Sisters Uncut

The Huck List: 20 for 2021
Activism

The Huck List: 20 for 2021

Hell Of A Year — We’re celebrating the inspiring individuals and activist groups who’ve been building a better future in 2021.

Written by: Huck

Sisters Uncut: It’s time we policed the police
Activism

Sisters Uncut: It’s time we policed the police

Fight for justice — The direct-action group Sisters Uncut are calling on people to recognise the immense power police have over us and to begin to hold them to account.

Written by: Sisters Uncut

Police storming the vigil for Sarah Everard, in photos
Activism

Police storming the vigil for Sarah Everard, in photos

Reclaim the streets — Last weekend, a peaceful vigil was held in memory of Sarah Everard. Our photographer, Theo McInnes, was on hand to capture the event, which started off as a sombre affair but later turned into a stark display of a police force drunk on power.

Written by: Huck

10 years of UK Uncut's battle against austerity
Activism

10 years of UK Uncut's battle against austerity

People before profit — Tim Street, UK Uncut activist and former Director of UK Uncut Legal Action, reflects on the organisation's legacy of helping to bring tax avoidance into public consciousness and how its audacious direct actions shaped the decade's protest movements.

Written by: Tim Street

Activists from Sisters Uncut have occupied a London women's prison
Activism

Activists from Sisters Uncut have occupied a London women's prison

Reclaiming space — A prison in North London has been occupied by feminist direct action group Sisters Uncut, determined to put domestic violence services at the heart of this general election.

Written by: Michael Segalov

Sisters Uncut demand action on violence this Valentine's Day
Activism

Sisters Uncut demand action on violence this Valentine's Day

'You're breaking our hearts' — Feminist direct action group Sisters Uncut demand the Mayor of Hackney fulfil his promises of safe, secure housing for survivors of domestic violence.

Written by: Marta Bausells

Bridges across England blockaded to demand action on domestic violence
Activism

Bridges across England blockaded to demand action on domestic violence

Sisters Uncut — Activists across the United Kingdom shut down bridges to highlight how survivors of domestic violence - particularly migrant women and women of colour - have no path to safety in Britain.

Written by: Michael Segalov

Why domestic violence support services must not be handed to companies like G4S
Activism

Why domestic violence support services must not be handed to companies like G4S

#NoSisterIsIllegal — The private and public spheres are merging, an ideologically driven move to transfer power and profit into corporate hands. The UK is now the second largest outsourcing market in the world. But there's a human cost to allowing private companies like G4S to run services that are relied on by some of our most vulnerable citizens.

Written by: Sarah Silver

Twenty-four hours inside Sisters Uncut's East London occupation
Activism

Twenty-four hours inside Sisters Uncut's East London occupation

Homes free from violence — For two weeks now, activists from feminist direct action group Sisters Uncut have been occupying an empty council home in Hackney, East London, to highlight the lack of support for survivors of domestic violence. Photographer Jade Jackman spent 24 hours in the occupation, meeting the campaigners putting themselves on the front line.

Written by: Jade Jackman

Sisters Uncut occupy empty home to demand action on domestic violence
Activism

Sisters Uncut occupy empty home to demand action on domestic violence

Homes free from violence — Campaigners from feminist direct action group Sisters Uncut took to the streets of London today, before occupying one of Hackney's 1047 empty council homes to highlight the need for places of refuge for survivors of domestic violence. They say they won't leave until their demands are met.

Written by: Michael Segalov

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