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Richard Murphy takes down the financial shenanigans and mythmaking that rich governments have used to hide their powers to spend for good.

Racists 0, Vinícius Júnior 1, by Leonardo Sakamoto.

Without a reckoning over their support for Israeli genocide, the US Democrats are doomed to fail, argues Decca Muldowney.

Oasis of life – or zone of sacrifice? The fate of Chile’s culturally and environmentally rich salt flats may be decided by a lithium rush to double output. Vanessa Baird reports from the Salar de Atacama.

Corruption, pollution and child labour have long blighted the DRC’s cobalt industry. But is there any way of turning the country’s critical mineral wealth into a blessing rather than a burden? Cat Rainsford investigates.

Green hydrogen and electricity access; Carbon Credits.

In an age of crisis, despair is the currency of the global far right. How, asks Bethany Rielly, can we turn this reactionary tide?

The lush Casamance region of Senegal is home to a long running conflict between the state and an armed separatist movement. Tilda Kämmlein reports on how the illegal trade in timber is fuelling the strife and devastating the local environment.

In spite of the overwhelming odds against them, a spirit of feminist resistance exists among Afghanistan’s girls and women. Jen Ross reports.

Yanis Varoufakis explores how we can transform debt from ball and chain to an enabler of shared prosperity.

How can we prevent an unjust transition? As the clean economy gets into gear, Nick Dowson asks whether a market-focused, subsidies-led approach will just mean more of the same.

Although far from a modern phenomenon, the potency and complexity of misinformation has increased in the digital age. To tackle it, we need a systemic response that goes further than debunking one lie at a time, argues Nanjala Nyabola.

Amy Hall explains how a group of determined activists ran one of the world’s biggest arms companies out of town.

Report from Bangladesh by Piyas Biswas.

Report on cyberscam compounds in Myanmar, by Kayleigh Long.

Don Kevin Hapal unmasks the hidden workforce driving the Philippines’ flourishing disinformation ecosystem – and they are not who you might think.

Report from Ethiopia by Gabriella Jozwiak.

State of the industry; Deadly business; At the border; Who’s supplying whom?

The industry; distrust in the news; laws and regulations; key terms; term usage over time.

To confront the atrocities of its military dictatorship, Argentina introduced a range of lauded ‘memory and justice’ policies. Now the Javier Milei government is stoking denial of the past and undermining families’ fights for justice. Ali Qassim reports.

Veteran activist, academic and actor Gary Foley talks to Zoe Holman about the past and future of Aboriginal resistance.

Global Battlefields; Logging Off; Love in Exile; Flesh.

From arms deals to surveillance tech exchanges, Yara Hawari explains how alliances have been – and continue to be – fostered between Israel and various Arab governments.

Luciana Ghiotto, Bettina Müller and Lucía Barcena examine how Europe’s attempts to secure the raw materials for green technologies are following a tried and tested path across the Global South.