Report

How We Won: the Ugandan Feminists Who Overturned an Anti-Porn Law

by Sophie K Rosa

Ending a six-year battle, feminist campaigners in Uganda have overturned a law designed to criminalise pornography, but which ended up criminalising women’s sexuality. While this victory is undoubtedly important, there is a bigger war to be fought, they say.

image of a crowd of protestors in london with pink and red signs reading "sex work is work", "outlaw poverty not prostitutes", "rights not raids" and "soho says: safety for sex workers"

OnlyFans’ Ban – and Its Suspension – Shows That Banks Have a Chokehold on Sex Work

by Marin Scarlett

A muddled legal landscape provides the perfect cover for financial institutions to discriminate with impunity, writes Marin Scarlett.

The Rider-Owned Food Courier Coop Taking on Deliveroo

by Alex King

A group of former Deliveroo riders have set up their own food courier cooperative as an alternative to the exploitative conditions of the gig economy. Alex King reports.

How We Won: The Community That Saved Latin Village From Demolition

by Sophie K Rosa

After a 15-year fight, traders and residents have seized back London's last Latin market, straight from the jaws of property developers. The site, once slated for demolition, will now be managed by the community.

How We Won: The Mother Who Stopped Her Son’s Deportation

by Mark Montegriffo

A mother, with the help of the public, activists, journalists, celebrities and MPs, fought the Home Office to successfully stop the deportation of her autistic son Osime Brown. Mark Montegriffo reports.

A Deportation Flight Just Left for Vietnam. Why Was It So Hard to Stop?

by Rivkah Brown

Despite the valiant efforts of activists, the Home Office flight went ahead as planned on Wednesday afternoon. Rivkah Brown looks at why it couldn’t be stopped.

A Group of Renters Just Won £19,000 From Their Billionaire Landlord – And They’re Just Getting Started

by Rivkah Brown

In a historic victory for renters everywhere, Somerford Grove Renters successfully sued their lawyered-up landlord and are now preparing dozens more suits. If successful, they stand to win half a million pounds. Rivkah Brown reports.

Jobcentre Staff Were Taught to Inflict ‘Psychological Harm’ on the Unemployed

by Sophie K Rosa

A new report reveals how the coalition government pressured jobcentre staff to bully the unemployed out of claiming benefits. Sophie K Rosa reports.

An Eviction Crisis Looms. Can Renters Resist It?

by Eloise Barry

A month after the eviction ban ended, renters’ unions are all that stand between some tenants and homelessness. Eloise Barry reports.

Could BrewDog’s Cancellation Trigger a Reckoning Across the Craft Beer Industry?

by Matthew Curtis

Last week, over 130 current and former employees of the UK’s largest indy brewery penned an open letter condemning the company's exploitative practices. Beer journalist Matthew Curtis asks whether this unprecedented action could have industry-wide implications.

Queer Elders Are Going Into Care – And Back Into the Closet

by Sophie K Rosa

Care homes should be safe places, but for many elderly LGBTQ+ people they are rife with discrimination. Now, queer elders are demanding a system that meets their needs and honours their lives. Sophie K Rosa reports.

Welcome to Slacker School: Learning From the Best How to Work the Least

by Clare Hymer

Lockdown has clarified that there is more to our lives than bullshit jobs, and nothing better than living them on company time. Clare Hymer meets some of Britain's most skilled skivers.

We Are Occupying an Israeli-Owned Arms Factory to Protest Zionist Settler Colonialism

by An activist occupying an arms factory in Leicester

An activist occupying an Israeli-owned arms factory in Leicester speaks to Sophie K Rosa about the importance of direct action in opposing Zionist settler colonialism.

I Live in Sheikh Jarrah. We Will Not Yield to the Vicious Israeli State

by a protester in Sheikh Jarrah

A Palestinian facing forced displacement in East Jerusalem speaks to Sophie K Rosa about the ongoing battle against Zionist settler colonialism.

‘How Can I Use This, Rather Than It Use Me?’ A New Campaign Takes Aim at Screen Addiction

by Sophie K Rosa

During lockdown screen use increased by a third, with many now blaming their scattered attention spans and deteriorating mental health on the overuse of mobile phones and computers. A new campaign argues we should reset our relationship to technology.

Boris Johnson visits a school in Pimlico

The Tories’ New Discipline Drive Prepares Some Kids for Work and Others for Prison

by Sophie K Rosa

Orderly and disciplined classrooms train most children to be compliant workers, but send others down the school-to-prison pipeline. Sophie K Rosa reports on the Tories' divisive new crackdown.

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A Filipino Nurse Is Being Evicted for Having a Less “Durable Connection With the Area” Than Her Landlord’s Daughter

by Rivkah Brown

EXCLUSIVE: The care home nurse and her two sons are the latest victims of a state that recently declared itself racism-free.

Clearsprings: The Worst Asylum Housing Provider You’ve Probably Never Heard Of

by Sophie K Rosa

You’ve never heard of them, but asylum seekers have. Clearsprings is one of the many companies to which the government outsources asylum accommodation, and widely known to be the worst.