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A Metropolitan Police officer approaches Just Stop Oil activists as they demonstrate on Highbury Corner in north London on November 30, 2022. (Photo by DANIEL LEAL/AFP via Getty Images)

2 Dec 2022 4 minute read

Is England sliding further towards authoritarianism?

Stronger policing powers, harsher sentences and higher fines. Democratic protest is under threat from Westminster, as the...

A woman who became displaced walks with her baby amid tents, following rains and floods during the monsoon season in Sehwan, Pakistan September 13, 2022. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro

4 Nov 2022 5 minute read

We need action on ‘loss and damage’ now

Anmol Irfan speaks to climate activists in Pakistan and Somalia about the call for countries who carry much of the...

Nigerians gather for the Abeokuta Prayer walk on 17 October 2020, mobilizing against police brutality and corrupt governance. Credit: Asokeretope

19 Oct 2022 6 minute read

#EndSARS: Remembering a massacre

Two years on from the Lekki toll gate shooting, Obiora Ikoku, reflects on the legacy of Nigeria’s youth-led movement against...

A girl carries her sibling as she walks through stranded flood water, following rains and floods during the monsoon season in Nowshera, Pakistan September 4, 2022. REUTERS/Fayaz Aziz

4 Sep 2022 4 minute read

After the floods, Pakistan needs reparations, not charity

Cancel the debt, or let the Bretton Woods group profit from climate disaster, writes Farooq Tariq.

Loita forest is home to endangered bird species such as the grey-crested helmet-shrike. Nik Borrow/Flickr

24 Jul 2022 4 minute read

Conservation from behind the lens

Shadrack Omuka meets the Maasai women using photography as a way to preserve Kenya's Loita forest.

A rally to mark Defender of Ukraine Day, in Kiev, on 14 October 2017. Activists and supporters of the Azov, Svoboda (Freedom), Ukrainian nationalist parties and Right Sector took part.

28 Jun 2022 7 minute read

Who are you calling a nazi?

Richard Swift and Conrad Landin examine Vladimir Putin’s bogus claims of ‘de-nazification...

6 Jun 2022 5 minute read

The war in Ukraine has hit Africa’s food security

Russia’s invasion has triggered cost rises and staple shortages. Ugochi Anyaka-Oluigbo examines the crisis...

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...

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