The modern failures of the United Nations are not an aberration – but a product of its imperial roots, argues Conrad Landin. So how can we create a functioning system for global co-operation? 'Take me ...

A feminist movement is pushing back against street harassment in Addis. Maya Misikir reports. Garry Lotulung captures residents of Selopamioro, on the island of Java, Indonesia, as they set up their ...

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An oil boom is reshaping Guyana’s future. Ben Jacob traces the country’s long history of colonial exploitation from Britain’s sugar factory to Exxon’s oil fields. Georgetown, the capital city of ...

Mohammad Asif Khan maps how shared nationalist ideology and a booming arms trade formed a bond between the governments of India and Israel. The arms trade is bad for both people and the planet. We ...

Their lives are deeply entwined with the river Ganges, but Varanasi’s mallah community say they have been overlooked, reports Uday Narayanan. Varanasi, India. ‘Hum paani ke jeev hain. We are creatures ...

Yanis Varoufakis explores how we can transform debt from ball and chain to an enabler of shared prosperity. Debt began life as one strand of reciprocity, socialization, co-dependence. Every friendship ...

The law boosts deforestation and endangers land defenders, but resistance is growing writes Vanessa Baird. While Brazil and Colombia are winning plaudits for reducing their rates of deforestation, ...

From arms deals to surveillance tech exchanges, Yara Hawari explains how alliances are fostered between Israel and Arab governments. Since the Israeli regime unleashed an unprecedented attack on the ...

The ICJ ruling shook the global establishment. In Cape Town and Johannesburg, Conrad Landin asks if it could pave the way for justice for Indigenous peoples. South Africa is losing its status as an ...

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