From the US to China, Owen Jones documents how the demonization of the have-nots is going global.
Magazine
Can dark tourism ever be a good thing?
Ruth Stokes considers whether holidaying in war and disaster zones is ever justified.
- Ruth Stokes
- Web
- 21 Jan 2013
- 0
Jon Snow - 'Twitter is a sensational medium'
The veteran journalist talks to Libby Powell about the dearth of tweeting Tuaregs, reporting war crimes and the scourge of guinea worm.
- Libby Powell
- Issue 459
- 18 Jan 2013
- 0
How Washington helped foster the Islamist uprising in Mali
As the French-led military operation begins, Jeremy Keenan reveals how the US and Algeria have been sponsoring terror in the Sahara.
- Jeremy Keenan
- Issue 458
- 14 Jan 2013
- 3
Indigenous organizations to sue Peru over Amazon gas project
David Hill reports on the legal move to protect isolated indigenous peoples at risk of ‘extermination’ by the country’s biggest ever hydrocarbons project.
- David Hill
- Issue 459
- 10 Jan 2013
- 0
The feral rich
How do they get away with it? Vanessa Baird investigates.
- Vanessa Baird
- Issue 459
- 9 Jan 2013
- 6
Life and death in Chile’s ‘sacrificial zone’
Mischa Wilmers meets the activists fighting against industrial pollution – and for their health and environment.
- Mischa Wilmers
- Web
- 8 Jan 2013
- 1
Blogs
What the surveillance culture will never see
Despite Mark Kennedy, despite the police, the spirit of the Tarnac 10 will live on, says Horatio Morpurgo.
- Horatio Morpurgo
- 23 Jan 2013
- 0
Practising peace in Afghanistan
Beth Tichborne speaks to Faiz Ahmed, a peace volunteer in Kabul who is helping to set up a unique multi-ethnic community.
- Bethan Tichborne
- 21 Jan 2013
- 0
A tribute to Aaron Swartz
The death of the internet activist is a loss to all those fighting for freedom says Mari Marcel Thekaekara.
- Mari Marcel Thekaekara
- 18 Jan 2013
- 2
London tar sands protest backs Idle No More
A First Nations activist will join the UK Tar Sands Network as they hand over a petition to the Canadian government.
A counterfeit life in a Philippines slum
Informal dwellers are struggling to survive in Metro Manila, says Iris Gonzales.
- Iris Gonzales
- 16 Jan 2013
- 2
Why I joined the second Battle of Hastings
Tom Druitt is one of the activists defending East Sussex’s Combe Valley, and Britain’s pollution levels, from a major road development.
- Tom Druitt
- 16 Jan 2013
- 3