According to a new report, most of them took part in the July riots because they hate the police or ‘thought it looked fun’, not because they hold racist, anti-immigration or far-right views
Jan 28, 2025
The riots were intended to weaken the communities targeted, but the opposite has happened. In a climate of intense Islamophobia and racism, which has been brewing for years, people are banding together
Aug 08, 2024
The violence erupting across Britain has not come out of nowhere – from online radicalisation and misleading media coverage, to toxic political rhetoric around class and immigration
Aug 06, 2024
After a 17-year-old boy was shot dead by the police, young people across the country are taking to the streets – breaking into ATMs, setting fires to cars and reportedly raiding banks
Jun 29, 2023
Yesterday, thousands of right-wing pro-Bolsonaro supporters wreaked havoc in Brasília. Why did this happen, and what does it mean going forward?
Jan 09, 2023
From strikes to riots, there’s going to be a lot more social unrest as the cost-of-living crisis spirals out of control – here’s what you can expect
Jul 29, 2022
Riot police were allegedly ‘bashing people senseless’ at South London’s Scumoween party
Nov 02, 2015
‘Riots work, and I’ve never said that in that way before. I’m an American because of a riot’
Aug 07, 2015
Given the state of the nation's youth, can we predict another riot? Thinkers and artists from Owen Jones to Stormzy weigh in
Apr 17, 2015
Cult Brit photographer Nick Waplington’s new zine focusses on a surf riot and suburban punks. So why does he say he doesn't care about youth culture?
Dec 08, 2014
Next in our protest recordings series, a poetic filmmaker walks through a burning São Paulo
Jul 04, 2013
Shots of the protests after this weekend's football match by a British cinematographer
Jul 03, 2013
A German photographer on his black-and-white shots of the Turkish protests in Turkey
Jun 12, 2013
Pinar&Viola urge you to support #Taksim the 2013 way: by turning your avatar into a flag!
Jun 11, 2013
As chaos rages and brutality hits new lows, we find out why Turkish youth are saying #ACAB
Jun 04, 2013