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India’s railways are frequently hailed by defenders of the British Empire as a positive legacy of colonialism. While the country has an extensive network which ranks among the world’s biggest employers, it was designed to serve the interests of imperialism and private profit – with the directors of the sub continent’s first railway drawn from the ranks of the East India Company. Here passengers prepare to eat on board a modern-day sleeper train. BOAZ ROTTEM/ALAMY

15 Sep 2022 1 minute read

Railways: Back on track?

On every continent, the railways are experiencing a renaissance. But what will it take to reshape them in the interests of...

14 Sep 2022 1 minute read

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7 Sep 2022 4 minute read

Liz Truss’s bosses’ bailout won’t solve the energy crisis – but people power still can

In Glasgow, a new campaign has gas and electricity providers in its sights – and is taking on the regulator too. ...

Roman Iagupov on the left a man with a blue and red t-shirt, a black basebal cap and sunglasses. He holds drum sticks. On the right another man plays guitar. He also wears sunglasses and headphones. They are both on stage.

5 Sep 2022 4 minute read

‘We’re on the edge of cultures’

Moldovan Eurovision veterans Zdob și Zdub have been on quite the musical journey. Conrad Landin speaks to...

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.

1 Sep 2022 1 minute read

Whose railway is it anyway?

Railways can be a world unto themselves. When properly managed, this can mean it’s easier to get things done on the...

The black rocks of Pungo Andongo in the north of Angola

29 Aug 2022 5 minute read

Country profile: Angola

Joana Ramiro summarizes the Southern African nation’s recent history of ‘European encroachment and African...

Naftali Bennett sits on a chair with his hands on his lap. He is looking to his left. There is a small table to his left wth a small Israeli flag on it. There are UN climate change logos on the wall behind him.

25 Aug 2022 3 minute read

Hall of Infamy: Naftali Bennett

The recently-departed Israeli PM was not so skilled in maneuvers as his supporters had hoped.

Photo of Mauricio Ye’kuana, a Brazilian Indigenous leader and Treasurer of the Hutukara Yanomami Association (HAY), who work to protect Yanomami and Ye’kuana communities in the Brazilian Amazon

23 Aug 2022 4 minute read

The violence of Brazil's 'wildcat' gold mining

Indigenous activist Mauricio Ye’kuana speaks on the dangerous fight to protect his people’s land.

Protestors demand the release of activist Teesta Setalvad after she was arrested from her home by the anti-terrorism wing of the Gujarat police, on a street in Mumbai, India, June 27, 2022. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas

22 Aug 2022 3 minute read

Waiting for the revolution

Nilanjana Bhowmick on the persecution of dissent in India.

Satellite view of Lake Mead, US, taken on 19 July 2022 during a drought. It shows how little water there is and dry ground around it.

16 Aug 2022 3 minute read

Climate change? It’s everyone’s problem

It’s naive to assume that rich countries will escape the impacts of a changing climate, argues Nanjala Nyabola...

Global action: Activists in London demand that G7 leaders cancel the debt of the countries in the Global South, on 26 June 2022. VUK VALCIC/ALAMY

14 Aug 2022 3 minute read

Payback time

Danny Chivers reports on the movements making links between international debt and the climate crisis in a...

Jair Bolsonaro holds his hand up, pointing. He wears a blue shirt and a black glove. He is above a crowd of people holding up hands or their mobile phones to take photos.

15 Aug 2022 2 minute read

Will Bolsonaro’s spending spree leave any winners?

With an election looming, Jair Bolsonaro has set an economic timebomb for Brazil, writes Leonardo Sakamoto...

24 Mar 2023 3 minute read

Is the language of oppression being weaponized against me?

A troubled reader fears they are unfairly being accused of gaslighting, manipulation and abuse by their friends. Agony...

A person sits on top of a pile of coins and reads a book

8 Aug 2022 1 minute read

Crooked crook ltd – the scandalous growth of shell companies in the UK

Naomi Fowler of Taxcast investigates the lax standards of the company registration process in the UK, and...

Hindu women offer prayers to the sun god by venturing into the foam-coated waters of the Yamuna River (a major tributary of the Ganges) in New Delhi, India. The river is responsible for 70 per cent of the city’s water supply but is severely polluted at this stretch. Recently city authorities have taken to deploying blowers to push back the foam from the banks during festivals, so that the faithful can take a holy dip. ADNAN ABIDI/REUTERS

7 Aug 2022 1 minute read

Rivers: holy waters

We need thriving rivers in order for life on Earth to flourish. But often how we treat them shows little understanding of...

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