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Australians Lock the Gate on mining

2013-05-22T09:18:13-07:00

A movement that began with a call for stronger property rights, could offer radical solutions to the climate crisis, writes Dominic O’Dwyer.

Corporates cashing in on mental-health diagnosis

2013-05-21T03:52:30-07:00

Some of the experts who put together a popular psychiatry manual have fingers in Big Pharma pies, reports Adam McGibbon.

Haiti’s poor majority pushed to the margins

2013-05-20T04:25:49-07:00

While commercial interests look to ‘seize opportunity’ in the country, Sokari Ekine has seen an increase in the level of poverty.

Kenya Occupy protesters charged over live pig protest

2013-05-17T08:36:15-07:00

Activists furious at MP’s demands for higher pay, faced tear gas and water cannons from police. Musa Haron reports from Nairobi.

Is Europe becoming more homophobic?

2013-05-17T07:58:27-07:00

Asks Vanessa Baird as a shocking new survey is published to mark the International Day Against Homophobia.

Tibet: the destruction of Lhasa

2013-05-16T10:02:12-07:00

Pete Speller describes his anger on discovering that the old city is due to be replaced with a tourist attraction.

The Palestinian boy who remains 10 years old

2013-05-16T06:58:51-07:00

Noreen Sadik tells the story of Handala, a young refugee created by cartoonist Naji al-Ali. A child that won’t age until he can return home.

Handing over public services to the banks

2013-05-15T03:24:11-07:00

The Private Finance Initiative threatens Britain’s schools and hospitals, writes Kerry-anne Mendoza.

Does multiculturalism have a future in Britain?

2013-05-14T07:11:41-07:00

Inspired by the rightward lurch of British politics, The Prisma newspaper set up a debate to try to answer this question. Amy Hall reports.

Bread and Roses Award 2013

2013-05-14T03:29:14-07:00

And the winner of the prize was...

Rubber barons are robbing Cambodia and Laos

2013-05-13T02:36:12-07:00

A new report from Global Witness reveals the links between Vietnamese land-grabbing companies and Western financial institutions.

Leave mums alone

2013-05-10T04:48:54-07:00

As Mother’s Day approaches in India, Mari Marcel Thekaekara reflects on how motherhood has changed along with the online communication boom.

Keep British universities fossil fuel free

2013-05-10T02:36:58-07:00

Oxford University’s partnership with Shell has provoked protest – and there’s more to come, explains People & Planet’s Louise Hazan.

Boston? Yes. Arusha? No thank you

2013-05-09T06:40:02-07:00

Virgil Hawkins compares media coverage of two bombings and argues that some victims are considered more ‘newsworthy’ than others.

Foodbanks cannot solve poverty

2013-05-09T01:10:47-07:00

And they mark a dangerous regression from food-as-right to food-as-charity, argues Tom Belger.

Join the bee buzz, David Cameron

2013-05-08T04:04:21-07:00

The European insecticide ban is a forward-thinking step. Sandra Bell calls for support from Britain’s government.

The Philippines: little reason to celebrate press freedom

2013-05-07T09:59:27-07:00

While rankings have improved, Iris Gonzales describes a culture of impunity which fails to get justice for murdered media workers.

Why I won’t be boycotting Primark

2013-05-03T02:14:17-07:00

After the factory deaths in Bangladesh, Ilana Winterstein says consumer pressure is what's needed to make brands listen to workers.

Forget about winning, Lefties

2013-05-02T04:11:44-07:00

Shimri Zameret on why he thinks national struggles for social justice are failing to bring true international solidarity among workers.

Bring workers’ rights back into fashion

2013-05-02T03:41:27-07:00

Angered by the avoidable tragic factory collapse at Rana Plaza, Bangladesh, Mari Marcel Thekaekara looks at how we’ve regressed on employment.