Gaza and Venezuela are mirrors reflecting the potential future of the Global South under an imperial system that no longer ...

The belly of the beast – the prison – is a terrain that has long been a site of struggle for working class, racialized and ...

Could the threat of nuclear war be closer than ever? Amy Hall explores how we got here and the pathways out of the crisis. If you want to get a nuclear-powered submarine refitted, repaired or ...

As we saw in 2024, public opposition to the deadly arms trade has continued to grow throughout the year. In the Keynote for ...

Carmen Herrera traces the history of the Sandinista National Liberation Front, from socialist liberators to ‘institutional dictators’, under the increasingly brutal rule of Daniel Ortega A mural of ...

Secretive and ruthless, the traffickers controlling the kidney trade thrive on the desperation of the poor and the sick. Nancy Scheper-Hughes lays bare the ‘collateral damage’. The slide on the screen ...

As the cost of living crisis becomes entrenched, Nick Dowson examines the scene of the crime, tracks down the culprits and proposes a route to resolution. We’ve got cold extremities, you’ve got a cold ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo has perhaps the richest concentration of precious metals and minerals on earth. Colette Braeckman describes how their exploitation by warring factions has fuelled the ...

Adverts gleam with promises of transformation and transcendence – via material objects. Jean Kilbourne decodes this gigantic propaganda effort. A recent ad for Thule car-rack systems features a child ...

Surprisingly, Rwanda regularly tops global gender equality tables. What can a traditional sexual practice reveal about gender norms? Alice McCool finds out ‘Sex is for the woman. This is because the ...

Witness the growth spurt in non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and you would be forgiven for thinking the world becomes a more caring place every day. These legions of not-for-profit groupings that ...

What does it mean to be happy in a modern consumer society? John F Schumaker argues that our entire socio-economic system is designed to spew out citizens eternally in search of satisfaction. *‘The ...