How Ecuadorians saved Yasuní
Danny Chivers reports on how the people of Ecuador voted against the oil giants and for the Yasuní National Park.
Battle of the heavyweights
Jan Goodey reports on the legal bid to save the Amazon fringe that could set a worldwide precedent for forest protection.
The free trade myth
T.J. Coles explains ISDSs, legal mechanisms designed to favour corporate interests that will be integral to any post-Brexit US-UK trade deal.
Venezuelans flee violence in Ecuador
Despite worsening conditions in their home country, growing xenophobia is causing many to consider moving back home to Venezuela. Kimberley Brown reports.
Temperature check
Danny Chivers shares some good news for the climate.
This year in protest
Over a dozen countries saw millions take to the streets this year. Richard Swift asks if these mass revolts have anything in common.
Is the ‘pink tide’ returning to Latin America?
Argentina has just joined Mexico and Bolivia in electing a Left-leaning government. Brazilian academic and activist Emir Sader shares his views with Vanessa Baird.
Top of the class
Dirty air is not an impossible problem. Beth Gardiner assesses some places cleaning up their act.
‘Honour our knowledge…or get out the way’
Stefan Simanowitz meets with the indigenous activists who feel they have been snubbed by the Glasgow Climate Pact.
Investor rex
The beast that won’t lie down and die – the ISDS ‘investor protection’ racket is still with us, in all but name.
Journalists must pay attention to Julian Assange
Assange could face 175 years of jail time if successfully extradited to the US. Felicity Ruby and Naomi Colvin examine the implications for press rights and freedom of speech.
Introducing...Luis Arce Catacora
After months of unconstitutional rule since Jeanine Áñez’s military-backed coup, Richard Swift gives a rundown of the low-profile socialist recently elected to Bolivia’s highest office.
Structural adjustment 2.0
Debt crises are back with a vengeance as the dollar goes from strength to strength and interest rates rise. As the International Monetary Fund keeps pushing austerity, Zambian journalist Zanji Valerie Sinkala explores…
China: a post-neoliberal order?
For Martin Jacques, 2008 represented the end of the Western-dominated financial system and the beginning of a Chinese century.
The way out of Argentina’s debt crisis
Since the early 2000s, Argentina has been forced into a cycle of debt and austerity. Nick Dearden presents solutions to this coercive, financialized system.
Hall of infamy: Luis Almagro
Luis Almagro, Secretary-General of the Organization of American States, shows off some nifty moves.
The alternative book review
Peter Whittaker, Jo Lateau and Amy Hall review the latest releases in radical publishing.
Seven ways to fight fires in the Amazon
Danny Chivers explains how those outside Latin America can act in solidarity with forest defenders.
Homage to Catalonia
Taking the long view of fearless resistance. By Kevin Buckland, writing from Barcelona.
The race is on to stop deep-sea mining
Graeme Green reports on why this is a critical year to stop destructive deep-sea mining from taking hold of the world’s oceans.
Beware Americans bearing gifts
US ‘humanitarian aid’ ups the risk of violent conflict in Venezuela, writes Vanessa Baird.
