Outsourcing detention to private companies is a recipe for a disaster, says Antony Loewenstein.
SodaStream, Scarlett and the bridge of peace that isn't
Noreen Sadik is unimpressed by the whole sorry debacle and reveals some hard-to-hear truths.
Am I a public nuisance?
Patrick Thompson calls time on ASBOs, IPNAs and other terse acronyms designed to criminalize ‘annoying’ behaviour in public.
Pink pistols to see off rapists? Don't make me laugh
Mari Marcel Thekaekera on why niche marketing of a dinky revolver might not be the answer to sexual violence against women in India.
East or West? Battle lines clear in struggle for Ukraine’s future
Does the country’s future include assistance from Russia, or from the EU? asks Maxine David.
South Sudanese tension spills into neighbouring states
In Kenya, Moses Wasamu meets refugees from the crisis in Africa’s newest country.
Sri Lankan farmers resist new seed law
Lasanda Kurukulasuriya on the fight to safeguard biodiversity and the rural economy.
Magazine
Tension among South Sudanese spills over into neighbouring states
In Kenya, Moses Wasamu meets refugees from the crisis in Africa’s newest country.
- Moses Wasamu
- Web
- 29 Jan 2014
- 0
Defending people’s milk in India
A vibrant network of small producers and milk co-operatives is threatened by free trade agreements and liberalized investment policies.
- GRAIN www.grain.org
- Web
- 29 Jan 2014
- 3
Tough Guide to the world's immigration detention centres
A satirical round-up of the insalubrious accommodation awaiting travellers from the Global South.
- Timothy Baster
- Issue 469
- 28 Jan 2014
- 0
Does making immigration detention more humane make it more widespread?
Academic Michael Flynn and advocate Michelle Brané go head to head.
- Hazel Healy
- Issue 469
- 23 Jan 2014
- 0
Indigenous Kenyans evicted in the name of ‘conservation’
Matthew Newsome exposes a government scheme to rob the Sengwer people of their forest home.
- Matthew Newsome
- Web
- 23 Jan 2014
- 2
School places scramble shows snobbery at its worst
Steve Parry decries an application process more cut-throat than a Dads’ egg-and-spoon race on sports day.
- Steve Parry
- Issue 469
- 21 Jan 2014
- 0
Blogs
SodaStream, Scarlett and the bridge of peace that isn’t
Noreen Sadik is unimpressed by the whole sorry debacle and reveals some hard-to-hear truths.
- Noreen Sadik
- 3 Feb 2014
- 0
Campaigners cheer a bad week for Shell
Sponsorship rejected, a lawsuit to stop Arctic drilling – Kevin Smith considers the impact on Big Oil.
- Kevin Smith
- 3 Feb 2014
- 0
A border-crossing project for peace
In her second report from Afghanistan, Ewa Jasiewicz meets young volunteers on a mission.
- Ewa Jasiewicz
- 3 Feb 2014
- 0
Peaceful protesters end up in court
Symon Hill asks for support as he and four others face trial for demonstrating against the arms trade.
- Symon Hill
- 31 Jan 2014
- 1
EU must stop its arms trade hypocrisy
Andrew Smith explains why human rights must be placed at the heart of European foreign policy.
- Andrew Smith
- 31 Jan 2014
- 0
Pink pistols to see off rapists? Don’t make me laugh
Mari Marcel Thekaekera on why niche marketing of a dinky revolver might not be the answer to sexual violence against women in India.
- Mari Marcel Thekaekara
- 30 Jan 2014
- 11
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