When is a US troop pullout not a pullout? asks Felicity Arbuthnot.
Greece in debt bondage: the people will pay
The rich will get richer, and the poor...? It's a familiar story, says Katerina Kitidi.
'Democracy does not apply to Aboriginal people'
As the Aboriginal Tent Embassy marks its 40th birthday, rights activist Michael Anderson talks about past and current struggles.
Barclays wins ‘shame’ award
Barclays gets the recognition it deserves for making millions from speculating on food prices.
Grave concerns over Kashmir's security laws
A grim discovery has exposed the military’s abuse of draconian powers, says Freny Manecksha.
Haiti: where did all the money go?
More than $10 billion was raised worldwide for Haiti after the earthquake. But, two years on, what have NGOs done with all the cash?
Sumatra: this land is my land
A report from Indonesia on a dogged resistance by rural communities to plantation companies’ violent land-grabbing.
Magazine
Letter from Cairo
The future is unknown, but we can learn on the job, says Maria Golia.
- Maria Golia
- Issue 449
- 31 Jan 2012
‘Democracy does not apply to Aboriginal people’
To mark Australia Day on 26 January, Christoph Behrends talks to Aboriginal rights activist Michael Anderson about past and current struggles.
- Christoph Behrends
- Web
- 25 Jan 2012
Has the ANC ushered in neo-apartheid?
As the African National Congress turns 100, Brett Scott criticises its failure to share South Africa’s prosperity with the poor.
- Brett Scott
- Issue 449
- 24 Jan 2012
The credit union boom
Fed up with being fleeced, North Americans are flocking to co-operative savings societies. Wayne Ellwood reports.
- Wayne Ellwood
- Issue 449
- 22 Jan 2012
Israel evicts Bedouin villagers
More than 30,000 Bedouin, which the Israeli government call ‘squatters’, face eviction to make way for settlements, reports Libby Powell.
- Libby Powell
- Issue 449
- 20 Jan 2012
Blogs
Release Somali hunger strikers from Lutsk detention centre!
Join campaigners on Monday 6 February at a picket outside the Ukrainian Embassy in London.
- Timothy Baster
- 3 Feb 2012
Lobbyists lie to avoid copyright treaty scrutiny
Another week, another secret copyright treaty and this time it’s the Trans-Pacific Partnership as a hotel lies to pressure groups to keep them away from negotiations, reports Charlie Harvey.
- Charlie Harvey
- 2 Feb 2012
Greece in debt bondage: the people will pay
The proposed bond swap agreement will do nothing to help the country but plenty to line the pockets of the rich, says Katerina Kitidi.
- Katerina Kitidi
- 2 Feb 2012
Olympic sex-trafficking myth creates climate of fear
Fears of a flood of sex workers entering London are creating extreme unease despite little evidence to back this up, says Giedre Steikunaite.
- Giedre Steikunaite
- 1 Feb 2012
Re-colonizing Africa?
India’s plans to buy up land in Africa are shameful, says Mari Marcel Thekaekara.
- Mari Marcel Thekaekara
- 31 Jan 2012
Barclays wins ‘shame’ award
Barclays gets the recognition it deserves for making millions from speculating on food prices.
- Nick Harvey
- 30 Jan 2012
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