A global just transition
How can we phase out fossil fuels in a way that works for people everywhere? The historic Cochabamba People’s Agreement offers a way forward, argues Max Ajl.
The blinding power of nationalism
Professor Appiah talks about nationalism, fundamentalism and identity. Interview by Andy Heintz.
The coerced sterilization of Indigenous women
The shocking eugenicist policies can be seen as attempted cultural genocide, argues Jaipreet Virdi
16 million and counting: the collateral damage of capital
Dylan Sullivan and Jason Hickel investigate how neoliberal policies have led to the deaths of millions around the world.
The cost of mining in Latin America
Global justice campaigners Marienna Pope-Weidemann and Sebastian Ordoñez Muñoz explain why mining is a threat to our climate change goals.
Winners and losers
Vanessa Baird analyses how the Global South is affected by the current trade turmoil – and old patterns of power.
Betrayed again
Under the cover of Covid-19, Turkey is hammering the Kurds. Again. Should the world care? Vanessa Baird offers several good reasons why it should.
A Q&A with Noam Chomsky
Noam Chomsky shares his views with Andy Heintz on America’s ‘free trade agreements’, North Korea and the dangers of a ‘charismatic demagogue’ as president.
Cuba’s crossroads
The Castros are no longer in charge. Will Miguel Díaz-Canel, their hand-picked successor, wield a new broom of change? Wayne Ellwood weighs up the island’s options.
Here’s why the US has no right to interfere in Nicaragua
Hawks in the Trump administration have their sights set on regime change, not because of freedom or democracy, but to ‘settle historic scores’, argues John Perry.
Stranded in Melilla: the migrants stuck in Spanish enclaves
Julian Hattem speaks to the migrants trapped in limbo.
Lloyd’s of London’s debt
What would be the cost of reparations for the transatlantic slave trade and ongoing support of fossil fuels? Sahar Shah and Harpreet Kaur Paul explore the Lloyd’s insurance market.
The age of development: an obituary
‘Development’ has long been reframed and hijacked, but, Wolfgang Sachs argues, we need to move beyond its misguided assumptions into a new post-development era based on eco-solidarity.
Catching the cops
Aboriginal people are using a new app to record and report police brutality. Will it help break Australia’s culture of impunity? Ian Lloyd Neubauer reports.
Beware Americans bearing gifts
US ‘humanitarian aid’ ups the risk of violent conflict in Venezuela, writes Vanessa Baird.
Payback time
Danny Chivers reports on the movements making links between international debt and the climate crisis in a bold and imaginative way.
Defame, criminalize, murder
How environment defenders are being stopped in the Global South. Leny Olivera and Sian Cowman report from Latin America.
Green jobs – puffery and promise
As the UN climate talks commence – where talk of a green and just transition for workers is on the agenda – Conrad Landin inspects the ground realities for oil workers in Scotland.
