Brazil's soft coup

Is Operation Car Wash the world’s biggest corruption scandal? By Vanessa Baird

Vanessa Baird writes on how agribusiness has mounted a coup against rural Brazilians.

The rights of women and minorities are receding fast since the coup.

This dish may seem a bit challenging at first glance, but is guaranteed to impress your guests!

What does ‘the state’ mean to you if you are poor or black or both? Vanessa Baird reports on life down-and-out in post-coup São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro

That is the demand of many First Nations people during Canada’s year-long jamboree to mark its 150th anniversary of confederation. Sian Griffiths reports.

Mahatma Gandhi’s grandson, Arun Gandhi, speaks to Danielle Batist about technology, Trump, and anger as a gift.

Taking down monuments to people who fought to defend slavery should not be controversial at all. Yet in the US today, it is, writes Mark Engler

Modern technological advances are making it look like millions of us will be left twiddling our thumbs, writes Steve Parry

Women are playing an essential part in fighting for civil rights in Poland, contributing to a shift in the country’s political agenda, writes Benedetta Leardini

For environmental defenders – from activists to indigenous leaders – 2016 was the deadliest year on record, writes Kelsi Farrington

Australia dropped secrecy rules which were unnecessary, undermined democratic accountability and were likely to have been unconstitutional, writes Kelsi Farrington

An artist from Damascus has painted a range of world leaders – all depicted as displaced or disenfranchised people in a moment of despair. Amy Hall reports

Macron won more than twice the number of votes than he was expected to win, writes Richard Swift

After five years of resistance, Indonesia began the construction of an international airport set to destroy the sand-dune ecosystem and houses of residents already forced out of the area, writes Pramilla Deva

The Balfour Declaration was a 67-word statement penned by Foreign Secretary Lord Balfour to Lord Rothschild, a leader of the British Jewish community. Lydia Noon reports

In the first case of its kind, a small Nigerian community is taking on oil giant Eni in the Italian courts. By Francesca Gater

The state of Oregon has expanded access to abortion, birth control and post-natal medical care for women, writes Amy Hall

Army of Robins; Fossil fail; Mothers halt HIV

Praise, blame and all points in between? Your feedback published in the October 2017 magazine.

This month's cartoon by Vasco Gargalo from Portugal.

Amy Booth goes to the back of beyond in Bolivia and hears of a surprising migration.

Political gatherings will be met with heavy-handed security from state-owned paramilitary groups; and the independence of civil society and media will be greatly restricted. Claire Elder reports on the status of Somaliland.

A profile of Afghan campaigner for women’s education and rights Jamila Afghani, who started by persuading the imams. Beena Nadeem talks to the unassuming trailblazer

Richard Swift takes aim at Sava Kiir Mayardit and Riek Machar, once friends but now foes at the pinnacle of violent South Sudanese politics.

Cartoon by P J Polyp

Renowned US feminist Cynthia Enloe reveals how patriarchy is adapted and sustained by its adherents – knowledge which is essential to challenging it

Jean Paul Saint Fleur photographs two boys getting ready for carnival in southern Haiti.

Cartoon by Marc Roberts

British singer-songwriter Thea Gilmore’s acclaimed new album The Counterweight was written during the turbulent events of 2016. She spoke to Danny Chivers about music, politics and crying on stage.

Tramontane directed and written by Vatche Boulghourjian; Kills on Wheels directed and written by Attila Till.

At Least Wave Your Handkerchief At Me by Saz’iso; Frost on Fiddles by Frigg.

The Red-Haired Woman by Orhan Pamuk; The Gurugu Pledge by Juan Tomás Ávila Laurel; Walking on Lava by The Dark Mountain Project; Out of the Wreckage by George Monbiot.

Black Orchid String Band; Dream Theory in Malaya; Road to Mandalay; My Pure Land; Protest: Stories of Resistance; The Great Regression; Good Money