Columns / Currents

Dead In The Water; Solidarity In Scotland; Shell Shocked.

In Modi’s India, Bengali-speaking migrants – and even citizens – are learning that identity papers mean little when language itself can mark you as an outsider. By Kasturi Chakraborty.

Once the rebellious voice of Zimbabwe’s streets, ZimDancehall now risks losing its soul as the regime buys off its stars to silence the beat of dissent. By Winile Ximba.

Suspended for defying Labour’s rightward drift, Zarah Sultana is emerging as the uncompromising new face of Britain’s left — young, principled, and unafraid to take on the establishment.

Led by a digitally savvy generation demanding integrity and equality, Nepal’s Gen Z protesters have toppled their prime minister and ignited a new fight to remake democracy from the ground up. By Maxine Betteridge-Moes.

Defying Milei’s austerity, Argentina’s paediatric hospital workers are leading a nationwide fight to save public healthcare from collapse. By Maia Pauro.

Moroccan feminist Ibtissame "Betty" Lachgar’s arrest for a satirical T-shirt exposes the peril facing free expression in a country where faith is policed and dissent is punished. By Rahila Gupta.

As climate chaos deepens, South Africa’s "water mafia" profits from disaster—sabotaging relief, selling thirst, and turning catastrophe into cash. By Tsitsi Bhobo.

Home at last; Youth revolt; Sacred mountains sullied; Bali curbs tourism; Cops unmasked; Deadly hit in Haiti.

As Brazil’s ‘Banditry Bill’ threatens to pardon Bolsonaro’s coup crimes, tens of thousands take to the streets to defend the fragile gains of their democracy. By Paula Lacey.

As fears of invasion simmer, a new ‘survival chic’ trend sweeps Taiwan, where go-bags and gas masks have become the latest accessories of anxious preparedness. By Eric R Stone.

Cut off from aid and buried beneath war and rain, the people of Jebel Marra – once Sudan’s last refuge – now face a new catastrophe as landslides turn their mountain sanctuary into a mass grave and the world looks away. By Eyad Hisham.

Community constitution; Embargo endorsed; Freedom at last.

Tanzania’s first female president reverses early reforms, tightening authoritarian control ahead of elections. By Obiora Ikoku.

Communist candidate Jeannette Jara energizes Chile’s left with promises of wealth reform and social investment. By Isabella Poderico.

Zohran Mamdani’s insurgent mayoral bid pits a left-populist vision against entrenched centrists and the Republican right. By Richard Swift.

Kashmir’s new rail link raises fears of deeper occupation, resource exploitation and political disenfranchisement. By Mubashir Naik & Irshad Hussain.

Serbia’s student-led anti-corruption movement endures despite state repression and political impasse. By Nikola Teodosić.

Investigation links global brands to forced labour of Uyghur and other minorities across China’s supply chains. By Michael Ackerman.

UK-backed gas scheme in Mozambique faces renewed legal challenge over human rights and climate harms. By Ilham Rawoot.