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1 Jun 2014 2 minute read

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‘How did our community survive this?’

The Missing Children’s project is investigating the deaths and disappearances of aboriginal students who died in church-run...

1 Jun 2014 3 minute read

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What the US made of Thomas Picketty

Mark Engler reports on reactions to a surprise best seller.

26 May 2014 3 minute read

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Hart Island, New York's secret graveyard

Gone but not forgotten - family members are campaigning for access to the city's burial ground, reports Mischa Wilmers...

14 May 2014 2 minute read

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Winner takes all – Obama gets his way in the Philippines

Iris Gonzales reflects on a very one-sided state visit by the US President.

9 May 2014 5 minute read

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What the Abu Ghraib images really tell us about war

US soldiers who posed next to hooded inmates in the Baghdad prison 10 years ago revealed the ‘banality of evil’, explains...

2 May 2014 4 minute read

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The death penalty: killing them nicely?

Debating what constitutes as ‘humane executions’ allows politicians to avoid discussing abolition, argues Robert Walsh...

1 May 2014 3 minute read

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The problem with Cadillac's electric wheels

Mark Engler explores the ultimate paradox of green consumerism

28 Apr 2014 1 minute read

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PODCAST: Forget congress and legislate!

This month, Naomi Fowler looks to Maine, the latest American state to clamp down on tax havens.

11 Apr 2014 18 minute read

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Would Saul Alinsky break his own rules?

Mark and Paul Engler consider the old divide between ‘movements’ and ‘organizations’.

1 Apr 2014 2 minute read

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Afghanistan: time to move on?

Ewa Jasiewicz wonders what the US troops will be leaving behind.

1 Mar 2014 7 minute read

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Meet the protest profiteers

There’s money to be made in crowd ‘control’, as Anna Feigenbaum discovers.

16 Jan 2014 4 minute read

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The City, the banks and the EU – all in it together

Do you know your ISRG from your ISDS? Tom Lines deciphers the finance lobby and the threat of an EU-US treaty...

15 Jan 2014 5 minute read

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‘Just forget about Syria. Forget about going back’

Refugees trying to settle in an unfamiliar country often feel guilt at having escaped the war. Olivia Crellin...

1 Jan 2014 3 minute read

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David Graeber on acting like an anarchist

The anthropologist, author and activist speaks to Jo Lateu about Occupy Wall Street and British masochism.

1 Jan 2014 6 minute read

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Meet the firms cashing in on imprisoning foreigners

Outsourcing detention to private companies is a recipe for a disaster, says Antony Loewenstein.

1 Jan 2014 3 minute read

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The great Monsanto food prize fiasco

Yes, Monsanto actually won the 'World Food Prize'. Mark Engler picks over the scandal that ensued.

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