Protest

The far-right riots are a harrowing reminder of rising racism and Islamophobia. But, as Stand Up to Racism points out, this is not the first time we’ve had to unite against hate in the UK.

Forty years after the Battle of Orgreave, the creativity of those who took part in the 1984-5 miners’ strike has been carefully documented by the Barnsley designer.

On Tuesday, we spoke to students in New York about why they’re demonstrating. Hours later, officers in riot gear arrested dozens of protesters.

The government is barrelling ahead with a road-building plan near the sacred site of Stonehenge. But this isn’t just a matter for “sentimental historians or tree-hugging Extinction Rebellion activists”. This is about our past, present and future.

A leaderless group of good-time cyclists, Critical Mass meet on the last Friday of every month to tear up streets around the world. We checked in with some London massers as they set off for a spooky ride.

Last Saturday, hundreds of thousands of protesters marched across London, from Marble Arch to the US embassy, to call for a ceasefire – something Keir Starmer has refused to do. What will it cost him?