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Two women and a man smile outside a green and blue building. The man carries chopped wood.

24 May 2022 5 minute read

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Country profile: Belarus

Alexey Sakhnin considers the country that made international headlines for massive anti-government protests...

A group of people stand on steps, outside, holding large cut-out hands with messages calling for action on the climate.

22 May 2022 21 minute read

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Is it too late to stop climate collapse?

The theory of ‘deep adaptation’ is rapidly gaining support. Richard Swift assesses how far, if anywhere, it...

19 May 2022 5 minute read

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The alternative book review

Peter Whittaker, Jo Lateau and Amy Hall review the latest releases in...

18 May 2022 3 minute read

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The alternative music review

Bahia by Ana Carla Maza; Ghost Song by Cécile McLorin Salvant.

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

18 May 2022 1 minute read

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Which countries are aiding financial secrecy?

This episode of the Taxcast explores the results of the Tax Justice Network’s Financial Secrecy Index 2022.

Steve Chandra Savale speaks to Subi Shah about music for spiritual change and social justice.

16 May 2022 3 minute read

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Spotlight: Steve Chandra Savale of Asian Dub Foundation

Steve Chandra Savale speaks to Subi Shah about music for spiritual change and social...

15 May 2022 6 minute read

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Slapped down

The rich and powerful are using ruinous lawsuits to target journalists and activists who hold them to account. Tina...

12 May 2022 7 minute read

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Please continue to not sponsor this child

Kathleen Nolan examines a simplistic non-solution to complex problems.

A shopkeeper in Dushanbe with his collection of Soviet paraphernalia for sale.

11 Jun 2022 7 minute read

The dragon and the bear on the roof of the world

Cash-strapped but strategically important, Tajikistan is undergoing rapid change with its future increasingly being shaped...

Unstoppable: Celebrating Pride in central Istanbul on 30 June 2019, despite the ban on the event. MURAD SEZER/REUTERS/ALAMY

10 Jun 2022 7 minute read

‘As long as the world keeps running, we’ll be here’

Branded as terrorists by President Erdoğan’s hardline regime, LGBTQI+ people in Turkey are finding ways to express...

9 Jun 2022 3 minute read

What if…we said ‘no’ to concrete?

The world is turning grey as more and more concrete is poured. Vanessa Baird posits an alternative.

6 Jun 2022 3 minute read

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The alternative film review

Malcolm Lewis on two hidden gems of British cinema.

4 May 2022 3 minute read

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Spotlight: Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Novelist Silvia Moreno-Garcia pushes back against the stereotypes associated with Latin American culture. By Graeme...

Various items dropping into an item of machinery to be mixed together. The items include cash notes, a Conservative Party rossette and a pram

3 May 2022 23 minute read

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The politics of futility

Our deep desire for change is continually thwarted by the limiting political choices on offer. Political theorist and...

Illustraion of a woman reading in the dark in a park

2 May 2022 3 minute read

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Letter from Buenos Aires: the big blackout

Being forced to go without electricity sparks thoughts about living differently for Virginia Tognola.

A woman in protective clothing kneels down and searches for explosive ordnance

1 May 2022 4 minute read

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Feel the fear and carry on

In Iraq a growing number of women are now doing the dangerous work of removing landmines – previously a male preserve....

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