Just, open and green
Vanessa Baird concludes with 14 ways – at least – towards a better global trade.
Is trade in turmoil a chance for justice?
The global free trade system is being battered like never before. Can any good come of it, asks Vanessa Baird in the first of an eight-article exploration?
Brexit’s threat to Africa trade
Nick Dowson reports on Brexit’s impact on some Global South economies.
In Modi's India, dissent is dangerous
In Modi’s India, dissent is dangerous, writes Nilanjana Bhowmick.
The joy of kunyaza: women’s pleasure comes first in Rwanda
Rwanda tops global gender equality tables. Can a traditional sexual practice help explain why? Alice McCool writes.
How Barbados ditched the Queen
Amy Hall reports from Barbados on abolishing the British monarchy and the legacies of colonialism.
The interview: Michael Fakhri
Michael Fakhri, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, has a bold vision for a trade system that reflects how people actually eat.
Country profile: St Vincent and the Grenadines
James Schneider profiles the Caribbean nation, close to the Hugo Chávez-founded ALBA alliance but also to the UK, US and Taiwan.
A brief history of impoverishment
Poverty between – and within – nations doesn’t just exist. It is created and needs constant maintenance.
Vaccine equality: who gets it?
Heidi Chow on how to roll out Covid-19 vaccines for all, equitably and at scale.
10 steps to end world hunger
1 Put food before trade
Trade rules are the architecture of an unequal and extractive food system. We need an overhaul of our laws, regulations and multilateral institutions to…
Who were the British Black Panthers?
Just like their better-known US counterparts, the British Black Panthers have continuing relevance.
Investor rex
The beast that won’t lie down and die – the ISDS ‘investor protection’ racket is still with us, in all but name.
Should emergency aid be neutral and unconditional?
Khin Ohmar and Toby Lanzer explore the complex trade-offs made by humanitarians working under repressive regimes.
The alternative book review
Build Your House Around My Body by Violet Kupersmith; The Art of Losing by Alice Zeniter; Silicon Values by Jillian C York; Abolishing the Police edited by Koshka Duff.
No more of your junk
Adam Liebman explains why we need a less rosy notion of what actually happens to our recycling.
Get up, stand up! Cannabis in South Africa
Alice McCool meets the Rastafarian lawyer fighting for cannabis freedom.
Winners and losers
Vanessa Baird analyses how the Global South is affected by the current trade turmoil – and old patterns of power.
Real change won’t come from the G7
Nick Dearden on how the G7 continues to stand in the way of a more democratic international order.
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.
