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A man holds out his hands, holiding a lightbulb with small lights coming out of it. You can't see his face.

12 Oct 2022 5 minute read

Cashing in on energy

In the first of its new series, Heat the Rich, Corporate Watch takes a critical look at Scottish Power. ...

11 Oct 2022 1 minute read

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9 Oct 2022 3 minute read

What if…we liberated sex education?

Husna Ara plots the path to shame-free learning.

An illustration by Syrian artist Haya Halaw depicts a woman refugee holding a minature house on fire.

10 Nov 2022 6 minute read

‘They’ve never experienced being a refugee’

Who is better placed to cover forced migration than refugees themselves? Bairbre Flood reports on the...

Dave Bangs speaks to a crowd of ‘mass trespassers’.

27 Sep 2022 5 minute read

‘No one goes there, not even dog walkers’

Hundreds of people take part in a ‘mass trespass’ to save an ancient woodland under threat from the development of a Center...

25 Sep 2022 3 minute read

An Indian tale of inter-species solidarity

All That Breathes is a strangely beautiful tale of India’s climate and political struggles. Husna Ara...

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.

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