Bloody oil - shut down the tar sands!

Leading Canadian activist Maude Barlow explains how trade agreements are driving the death of nature.

Vast reserves of the black stuff are bringing the country nothing but trouble, argues *Andrew Nikiforuk*.

The fate of our favourite fish hangs in the balance. Sara Holden and Greg McNevin explain what needs to be done to give it, and countless other ocean dwellers, a fighting chance.

Zoe Cormier meets two indigenous people for whom this fight couldn’t be more personal.

Simple things you can do NOW, and a directory of films, books and organizations.

Gopal Mitra experienced the violence and tragedy of Kashmir firsthand, but is hopeful of a peaceful future, as Jeremy Seabrook discovers.

There are tar sands deposits all over the world. Mika Minio-Paluello visits two of them.

From banks to pipeline routes, refineries to courthouses, meet the activists and communities at the frontline of resistance.

With elections fast approaching, Nick Hunt exposes how Meles Zenawi’s Government has turned its back on its people.

Journalists working in Pakistan face serious challenges – but their commitment is second to none.

The apology that wasn’t – from Shell to the Niger Delta – highlights all that remains wrong in the troubled region. 

Resistance continues despite US recognition of post-coup regime

Cluster munitions – long condemned by human rights groups for the devastating impact they have on civilians caught up in conflict – will be banned in most countries as of 1 August.

Public campaign prevents release of GM eggplant

Ugandans fight repressive anti-homosexuality bill

European vessels fishing in Western Sahara’s rich waters are in violation of international law, according to the European Parliament’s own legal service.

Maria Golia feels she’s getting old, while the city around her is ‘getting new’.

Conspiracy theories in Polyp’s cartoon.

Tunisia continues to enjoy close economic and political ties with the US and Europe and benefits from billions of dollars of foreign investment.

Folk music, as Empire and Love shows so well, is a music that has a grounding in both past and present, both populist and political.

Part memoir, part social commentary, part philosophical inquiry, US writer Nick Flynn’s book builds on his earlier autobiography, Another Bullshit Night in Suck City.

Hoe-down fiddles, the rhythmic rattle of spoons and kazoos with some banjos marking time, and you could be – where? A fictive Appalachian town? Some 1930s travelling music show?

This is a haunting and sometimes upsetting film – with little dialogue but great authenticity and power.

Anyone who offers a diagnosis of the current economic malaise and prescribes a cure, but has not read this book, doesn’t know what they’re talking about.

Trapero looks at the culture in a small Argentinean prison showing life in the moment.

Why Ancient Wisdom Matters in the Modern World. By Wade Davis.