Features

A vast area of Namibia and Botswana is under threat from oil and gas exploration. Devastating consequences are feared for the people, wildlife and natural environment. Graeme Green reports on the fight to keep Kavango alive.

Roxana Olivera reports on the indigenous women who could make legal history by holding a Canadian mining company to account for its operatives overseas.

The obsession with full employment is a dead end in a world on the ecological brink. Richard Swift explores what could sustain us instead.

Black women in the US do the socially important work, often unnamed and unrecognized, that is essential to the profit of an economic elite. Rose M Brewer profiles four examples of how they are standing up for change.

The stratagems of big corporate players and a compliant government will make the job of growing food not worth doing for Indian smallholders. Farming is not just an occupation but a way of life – and the fightback is robust. Navsharan Singh outlines just what is at stake.

Can employees be in full control of their enterprises? Amy Hall explores the possibilities and tensions of worker co-operatives.

Campaigners have long argued that a transition to renewable energy could provide a jobs bonanza. Now politicians are talking that talk – but many workers in the fossil-fuel industry believe it’s a con. Conrad Landin picks through the rhetoric with offshore workers in Scotland.

The pandemic has affected livelihoods on an unprecedented scale. As the gears begin to turn again, the scarring effects on work may persist.

Starting from the revelations of a global pandemic, Dinyar Godrej looks into the possible futures of work.

Jason Hickel makes a compelling case for modern monetary theory as a way for countries in the Global South to throw off the shackles of international capital and finally meet their people’s basic needs.

The image-obsessed Indian government is intent on shutting down dissent. Rishika Pardikar examines the ploys in use.

Will Miguel Díaz-Canel, the Castros’ hand-picked successor, wield a new broom of change? Wayne Ellwood weighs up the island’s options.

Data-firms and e-commerce giants like Amazon are moving into food. Should we be worried? That depends on who is in the driving seat, says Pat Mooney. Interview by Nick Dowson.

Ocean View’s ‘kos gangsters’ want to overhaul their local food system.

In London and Cape Town, Dee Woods and Stefanie Swanepoel work to make sure healthy food is not only the preserve of the affluent. They share their vision for how to change our food systems for the better with Amy Hall.

A cleaner, greener approach to agriculture.

The soil is dying, the water’s running out, and climate change is rendering the future even more uncertain. Hazel Healy speaks to farmers in Senegal who are ready for a different system.

Foreign seeds and fertilizers will not bring food security. Raj Patel explains why.

How much do we make? Who gets it? What's being over or under consumed? How much do we need?

How to create a food system where everyone gets to eat.