In this issue
How environment defenders are being stopped in the Global South. Leny Olivera and Sian Cowman report from Latin America.
Across the world political space is shrinking. Richard Swift explains how and why.
The low-down from Turkish writer and analyst Hakki Mahfuz on the country’s crackdown.
Academic İştar Gözaydın’s first-hand experiences of the clampdown in Turkey.
Political strategists brainstorm ways to remove democratic impediments to their bosses’ plans.
Taking the long view of fearless resistance. By Kevin Buckland, writing from Barcelona.
Making learning fun for young minds. Priti Salian reports from a classroom in Bangalore.
How did West Papuan campaigners build a 1.8 million-strong petition despite Indonesian repression? By Danny Chivers.
‘Each person must say we won’t do this again.’ Guerrilla leader Pablo Beltrán of Colombia’s ELN talks to Mónica del Pilar Uribe Marín.
Australia’s Adani mine must be stopped, argue Tom Anderson and Eliza Egret.
Despite the atrocious human rights situation in the country, the West finds much to celebrate about Bahrain. Zoe Holman reports.
More dull old men have recently told us that political correctness ruins culture, echoing Donald Trump. Chris Coltrane writes.
Bolivians have had to get used to doing without postal services, writes Amy Booth.
London is hosting an alternative ‘World Football Cup’ of unrecognized nations in June 2018. Alessio Perrone reports.- Two artists have invented a saint to protect residents from gentrification. Yohann Koshy reports.
