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EXCLUSIVE Brexit Against Lockdown: ‘Herd Immunity’ Campaigns Lead Back to Farage
3 November 2020
, An influential anti-lockdown campaign has links to Nigel Farage’s ‘World4Brexit’ project, reports Sam Bright

‘We Want the Ability, Space & Time to Retell Our Own History’
21 October 2020
, Melissa Chemam speaks to campaigners and creatives taking part in Black History Month in Bristol, where the statue of slave trader Edward Colston was brought down in June and discussions about past and present racism continue to run deep

Imperial Amnesia Strikes Back: ‘Racism in America Nothing to do with Us’
21 October 2020
, In a debate on the UK’s Black History Month, Kemi Badenoch highlighted the Government’s colonial arrogance by deflecting attention and throwing its ‘special’ ally under the bus

Fighting Fascism and Britain’s ‘Divide and Rule’
20 October 2020
, Jan Fuscoe, of the Brick Lane Project, tells the story of Balwinder Singh Rana, an Indian activist who has been fighting racism and structural attempts at division in Britain for decades

UK Power Station Pillages North Carolina Forests
1 October 2020
, Stuart Spray investigates the environmental impact of Drax in North Yorkshire, the world’s largest wood-consuming power station

The Woman with the Afro: The Story of Barbara Beese
29 September 2020
, In the wake of the Black Lives Matter movement and ahead of a new drama by Steve McQueen, Jan Fuscoe speaks to one of the last surviving members of the ‘Mangrove Nine’, whose trial in the 1970s was a defining moment for Black Power in Britain

Who is the Legitimate Leader of Belarus?
25 September 2020
, Nikola Mikovic considers the future of the opposition movement in Belarus, after autocrat Alexander Lukashenko was secretly inaugurated for a sixth consecutive term

I’m Boycotting Murdoch Until Climate Truth is Front Page News
21 September 2020
, Following his arrest at a recent Extinction Rebellion protest, Rupert Read sets out his new ‘David versus Goliath’ campaign for change by example

How Hong Kong’s Pro-Democracy Movement is Changing
18 September 2020
, Tommy Walker reports on the more nuanced methods of resistance democrats are adopting in the face of repressive new laws

The Climate Emergency: Could Just 108 People Help Save the World?
10 September 2020
, Stephen Colegrave considers the importance and potential outcome of the Climate Assembly UK report published today

Extinction Rebellion: Damaging Society or the Best Hope to Tackle Climate Change?
10 September 2020
, While the UN continues to highlight the urgent need to tackle climate change, the British Government continues to vilify activists argues Stuart Spray

Tufton Street and News International Actions Show that Extinction Rebellion is Evolving
8 September 2020
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The Lebanese Civilians Fighting Corruption with Dignity
27 August 2020
, Jonathan Fenton-Harvey reports on how ordinary people have stepped in to pick up the pieces in the wake of the explosion in Beirut, which shockingly laid bare the country’s corrupt status quo

For Fear of Punishment: Beijing’s Political Weapon of Silence in Hong Kong
25 August 2020
, China's strategy for the former British colony is unique – to encourage self-censorship through fear. Tommy Walker reports from Hong Kong

The Repression of Indigenous Chile
21 August 2020
, Carole Concha Bell reports on how the Mapuche indigenous community is being tyrannised by far-right groups, multinationals and the Government

Will Putin Trap Belarus Further As It Struggles for Freedom?
17 August 2020
, Nikola Mikovic explores the extent to which the eastern European country's fate is tied to Russia and its dependence on it for resources

EXCLUSIVE Arrest of Hong Kong Activists Linked to Damning UK Parliamentary Group Report on Police Brutality
14 August 2020
, Following the arrest of campaigners under the new National Security Law, British parliamentarians condemn the Hong Kong Police's response to their report examining breaches of humanitarian law and human rights by the force

China’s War on Critics and Democracy
13 August 2020
, CJ Werleman speaks to Drew Pavlou about his experience of the force of Chinese Communist Party repression – when he held a protest at his university in Australia

Is Belarus the New Ukraine? And What Will Putin Do?
12 August 2020
, In the wake of a popular uprising against President Lukashenko, Steven Komarnyckyj looks at the important differences with the overthrow of Ukrainian President Yanukovych in 2014

Britain Must ‘Execute Its Historical and Moral Duty’ to Hong Kong
11 August 2020
, As a new parliamentary report accuses the city's police force of humanitarian and human rights abuses, calls continue for the UK Government to take a tougher stance towards Beijing

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