Turning the tide against Argentina’s anti-abortion leader
As Argentina’s far-right President Javier Milei hovers a chainsaw over abortion rights, feminists are mobilizing to defend the landmark 2020 law.
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Picking up the pieces after Hurricane Beryl
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We need to dismantle the dictatorship in Bangladesh
The people of Bangladesh will not disappear, Oliur Sun writes in hiding amid the government’s deadly crackdown on protesters.
Kenyan police target journalists covering anti-government protests
‘I was the target and I do believe this was well planned,’ journalist Catherine Wanjeri tells reporter Shadrack Omuka.
View from Brazil: Crime, police and politics go hand in hand
The links between crime, police and politics still remain, despite arrests over Marielle Franco's killing, writes Leonardo Sakamoto.
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Issue 550 July-August 2024
Abortion: Why is your body still a battleground?
Emboldened by the overturning of Roe v Wade in the United States, an international network of anti-rights actors is expanding its sphere of influence in the Global North and South.
At this crucial moment, we look at what’s behind the war on abortion, and hear from activists around the world fighting for feminist futures where abortion is safe, legal and free from fear and stigma for everyone.
Issue highlights:
- Freeing abortion
- Racist roots
- Fertile ground
- Silencing stigma
- Turning the tide
The long read
Singing in dark times: Cultural resistance in Palestine
Palestine’s poets, novelists, musicians and journalists have not only voiced their people’s liberation struggle but also driven it.
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Country Profile: Albania
Conrad Landin unpacks the changing economic and political landscape of the rapidly developing Southeastern European country.
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India's alternative medicine boom: quackery or decolonial justice?
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