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UK immigration detention deaths on the rise

1 Mar 2018 2 minute read

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UK immigration detention deaths on the rise

A record number of people lost their lives in UK immigration detention centres in 2017, writes ...

White saviours: challenging poverty tourism

1 Mar 2018 1 minute read

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White saviours: challenging poverty tourism

Norwegian activists are challenging ‘white-saviour’ attitudes that over-simplify poverty writes ...

16 Mar 2018 5 minute read

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Working class in Britain? You must be white

Kam Sandhu questions some persistent assumptions.

15 Feb 2018 4 minute read

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The trashing of Oxfam

Abuse must be eradicated but the attack on Oxfam is disproportionate, argues Maggie Black in this opinion...

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.

24 Jan 2018 5 minute read

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How Roma are made stateless for generations

Jonathan Lee reports on the forgotten victims of Europe’s last refugee crisis.

18 Jan 2018 3 minute read

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UK pushing dodgy Public-Private Partnerships

Carillion highlights how disastrous these can be – this policy must stop, argues Jenny Nelson.

A sketch of the proposed plan for the Camley Street sustainable development. Photo by Karukasevic and Carson architects

23 Jan 2018 7 minute read

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Priced out no more: how a London group defied gentrification

Radical plans might transform the way we approach development. Alessio Perrone reports.

17 Jan 2018 3 minute read

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Chagos islanders face second exile

The poor treatment of Chagossians is blight on Britain’s conscience. It must end now, writes Tom Guha.

17 Jan 2018 1 minute read

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Watch: Grenfell community’s Silent Walk for justice

Last weekend, a silent march commemorated the victims of the tragedy and demanded justice. Pablo Navarrete ...

5 Jan 2018 5 minute read

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Landmark verdict gives Arctic oil green light

But ‘Trial of the Century’ also cements climate protections, reports Ragnhild Freng Dale.

Musa Fata's social media feed shows a life of ease and abundance.

8 Jan 2018 3 minute read

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Kids at work: a migrant in Italy

Sophia Seymour and Daisy Squires shine a light on Musa...

EU border towns: Migrants sleeping under Via Europa, the bridge linking Italy and France in the border town of Ventimiglia. Photo by Fotomovimiento

18 Dec 2017 5 minute read

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(Dead) end of the journey: when migrants reach border towns

Europe’s response to migration: more police, more walls – for no reason. Alex Fusco writes.

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Rev Billy walks with UNITE through the streets of Liverpool

7 Dec 2017 4 minute read

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‘We activists need to boldly go where no-one’s gone before’

Reverend Billy and the Stop Shopping Choir encourage other activists to think out of the box to reach...

Catalonia background: Catalan revolutionaries get ready for action to defend their revolution from Franco back in 1936.

13 Dec 2017 5 minute read

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Homage to Catalonia

Taking the long view of fearless resistance. By Kevin Buckland, writing from Barcelona.

9 Nov 2017 4 minute read

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Europe’s offensive against refugee solidarity

Ben Hayes and Frank Barat look back three years after Operation Mare Nostrum’s end.

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