On a trip to Nepal, Stephen Bailey discovers a toxic link between poverty, childhood illness and climate change.
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On a trip to Nepal, Stephen Bailey discovers a toxic link between poverty, childhood illness and climate change.
As the polls loom, Moses Wasamu outlines the implications of a fiercely contested vote, including candidates accused of crimes against humanity.
Chloe Ferguson reports from an East London ‘teach-in’ on the relationship between the Canadian government, First Nation rights and the Crown.
Filed in: Activism Canada Colonialism First Nations Reservations (Canada) Human Rights Indigenous Peoples Politics United Kingdom
UK Border Agency defends removals to Sri Lanka, despite abuse of deportees documented by Human Rights Watch, writes Phil Miller.
Filed in: Politics Sri Lanka United Kingdom
Sally Healy speaks to Hassan Sheikh Mohamud about his hopes for security in Somalia, which must begin to ‘address the bitter memories’ of its past.
Tim Gee, one of the clean-up volunteers, is inspired by the team work and ‘anarchy in action’.
The super rich are gaining from the economic crisis while the poor get the blame – what can be done to stop them?
Filed in: Class Equality Finance Globalization Politics Poverty Society Wealth
A chronicle of resistance from Tom Druitt, who took to the trees to try and stop the Bexhill-Hastings Link Road.
Filed in: Activism Environment Pollution United Kingdom
Mari Marcel Thekaekara on the plight of a community made homeless by a slum clearance: the latest casualties in the battle for property.
Filed in: Housing Human Rights India Poverty
Stephanie Boyd says new laws are a reminder that, in mining zones, foreign corporations get more protection than ordinary civilians.
Filed in: Activism Human Rights Indigenous Peoples Mining Peru
Despite Mark Kennedy, despite the police, the spirit of the Tarnac 10 will live on, says Horatio Morpurgo.
Anti-Muslim fervour is rife – yet is being ignored by the authorities, says Lewis Garland.
Mari Marcel Thekaekara congratulates the country’s Dalit community on finally winning legal protection against discrimination.
‘The Wicked Witch is dead’ but although he’s celebrating, Alan Hughes urges us to fight on against everything she stood for.
Argument: Is it time to ditch the pursuit of economic growth?
As Mother’s Day approaches in India, Mari Marcel Thekaekara reflects on how motherhood has changed along with the online communication boom.
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