POLITICS & ACTIVISM
BARKING
AGAINST BREXIT: PROTESTING ON FOUR LEGS
Of all the grassroots movements spawned in the wake of the 2016 Brexit referendum, the Wooferendum is easily among the cutest additions.
From reckless teenager to social worker, Mike Huddart is fighting for British hospitality to start catering for people with disabilities Slingshot caught up with the man on a mission.
PROFILE:
THE MAN TAKING ON SOCIAL
ISOLATION
Rating: ★★★★☆
Ask any London-based vegan and they’ll tell you: good junk food lies to the east.
COMBINING FOOD AND ACTIVISM: UNITY DINER REVIEW
COMBINING FOOD AND ACTIVISM: UNITY DINER REVIEW
★★★★☆
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Ask any London-based vegan and they’ll tell you: good junk food lies to the east.
PROFILE:
TAKING ON SOCIAL ISOLATION... ONE PINT AT A TIME
From reckless teenager to social worker, Mike Huddart is fighting for British hospitality to start catering for people with disabilities Slingshot caught up with the man on a mission.
Of all the movements spawned in the wake of the Brexit referendum, the Wooferendum is among the cutest.
BARKING
AGAINST BREXIT: PROTESTING ON FOUR LEGS
TACKLING FOOD WASTE:
A LOOK ON COMPOSTING
Most of the food waste in restaurants and cafes is avoidable. Three million tons of food is thrown away annually in the UK hospitality businesses; Slingshot investigates what could be done.
SEX WORKER SOLIDARITY STRIKE HIGHLIGHTS CONTINUED FIGHT FOR DECRIMINALISATION IN UK
Women across the country struck in solidarity with sex workers on International Women’s Day. The demonstration, co-organised by Decrim Now and Women’s Strike, called attention to the ongoing struggle for the total decriminalisation of sex work in the UK.
BARKING
AGAINST BREXIT: PROTESTING ON FOUR LEGS
Of all the grassroots movements spawned in the wake of the 2016 Brexit referendum, the Wooferendum is easily among the cutest additions.
From reckless teenager to social worker, Mike Huddart is fighting for British hospitality to start catering for people with disabilities Slingshot caught up with the man on a mission.
PROFILE:
THE MAN TAKING ON SOCIAL
ISOLATION
Rating: ★★★★☆
Ask any London-based vegan and they’ll tell you: good junk food lies to the east.
IT'S CALLED FEMINISM
Feminism has, in recent years, become a hot topic again. It stood resolute at the centre of the #MeToo movement, but also faced a backlash after a TERF infiltration.
HOW GAY MARRIAGE HAS WEDDED THE GAY RIGHTS MOVEMENT TO ACCEPTANCE - NOT EQUALITY
In March 2019, it will be five years since same sex marriage was legalised in the UK. The ruling came as a signal that the Gay Rights Movement had broken through the mainstream.
The deficit in volunteer help that follows the festive season is hard to forget for local homeless charities across the country.
THE
AFTER-EFFECTS OF FESTIVE “FAIRWEATHER
VOLUNTEERING”
Charity Care International held the seventh annual #March4Women on Sunday 3rd March in Central Hall Westminster. This year’s event was a rally-like get-together, held indoors for the first time. Slingshot attended the event.
