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‘Zuma must fall’ protesters with a banner depicting Atul Gupta, implicated in recent scandals. Pic: Discott, CC-BY-SA4.0

1 Feb 2018 4 minute read

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The scandal that was Zuma’s downfall

How corruption in South Africa continues to cost taxpayers billions of rand, by Neil Thompson.

Independence: a 2010 protest outside Gaudi’s La Pedrera in Barcelona after the Spanish Constitutional court struck down Catalonia’s autonomy statute.

29 Jan 2018 3 minute read

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Rajoy’s gamble failed. Now it’s time to negotiate

Brutally quashing the Catalan vote hasn’t stopped the separatists. Marc Almodóvar writes.

12 Jan 2018 2 minute read

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Antonythasan Jesuthasan: from Tamil Tiger to leading man

Cindy Sasha interviews former Tamil Tiger-turned-actor, Antonythasan Jesuthasan.

10 Jan 2018 3 minute read

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The revolution will not be iPhoned

Is digital technology leading us astray, asks Rev Billy.

Former president Lula on his Caravan of Hope tour around Brazil, ahead of this year’s elections.

4 Jan 2018 7 minute read

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Brazil’s rich weaponize law to stop Lula campaign

‘Impossible’ for Lula to get fair trial, say lawyers. Vanessa Baird reports.

18 Jan 2018 3 minute read

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Fiji: really a tropical island paradise?

Inclusive rhetoric by Fiji’s PM is belied by police repression, reports Wame Valentine.

Chile elections: Beatriz Sanchez, leader of the insurgent leftwing coalition, Broad Front.

15 Dec 2017 3 minute read

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Chilean politics on a knife edge

Does this presidential run-off mark a new dawn for Chile? Luis Hernán Vargas Faulbaum asks.

Democracy movement NYC Rolling Rebellion advocates for net neutrality in front of the Time Warner offices in New York City, US.

13 Dec 2017 6 minute read

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‘Don’t break the 21st century nervous system’

Net neutrality repeal pulls the plug on our civic life, says Cory Doctorow.

Dissent is viewed as illegitimate. Rule of law matters less than edicts purported to reflect popular opinion

19 Dec 2017 5 minute read

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You will agree: escalating repression

Mandeep Tiwana on how repression becomes the rule.

Shrinking political space: the current clampdown on popular rights mirrors a profound malaise with our system of top-down political representation.

1 Dec 2017 5 minute read

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Whose streets? The clampdown on popular rights

Across the world political space is shrinking. Richard Swift explains how and why.

1 Dec 2017 5 minute read

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İştar Gözaydın: from lectern to prison

Academic İştar Gözaydın’s first-hand experiences of the...

1 Dec 2017 4 minute read

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How Turkey’s citizens lost their rights

The low-down from Turkish writer and analyst Hakki Mahfuz on the country’s crackdown.

The end for Robert Mugabe? A look at the Zimbabwe coup. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jesse B. Awalt/Released

17 Nov 2017 3 minute read

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Zimbabwe’s coup that isn’t a coup

With tanks on the streets and rumours in newspapers, Nhau Mangirazi reports from Zimbabwe.

Kenyan elections: Kenyatta is sworn in as president after the 2013 elections.

27 Oct 2017 3 minute read

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After re-run, Kenyan opposition vows resistance

Wangui Kimari reports on the twists and turns of this year’s election season.

9 Oct 2017 5 minute read

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Monbiot: ‘we need that new political narrative’

The acclaimed journalist talks to Nick Dowson about how to get out of the mess we’re in.

Terrorist definition: are we all terrorists?

1 Dec 2017 5 minute read

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Are we all terrorists?

Yes, pretty much, argues Scott Weinstein.

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