The language fell into a long decline that was worsened by an Gorta M ó r, the state-sponsored famine of 1845 to 1853 which ...

Anti-fascism is rooted in the history of America’s labour movement. Kim Kelly calls for a revival of that tradition to fight ...

Visitors to Iran would be surprised by the many contradictions to the West’s predominant narratives. It is home to the ...

In an age of crisis, despair is the currency of the global far right. How, asks Bethany Rielly, can we turn this reactionary tide? It was January 2017 and I’d just had my first brush with ‘the fash’.

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’.

MAXINE: Francesca Albanese is the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories. Albanese worked for a decade as a human rights expert for the UN including in Jerusalem for ...

S Bedford exposes horrific negligence at a Missionaries of Charity centre in India – and asks when the order will be brought to book. ‘Is nothing sacred any more?’ the American woman asked nobody in ...

Since the end of the Cold War 12 of the world’s 15 deadliest conflicts have occurred in Africa – but global media has invariably focused on smaller conflicts elsewhere. Nick Harvey looks at why some ...

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 ...

Adverts gleam with promises of transformation and transcendence – via material objects. Jean Kilbourne decodes this gigantic propaganda effort.

My office is located in an urban village in the heart of Delhi. Originally surrounded by fields where people grew crops, these areas now house apartment blocks and shopping malls. All that’s left of ...