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Tbilisi nightclubs to reopen for New Year’s Eve after 40-day strike
Dancefloor resistance — Georgian techno havens including BASSIANI and Left Bank have announced parties tonight, having shuttered in solidarity with protests against the country’s government.
Written by: Isaac Muk
Why did 2024 feel so unreal?
Unrest & Stagnation — With unending mind-boggling news stories, the past 12 months have felt like a spiral into insanity. Is AI to blame or a hangover from the pandemic? Newsletter columnist Emma Garland digests the mess.
Written by: Emma Garland
An exclusive look at the 2023 recipients of The Creator Labs Photo Fund
For the Aperture and Google initiative’s second season, 30 photographers and lens-based artists will receive grants of USD $6,000.
Written by: Isaac Muk
The rise and fall of Wales’ most idiosyncratic newspaper
A new exhibition tells the story of ‘The Dynamic,' a free and uncompromising community paper published in Abertillery, through the lens of former staff photographer Sebastián Bruno.
Written by: Isaac Muk
Inside the UK's anti-migrant protests
Demonstrations in Rotherham, Erskine, Warwickshire and St. Helens last weekend show an alarming rise in the frequency of anti-migrant protests as well as the numbers attending them. But tensions have been brewing for a long time as inflammatory rhetoric has ramped up across mainstream news and politics.
Written by: Tom Bennett
Thousands join vigils in memory of Brianna Ghey
Rest in pride — Following the brutal killing of trans teenager Brianna Ghey in Warrington this weekend, thousands gather at events held around the UK and Ireland in her name.
Written by: Ben Smoke
“Corpses lined our route”: how Europe abandoned Afghans
No human is illegal — One year on from the fall of Afghanistan to the Taliban, Tiara Ataii speaks to those who have been forced to make the treacherous journey to Europe for safety, and the barriers and horrors they have faced.
Written by: Tiara Ataii
Politics For All is over, but the memeification of news isn‘t
Stop the press! — Recently, a popular news aggregation service was kicked off Twitter. But its demise does not spell the end of shareable, digestible headlines prone to spreading misinformation.
Written by: Naomi Smith
GB News: the rise of UK’s new rightwing media isn’t over yet
Fighting Foxification — The channel may be in crisis already, but its eerie similarity to the context in which its US-counterpart Fox News emerged suggests that the threats it poses should not yet be overlooked.
Written by: Naomi Smith
Is it too late to ‘Kill the Bill’?
Time to act — While the authoritarian policing bill is almost certainly going to be passed, now isn’t the time to give up the fight, writes Politics Editor, Ben Smoke.
Written by: Ben Smoke
Power of protest: The policing bill has been delayed
Sisters united — Thanks to Sisters Uncut’s tireless campaigning, an authoritarian bill that intends to crack down on protesting and increase police powers has been delayed until at least the summer, reports Politics Editor Ben Smoke.
Written by: Ben Smoke
VCR visionary: The woman who taped 33 years of TV news
The Marion Stokes Project — Director Matt Wolf speaks to Huck about his documentary on the elusive Marion Stokes, a Communist radical who recorded 70,000 tapes worth of TV news as a form of activism.
Written by: Daisy Schofield