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What next after Occupy LSX?

2012-02-10T02:34:25-07:00

Look out for Occupy 2.0! Vanessa Baird on a movement that won’t lie down and die

Podcast: London Occupiers

2012-02-10T02:31:05-07:00

Five longstanding members of Occupy London discuss the future of the movement after the evictions expected next week.

Iranian oil embargo has a nasty ripple effect

2012-02-09T08:07:53-07:00

Dependent on oil from Iran, but with the US its largest trading partner, Sri Lanka is stuck between a rock and a hard place, reports Lasanda Kurukulasuriya.

Help President Nasheed of the Maldives!

2012-02-08T08:13:45-07:00

President and climate movement ally Mohamed Nasheed has been ousted in a military coup. 350.org has set up a petition to put pressure on key international politicians to act.

Rape at the border: how immigration officials are abusing women in Zimbabwe

2012-02-08T01:50:47-07:00

Cross-border trade is a risky business for women, as Mgcini Nyoni witnesses.

A bride burnt every hour: the horror of dowry deaths

2012-02-07T01:29:38-07:00

So why aren’t Indians up in arms about it? Time to name and shame, says Mari Marcel Thekaekara.

A fair economy is not radical – it’s common sense!

2012-02-06T04:31:31-07:00

...and a new podcast from the Tax Justice Network is set to explain why.

Release Somali hunger strikers from Lutsk detention centre!

2012-02-03T02:04:01-07:00

Join campaigners on Monday 6 February at a picket outside the Ukrainian Embassy in London.

Lobbyists lie to avoid copyright treaty scrutiny

2012-02-02T07:29:50-07:00

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.

Greece in debt bondage: the people will pay

2012-02-02T02:04:35-07:00

The proposed bond swap agreement will do nothing to help the country but plenty to line the pockets of the rich, says Katerina Kitidi.

Olympic sex-trafficking myth creates climate of fear

2012-02-01T01:45:25-07:00

Fears of a flood of sex workers entering London are creating extreme unease despite little evidence to back this up, says Giedre Steikunaite.

Re-colonizing Africa?

2012-01-31T05:57:29-07:00

India's plans to buy up land in Africa are shameful, says Mari Marcel Thekaekara.

Barclays wins ‘shame’ award

2012-01-30T04:08:05-07:00

Barclays gets the recognition it deserves for making millions from speculating on food prices.

Podcast: Haiti today

2012-01-30T02:17:17-07:00

Haiti after the earthquake: today's problems and today's solutions. Part two of the Haiti Support Group round table.

Stop using white history as a smokescreen

2012-01-27T06:20:01-07:00

African leaders should stop trying to divert attention from their own shortcomings by pointing to white people's wrongdoings, says Mgcini Nyoni.

Podcast: Haiti's colonial past still burdens

2012-01-27T03:20:08-07:00

In part one of a special edition of the Radio NI podcast, Mario Joseph, Phillip Wearne and Anne McConnell talk about the historical context of Haiti’s problems.

Chinese police fire on Tibetan protesters

2012-01-26T04:58:01-07:00

The brutal crackdown by the Chinese government must be stopped, says Pete Speller.

A year without David

2012-01-26T02:45:22-07:00

A year after the LGBT rights activist David Kato was murdered in Uganda, Sokari Ekine writes to him about changes in Africa since his death.

Dow’s toxic waste heads for Mumbai

2012-01-26T00:59:39-07:00

Environmentalists protest authorities’ shoddy disposal of hazardous waste from Bhopal. Jack Laurenson reports.

Occupy your soul! The Christian Left gets active

2012-01-25T06:07:47-07:00

With a ring of prayer planned to protest the eviction of the Occupy camp at St Paul’s, the Christian Left is coming of age, says Symon Hill.