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Image description: A woman tries to keep warm with blankets in an unheated home. Photo by Pavel Danilyuk from Pexels.

13 Dec 2022 8 minute read

Heat the rich? Part five: E.ON

As part of its investigative deep dive into energy firms cashing in on the cost of living crisis, Corporate Watch...

Image description: An illustration of a man in a therapist's office, peering out of a window and gazing at the surrounding nature. Illustration by Andy Carter

9 Dec 2022 3 minute read

What if…we decolonized mental health services?

Husna Ara rethinks our collective response to distress.

Then-president Pedro Castillo takes part in an official ceremony in July, 2021. PresidenciaPeru/Flickr

8 Dec 2022 4 minute read

‘Self-coup’ backfires for Peru’s Pedro Castillo

Vanessa Baird explores an episode of political suicide and high drama, extraordinary even by Peru’s...

Image description: A person wraps themselves with a blanket in an unheated home. Photo by Q000024.

6 Dec 2022 6 minute read

Heat the rich: OVO Energy

In the fourth installment of its series investigating the firms cashing in on the energy crisis, Corporate Watch...

6 Feb 2023 4 minute read

Country profile: South Korea

Hailey Maxwell profiles the East Asian nation and its flourishing soft power.

Candomblé members dance and sing at a religious festival in Saubara, Brazil, 12 June 2020. THALES ANTÔNIO/ALAMY

2 Dec 2022 3 minute read

A new era under Lula?

From an increase in religious freedom to protection of the Amazon, there are high hopes for Brazil’s returning president....

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...

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28 Nov 2022 7 minute read

Crisis capitalism: Octopus energy

In the third installment of Heat the Rich – an investigative series on energy firms profiting from the cost of living crisis...

Around 700 families were evicted from the Amchang Wildlife Sanctuary in Assam, India in November 2017, following an order of the Guwahati High Court. ZUMA PRESS /ALAMY

25 Nov 2022 4 minute read

For whose protection?

A target to turn 30 per cent of the world’s land into protected areas for nature by 2030 is set to be agreed by world...

Kanaval: A People’s History of Haiti in Six Chapters

25 Nov 2022 3 minute read

Kanaval: keeping Haiti’s history alive

Cinematic in its style, offbeat in its storytelling, the BBC’s Kanaval – a documentary portrayal of Haiti’s annual...

A Dalit Women's 'Self Respect Yatra' (procession) begins in Kurukshetra, in the state of Haryana at the feet of the statue of Dalit Rights icon Dr. Ambedkar. Credit: Thenmozhi Soundararajan

16 Nov 2022 3 minute read

The caste factor

Nilanjana Bhowmick's thoughts on the long shadow of caste.

Image description: An artist draws a portrait of an ostensibly wealthy person, caricaturing them with plainer clothes in the style of a working class person.

15 Nov 2022 3 minute read

Who qualifies for an ‘exhibition of working class art’?

Ethical and political dilemmas abound these days. Seems like we’re all in need of a New Internationalist perspective. Enter...

14 Nov 2022 3 minute read

One eye on nature

Aruna Chandrasekhar argues that we need to keep one eye on the ‘other COP’.

12 Jun 2022 2 minute read

Free Alaa!

The activists of the Arab Spring have faced a devastating backlash. We must support them, writes Nanjala Nyabola...

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...

A council of citizens and state officials deliberate over Algeria's just transition away from extractive industries. Crowds of people and workers celebrate watching over the economic and social changes taking place, including low-intensive agriculture and solar panel implementation in the background.

4 Nov 2022 7 minute read

Just transition – now or never

As Egypt prepares to host the latest UN climate conference, COP27, Hamza Hamouchene and Katie Sandwell call time on ‘...

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