted 'who elected him' at King Charles ceremony
King Charles
Protest

Police pay out £2.5k over wrongful arrest of man who shouted 'who elected him' at King Charles ceremony

It's time for our political leaders to grow a backbone and stop Trump's state visit – here’s why
A man in a Donald Trump mask
Zoe Gardner and Nick Dearden

It's time for our political leaders to grow a backbone and stop Trump's state visit – here’s why

Meet the 83-year-old activist who's fought gentrification for 50 years – and is still going strong
83 year old activist Eileen Conn
Activism

Meet the 83-year-old activist who's fought gentrification for 50 years – and is still going strong

Inside the 'David vs Goliath' fight to stop China building a 'super-fortress' embassy
Town planning

Inside the 'David vs Goliath' fight to stop China building a 'super-fortress' embassy

'Your hands are bloody': What Serbia's major anti-corruption protests mean for the country's future
Protesters in Serbia holding up a sign which translates as 'Your hands are bloody
Protest

'Your hands are bloody': What Serbia's major anti-corruption protests mean for the country's future

The future looks grim under climate change. So why is nobody talking about Just Stop Oil anymore?
Just Stop Oil
Climate activism

The future looks grim under climate change. So why is nobody talking about Just Stop Oil anymore?

A twisted ankle and eyes full of pepper spray: A day in the life of the 'protest paramedics'
Activism

A twisted ankle and eyes full of pepper spray: A day in the life of the 'protest paramedics'

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Protest isn't a dirty word – but successive governments have tried to convince us otherwise
how to organise a protest
Jodie Beck

Protest isn't a dirty word – but successive governments have tried to convince us otherwise

'We are sick and tired': Hundreds of renters demand 'rent controls now' in Christmas protest
Renters march down London's Oxford Street holding a banner demanding 'rent controls now'
RENTING

'We are sick and tired': Hundreds of renters demand 'rent controls now' in Christmas protest

Farmers have every right to complain – but their gripes are being hijacked by right-wing chancers
Adam Barnett

Farmers have every right to complain – but their gripes are being hijacked by right-wing chancers

'We'll have to get more militant': The real winners and losers from the farm inheritance tax debate
a tractor in a field
Farming

'We'll have to get more militant': The real winners and losers from the farm inheritance tax debate

Support our vendors with a subscription

For each subscription to the magazine, we’ll provide a vendor with a reusable water bottle, making it easier for them to access cold water on hot days.