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‘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 Parcs holiday resort. Amy Hall reports.

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Whose railway is it anyway?

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All that breathes is a strangely beautiful tale of India’s climate and political struggles. Husna Ara writes.

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

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

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In Glasgow, a new campaign has gas and electricity providers in its sights – and is taking on the regulator too. Coll McCail explains how the group intends to win.

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.

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

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

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

The black rocks of Pungo Andongo in the north of Angola

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

 

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Whose railway is it anyway?
/issues/2022/06/30/rivers-life
Rivers of life
/issues/2022/04/28/how-we-stop-big-oil
How we stop Big Oil
/issues/2022/03/03/jailbreak-reimagining-justice
Jailbreak: reimagining justice
/issues/2022/01/04/romani-lives-matter
Romani lives matter
/issues/2021/11/01/shifting-horizons-future-work
Shifting horizons: the future of work
/issues/2021/09/02/who-gets-eat
Who gets to eat?
/issues/2021/06/16/world-must-do-more-myanmar
The world must do more
/issues/2021/05/04/vaccine-equality
Vaccine equality
/issues/2021/03/01/democracy-edge
Democracy on the edge

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