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Sanie Gashi Mehmeti, a religious guide and teacher, during one of her classes in Lipjan. Photos: Arianna Pagani

4 Mar 2020 6 minute read

After Isis

Most European countries refuse to repatriate the thousands of former ISIS foreign fighters and their families now held in...

The entrance graffiti of the Ex-Caserma Livorno. Credit: Stefania D'Ignoti

2 Apr 2020 6 minute read

‘Socially dangerous’ for having fought off ISIS

Stefania D’ignoti speaks to a group of volunteers met with hostility and legal persecution after returning...

DFID and the UK parliament should – at the very least – insist that investments of the kind the summit is promoting – especially those funded through ODA – are measured against a rigorous ‘development impact’ framework; that they demonstrably tackle poverty, inequality and the climate crisis, and that the money could not be spent better.

18 Jan 2020 4 minute read

For-profit investments are not ‘development’

The British government plans to divert taxpayers’ money into private hands – and away from the world’s poorest, warns Labour...

Police officers detain an activist as they block the road during an Extinction Rebellion demonstration at Bank, in the City of London, Britain October 14, 2019. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls

15 Jan 2020 4 minute read

How counter-terror police quash dissent

Kevin Blowe on how allegations of extremism are used to discredit social movements in the United Kingdom....

19 Dec 2019 7 minute read

Ireland’s invisible frontier

The threat of Brexit has caused great anxiety about the return of a ‘hard border’ in Ireland. Yet it’s minority communities...

Dejected Labour party members after a disasterous UK General Election

13 Dec 2019 4 minute read

So where on Earth do we go from here?

Chris Brazier tries to see beyond the wreckage of the UK’s 2019 election.

9 Dec 2019 8 minute read

This election is a battle for Britain’s soul

Nick Dearden examines what’s at stake in the UK general election, and how the result is likely to impact...

The first evictions of refugee/migrant squats under New Democracy took place on 26 August. 'Spirou Trikoupi 17' and 'Transito' next to Exarcheia square were sealed off and 143 people where taken away - amongst them were 86 women and children.

30 Nov 2019 5 minute read

Greece’s new police state

Ioanna Manoussaki-Adamopoulou and Keira Dignan on the Greek state’s clampdown on migrants...

6 Nov 2019 4 minute read

Ken Loach: poverty doesn’t occur ‘by accident’

The socialist filmmaker explains how his anti-austerity politics translates to the big screen.

16 Sep 2019 6 minute read

Can the European Union be reformed?

Almost everyone agrees that the EU needs to be reformed. But is it possible? Hilary Wainwright and ...

27 Aug 2019 3 minute read

‘A very British coup’

Boris Johnson’s shutdown of parliament could spark an early general election, but that’s nothing to feel sanguine about.

1 Aug 2019 7 minute read

Greece opens its arms — and seas — to hydrocarbon giants

The state hopes deep-sea mining will pay off its crippling debts – but the only outcome will be environmental devastation,...

22 Jul 2019 5 minute read

Who are the gilets noirs?

Luke Butterly explains why undocumented migrants in France are getting organized.

13 Jun 2019 5 minute read

Life after the Salvini Decree

Barney Cullum speaks to a Sudanese victim of Italy’s recently passed law that abolishes ‘humanitarian...

25 Apr 2019 4 minute read

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The new Spanish Islamophobia

A far-right regional party in Spain is making gains in the run up to national elections. Their strategy? A campaign of...

4 Apr 2019 6 minute read

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Why is Greece still ‘containing’ refugees in camps?

Isabelle Merminod and Tim Baster report from the Greek islands where thousands are ‘...

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