GNI per capita: $4,650 (Iraq $5,600, UK $47,700). Iran’s heavily oil-reliant and centralized economy (around 60% of GDP is ...

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

Palestinian futures are being decided for them yet again as they are dispossessed by the new Trump Plan, argues Yara Hawari. When will Palestinians be free of repackaged colonialism? The 9 October ...

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 ...

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 ...

An oil boom is reshaping Guyana’s future. Ben Jacob traces the country’s long history of colonial exploitation from Britain’s sugar factory to Exxon’s oil fields. Georgetown, the capital city of ...

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 ...

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 ...

Slavery began with civilization. For hunter-gatherers slaves would have been an unaffordable luxury – there wouldn’t have been enough food to go round. With the growth of cultivation, those defeated ...

As COP28 winds down, Hamza Hamouchene sounds the alarm about the dark side of climate capitalism. It now has another claim to fame however, as just six miles away from the town is one of the biggest ...