Protest

Free Nelson Mandela shows how exposing injustice and building power is not the same as going viral
Nelson Mandela in Glasgow's George Square, 1993
Rachel Palma Randle

Free Nelson Mandela shows how exposing injustice and building power is not the same as going viral

Movements need culture. They need songs, symbols and stories that can travel further than speeches or leaflets
Marwan Barghouti: How campaign to free 'Palestine's Mandela' is inspired by anti-apartheid struggle
A statue temporarily erected in Parliament Square, statue showing Marwan Barghouti with handcuffed hands forming a peace sign
Alice Horrell

Marwan Barghouti: How campaign to free 'Palestine's Mandela' is inspired by anti-apartheid struggle

In pictures: What does a protest look like in modern Britain?
anti-migrant protesters waving Union Jacks
Activism

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

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

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

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'

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Why renters are protesting against the housing crisis: 'People are neglected for profit'
Renter Jo Winter
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

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?
Palestine Action supports at the Royal Courts of Justice
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
Palestine Action supports at the Royal Courts of Justice
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'
Bobby Gillespie
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
Make Them Pay protest logo
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

Revealed: Asylum hotel protests dwarfed by runners going to Parkrun
Parkrun runners
Asylum protests

Revealed: Asylum hotel protests dwarfed by runners going to Parkrun

I'm a survivor of domestic violence. Asylum hotel protests do not speak for me – or protect me
domestic abuse
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
Far-right anti-immigration protestors scuffle with a cordon of riot police outside the Bell Hotel in Epping, Essex
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'
A protest sign at Dovecot Muli Activity Centre in Liverpool
Libraries

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

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
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?

Why criminalising protest won't stop people from rising up for causes that matter
Black and white image of protestors for Black Lives Matter
Cathy Rogers, Markus Ostarek

Why criminalising protest won't stop people from rising up for causes that matter