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On World AIDS Day, a stark reminder of how Big Pharma drug patents deny HIV treatment to the developing world.

Maize and wheat are hot assets, right up there with gold. But since investors piled into food markets, the poorest can no longer afford to eat. Hazel Healy gets to grips with the commodity speculators.

Who is making a profit from food?

As the #OccupyWallStreet protests continue to grow, Mark Engler agrees that the bankers must be held to account for their ill-gotten gains.

Rami Zurayk says the Arab uprisings offer a unique chance to embrace food sovereignty.

Slum dwellers are using urban agriculture as a buffer to market shocks, report Danielle Nierenberg and Jessie Chang.

The scale of indigenous-led protests against mining in southern Peru took most by surprise. Vanessa Baird on what led to such flare-ups.

An estimated 73 million sharks are slaughtered every year for their fins, with 110 species now facing extinction, reports Claire C.

Undercover journalist Daniel Wiggins gives an inside view on Syria's protest movements.

From Canada to Congo, from India to Australia, indigenous communities are fighting for their lives and livelihoods.

Vanessa Baird discovers why the Asháninka people of the River Ene are taking a hard line against dam builders – and others.

The Pakistani Left has a history to be proud of and is regrouping to fight in new battles, as Qualandar Bux Memon and Ali Mohsni report.

Despite its turbulent past, Ziauddin Sardar finds reasons for optimism in Pakistan's future.

An infographic covering population, religion, quality of life and more.

Merryl Wyn Davies visits a remote village in Northwest Frontier to find out how it is recovering from last year’s devastating floods.

Can fuel crops ever be sustainable? Danny Chivers gives us the lowdown.

From wood to algae, biofuels have been around for years. But they're not necessarily all they're cracked up to be. Danny Chivers has the low-down.

Gender activist Gary Barker sees young men who respect woman and are connected fathers.

As society becomes more tolerant of homosexuality, men find the freedom to be emotionally open and physically tactile with each other, explain Mark McCormack and Eric Anderson.

Uri Gordon offers insight into what anarchism – a word bandied about carelessly by the press – really means.