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How did you get involved in selling DOPE Magazine? So, basically, I seen people handing out this magazine and I wasn’t too sure what it was at first. I was in a dilemma because I didn’t have a job, I didn’t have any benefits and I was looking to turn to crime, which I had been doing. I was quite

Photos: Emil Lombardo Where are you selling DOPE? Highbury, Upper Street, Angel. Highbury is my main place but I kinda float around sometimes – Holloway Road, Archway, up in Highgate. I find that sometimes it’s easier to be in one spot. I’ve got some really nice regulars. And just in general, I think that when people see you trying, just trying to d…

How did you start selling DOPE magazine? I started selling the magazine probably a couple of years ago. You know, the staff at People’s Republic of Stoke Croft (PRSC) is good, they are loving and caring, and help people on the street, they give us clothes, tents, sleeping bags and everything. And

In the United States in the 1980s, there was a dramatic increase in homelessness, nearly doubling between 1984 and 1987. The hope and utopianism of the '60s was over - you didn't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blew, and it was towards the greed and inequality of ‘80s neoliberalism. Pre

When I think of popular struggle, the first thing that comes to mind is Abed’s stories from his time as a political prisoner during the First Intifada. Abed is from Tulkarem, a city in the north of Palestine known for its fierce resistance to the Zionist occupation. Like most Palestinian children, h

Have you ever been on the dole? What’s changed in the past thirty years in the ways unemployed, sick or disabled people go about claiming money from the state? Certainly, there’s been a material shift from analogue to digital; standing in dole queues with a flimsy newspaper-thin logbook, to online c

Recently, a friend commented how wonderful gender equality is in Britain. I thought of the 187 women and girls murdered here from March 2022 to March 2023. According to official records, that’s a low number. 214 femicides—murders of women and girls—were recorded the year prior. I thought of how 95%

Exploitative systems rely on our compliance: our willingness to work and pay our bills. This has become an almost naturalised obligation to pay for goods and services whilst working for an income to cover the cost of them. But we don’t have a stable and fair system. In recent years prices have risen

How did you get involved in selling DOPE magazine? I actually saw a seller selling it … but he doesn't do it anymore. He’s been a bit naughty, so he doesn't do it anymore. But I caught on with it, and I think I’m a natural.

O ur society is in a state of constant distress, from Coronavirus to the cost-of-living crisis. Amidst this, we're all forced to get by and earn a living. For millions of us, accessing work is a difficult process to navigate at the best of times, and decent pay and conditions seem a relic of the pas