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8 Oct 2023 6 minute read

The fight for reparations

Priya Lukka explains what reparations could mean, drawing from the rich and varied global movement for repair...

Two chairs sit by the side of an empty road. Both have teddies on them.

30 Dec 2021 6 minute read

This article is almost two years old.

Stay or go: villagers vs big coal

Germany may have committed to phasing out coal but that hasn’t stopped mine expansion plans which threaten two villages....

Dannenröder Forest occupation pictured in August 2020. Credit: Leonhard Lenz

19 Nov 2020 5 minute read

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Enforcing ecological catastrophe at all costs

After an activist is hospitalized in Germany following police action, Andrea Brock reflects on the...

Herero who survived the genocide after escaping through the Omaheke desert. Photo from the Galerie Bassenge via Wikimedia Commons.

1 Aug 2018 6 minute read

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Namibia’s long fight for justice

Communities that were decimated by Germany’s forgotten genocide are now demanding justice. Gouri Sharma...

29 Jul 2018 4 minute read

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EU migration deal, is it the answer?

Can we still talk of a ‘migration crisis’ in the EU? Nando Sigona asks.

Passengers at Clapham Junction, south London. According to a 2017 Legatum Institute poll 76 per cent of British passengers want the railways in public ownership.

21 May 2018 5 minute read

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The efficiency myth

Nick Dowson dismantles the notion that the private sector does things better.

Communities around the world are embracing public ownership

15 May 2018 4 minute read

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The people strike back against privatization

Communities across the world taking back control of services and resources.

1 Dec 2017 2 minute read

This article is more than six years old.

Music from the world: our December favourites

Economic Partnership Agreement by Sven Kacirek and Daniel Mburu Muhuni; Syrian...

27 Jan 2017 5 minute read

This article is almost seven years old.

Will Breitbart's 'alt-right' news work in Germany?

The website has a huge following in the US, but anti hate speech laws may hinder its German success, explains Gouri...

9 Aug 2016 7 minute read

This article is more than seven years old.

A People’s History of Woodcraft Folk

A new book by Phineas Harper records the history, values and evolution of this unique organization. ...

8 Jun 2016 6 minute read

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Pt 3/3: A British-Syrian’s experience of a refugee’s journey

The reality of civil war and migration challenges identity while exposing new hope in humanity, writes Danny Ryan...

25 May 2016 1 minute read

This article is more than seven years old.

Here and no further, mass action against coal

This photo and video gallery surveys just some of the civil disobedience that recently took place in Germany.

1 Apr 2016 3 minute read

This article is almost eight years old.

Targeting children's minds; stymying Indian reform

Mari Marcel Thekaekara is unimpressed by latest pharmaceutical developments.

9 Feb 2016 5 minute read

This article is almost eight years old.

Switching on to energy democracy

Popular participation, social ideals and ecological sustainability are key attributes of sustainable systems, Claire...

1 Oct 2015 3 minute read

This article is more than eight years old.

Worldbeater: Wolfgang Schäuble

This New Internationalist editorial takes a look at Germany's finance minister.

26 Aug 2015 3 minute read

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Chaos computer camp challenges power and the zombie apocalypse

Ásta Guðrún Helgadóttir reports from a hackers’ gathering where things are broken to be fixed and made better...

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