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Through Abraço Campeão, Alan Duarte works with young people to see a future amid the pressure of constant violence and police raids. JOSIANE SANTANA

25 Apr 2022 7 minute read

So, what’s the alternative?

Community-based initiatives are helping keep people safe where the police fail. Lucilla Harrell and...

A white building from the outside - the word 'pace' is painted on the front

17 Apr 2022 5 minute read

Inside the ‘arsenal of peace’

As volunteers prepare aid for Ukrainian refugees, Simone Lai reports from Italy’s largest arms factory –...

13 Apr 2022 6 minute read

Resisting the cop in our heads

Abolition can be an everyday practice. Sarah Lamble explores how.

10 Apr 2022 4 minute read

More coal won’t fix the UK’s energy crisis

Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, plans to expand a coal mine in South Wales are being touted as a way to solve...

A woman with a child, fleeing Russia's invasion of Ukraine, speaks with a volunteer as she browses for basic necessities and clothes at the Humanitarian Aid Headquarters in Perechyn, Ukraine, April 6, 2022. REUTERS/Serhii Hudak

7 Apr 2022 5 minute read

The volunteers shouldering Ukraine’s humanitarian response

Mutual aid networks in Ukraine have stepped up to support those in need across the country, writes Tina Burrett. ...

A woman kneels down next to a child and both smile

31 Mar 2022 3 minute read

Defiance in Kyiv

As lives are turned upside down by war, Bennett Murray reports from Kyiv on the defiant mood in the...

31 Mar 2022 6 minute read

‘Why are you killing us?’

Is the war in Ukraine reaching a stalemate and is Russia showing signs of taking a step back? Having recently returned from...

29 Mar 2022 1 minute read

‘Our culture is vanishing’

In the Amazon rainforest, remote communities descended from enslaved African people, are taking on the palm oil production...

An Afghan man sells toys during the celebration for Afghan New Year (Newroz) in Kabul, Afghanistan March 20, 2016. Afghanistan uses the Persian calendar which runs from the vernal equinox. REUTERS/Ahmad Masood

22 Mar 2022 5 minute read

New year, fearful past

At Persian New Year, Sahar Fahimi speaks to Afghans about the humanitarian crisis tearing through their...

Refugees from Ukraine arrive at the central station, amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, in Berlin, Germany, March 14, 2022. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke

21 Mar 2022 5 minute read

Must we ration compassion?

Europe’s response to accommodate people fleeing Ukraine illustrates how sanctuary for all refugees is possible. Jun...

15 Mar 2022 4 minute read

‘We will oppose it until the end of our lives’

Shadrack Omuka reports from Kenya’s Arabuko Sokoke forest on the threat posed to East Africa’s largest coastal...

7 Mar 2022 7 minute read

Ukraine, the peace movement and the rush to pick sides

Richard Swift explores why the Cold War's old certainties can no longer hold.

protesters hold a banner that reads: stop war, end fossil fuels

4 Mar 2022 5 minute read

‘We don’t know what will happen tomorrow’

Caught in the chaos of war, Paul Krantz speaks to young climate activists in Ukraine whose message is clear...

a man wearing a mask is arressted by 2 police officers

4 Mar 2022 5 minute read

Russians say: ‘Stop the war!’

Tina Burrett speaks to the people taking to the streets of Russia to protest the invasion...

28 Feb 2022 6 minute read

Trapped in the state-corporate nexus

Villagers in the Indian state of Odisha are fighting a major steel plant development, in the face of...

18 Jan 2022 4 minute read

‘This factory was killing our brothers and sisters in Palestine, we had to do something’

Bethany Rielly speaks to the campaigners who risked jail time to drive weapons manufacturer, Elbit Systems...

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