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Moe and Tala take time out. Photo: Maen Hammad

Moments of freedom

As Israel continues to pursue ‘complete control’ over the Occupied Palestinian Territories, human rights campaigner Maen Hammad is highlighting an overlooked symbol of resistance: skateboards. Samia Qaiyum reports.

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Residents of Loznica, a small city in western Serbia located in proximity to the lithium-mining project, gather on 20 July 2021 to make their voices heard against it. By November the protest would go countrywide. Photo: Marko Zamurovic/Shutterstock

Once upon a Rio Tinto mining project

When the transnational giant decided to dig for lithium in Serbia it was met by widespread protests. But beyond the people’s rebellion lie deeper questions of imperialism, environmentalism and ‘green’ tech. Andrej Ivančić and Sergey Steblev inspect them in this cautionary tale.

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The faces of murdered militants. This demonstration took place in São Paulo on 27 July 2011, in front of a court where retired army colonel Carlos Alberto Brilhante Ustra was being tried as part of a lawsuit brought by the family of journalist Luiz Eduardo Merlino. Ustra led DOI-CODI from 1970 to 1974 – Merlino was tortured and killed at the centre in July 1971. Photo: Raphael Tsavkko Garcia

The story of the bones

Decades on, the relatives of those disappeared under Brazil’s military dictatorship are finally getting some answers about what happened to their loved ones, but calls for justice are going unanswered. Raphael Tsavkko Garcia reports.

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RMT activists on a picket line during a strike against driver-only operation on Southern, which operates commuter services to London. The RMT ultimately lost this dispute, but drove back similar moves from other train operating companies in Britain. Photo: Andrew Wiard

We’re going to be having punch-ups

Tom Haines-Doran explores the recent disputes between Britain’s train operating companies and rail union RMT over driver-only operation – and asks why railway workers are both willing to take strike action and successful in doing so.

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Cheminots of fire

The history of the railways is steeped in the development of capitalism and imperialism. But it has also been profoundly shaped from the bottom up. Conrad Landin profiles five trailblazers who left their mark on the tracks.

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Conductor Lorena Kristiansen stands beside her train at Flam station in Norway. Railway infrastructure projects can cause significant disruption to the environment and can come at a heavy cost – but the environmental benefits of railway connectivity are clear. Photo: Fredrik Naumann/Panos

The will for a permanent way

The low-friction, high-capacity technology of railways means the economic and environmental costs of expanding them are worthwhile, argues Gareth Dennis.

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Passengers arrive at Dar es Salaam after a journey on the TAZARA railway. Photo: Keystone/Zumapress/Alamy

The promised land

Half a century after Tanzania and Zambia built a railway to reduce the latter’s dependence on its white-ruled neighbours, East Africa’s railways are once again on the up. Can new lines help African countries trade with each other – or are they just a beacon of the new imperialism? Priya Sippy reports.

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Railways - The Facts

Railways - The Facts

Networks, speed, traction, environment, and the safety of railways.

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Action & info

Action & info

Initiatives, action, and further reading on railways.

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India’s railways are frequently hailed by defenders of the British Empire as a positive legacy of colonialism. While the country has an extensive network which ranks among the world’s biggest employers, it was designed to serve the interests of imperialism and private profit – with the directors of the sub continent’s first railway drawn from the ranks of the East India Company. Here passengers prepare to eat on board a modern-day sleeper train. Photo: Boaz Rottem/Alamy

Back on track?

On every continent, the railways are experiencing a renaissance. But what will it take to reshape them in the interests of people? Conrad Landin investigates.

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Spotlight: Nadia Kaabi-Linke

Creator of the acclaimed installation ‘Flying Carpets’.

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Mixed Media: Music

Tresor; Canti di guerra, di lavoro e d’amore.

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