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The UK pursued vaccine nationalism – now it’s paying the price

Having blocked proposals from Global South countries to suspend intellectual property on Covid-19 vaccines, the UK is now on the receiving end of global vaccine politics, writes Nick Dearden.

Latest issue: March-April 2021

Democracy on the edge

Michael Fakhri, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, has a bold vision for a trade system that reflects how people actually eat.

Faustina, a street vendor in Accra, Ghana, has a steady stream of customers each day. She pays daily, monthly, and annual tolls to the Accra Metropolitan Assembly in order to carry out her work.  Women like Faustina constitute about 70 per cent of the union's membership, and vendors of vegetables, grains, legumes, fish, and other related items like utensils, charcoal, and provisions are well represented.  Jonathan Torgovnik/Getty Images/Images of Empowerment 

Small farmers, social movements and human rights are being elbowed out, says Kirtana Chandrasekaran.

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Hazel Healy imagines an end to cheap meat.

Saving the Sundarbans

Nilanjana Bhowmick on the double whammy of natural disaster and Covid-19 that has brought a vulnerable ecosystem to the brink.

Hadiya, in the red dress, appears at the Supreme Court in New Delhi to defend her marriage to her Muslim husband Shafin in one of India’s alleged ‘love jihad’ cases. Vipin Kumar/Hindustan Times via Getty

Laxmi Murthy reports on the theory of ‘love jihad’ that is sweeping across India.

Art is essential to building a better future, writes Nanjala Nyabola.

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