Chilean politics have taken a dramatic turn, with all presidential candidates falling short of a majority and an unexpected boost for a new left coalition. Luis Hernán Vargas Faulbaum assesses the balance of forces
Industrial agriculture isn’t the efficient beast it’s made out to be. Peasant farming, not industrial food production, is the way to feed the world, argue Pat Mooney and Nnimmo Bassey
In a bleak year for politics worldwide, fair trade and ethical goods provide a much-needed bright spot
The West finds much to celebrate about the country, but it has the largest prison population in the Middle East and world’s highest per-capita use of teargas.
Zoe Holman reports on the state of Bahrain
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December 2017, Issue 508
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