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Mahammoud Traore, 75, supports a family of 21 people through farming in Dougouninkoro, Mali, but new weather patterns mean they can no longer harvest enough for their food stores to last the whole year. Photo: Jake Lyell/Alamy

Climate coups

Abdoulie Ceesay, Gambian representative to the COP28 climate summit, argues if the West wants to address the wave of coups in Africa, it must take real climate action – rather than pursuing further failed militarization.

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Protesters sit in a tent near the entrance of the phosphate mine in Umm al-arais, Tunisia, on 15 February 2018. Photo: Zoubeir Souissi/Reuters

‘Leave us alone’

Natasha Ion reports on how Gabès residents are taking on Tunisia’s phosphate industry, despite the odds stacked against them.

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Workers pull tourists through the meadows of Gulmarg, a popular skiing destination in Jammu and Kashmir on 7 February 2021. Photo: SOPA Images Limited/Alamy

A holiday in Kashmir

The Indian state’s determination to promote Kashmir as a tourist destination is part of a larger strategy to legitimize its continued military occupation, writes Pranay Somayajula.

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Life sentence

Life sentence

In the last of our series celebrating NI at 50, Debbie Taylor argues that women are imprisoned by domestic work.

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 Illustration: Andy K using Shutterstock

Towards a post-capitalist internet

Pervasive surveillance is Big Tech’s bread and butter. To break free, we must build a new World Wide Web beyond capitalism, argues Juan Ortiz Freuler.

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Protest spy tech

Protest spy tech

Your counter-surveillance guide.

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Opposite Page: A visualization of the Skid Row neighbourhood in downtown Los Angeles, one of the most heavily policed areas in the US.

Overwatched and underserved

In Los Angeles, a group of activists are standing up against police surveillance of their neighbourhoods. Bethany Rielly speaks to Hamid Khan and Matyos Kidane of the Stop LAPD Spying Coalition about what it means to take on one of the US’s most powerful forces.

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A demonstration in New York City, US, in support of Amazon workers at the Bessemer Warehouse in Alabama, in February 2021. Staff alleged the retail giant was employing union busting tactics including surveilling and interfering with the election process during a union drive by workers. Photo: Ben Von Klemperer/Shutterstock

Under Amazon’s eyes

Taj Ali explores how the retail titan has turned its dystopian systems of surveillance onto striking workers.

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Palestinian men scroll on their smartphones outside a store in Gaza City. The captive population is a ‘testing ground’ for Israel to develop surveillance tools it then exports to repressive regimes around the world. Photo: Ibraheem Abu Mustafa/Reuters

Spy games

Israel is at the forefront of the booming spyware industry that threatens human rights, press freedom and democracy worldwide. Antony Loewenstein examines spyware’s role in Israel’s occupation of Palestine, and why governments are failing to reign in its insidious spread.

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Anti-coup protesters confront police in Yangon, Myanmar, after the junta took over the country in February 2021. Photo: Xiao Long/Alamy

360° repression

Since seizing power in 2021, Myanmar’s military junta has expanded its use of surveillance to hunt down and jail its critics. Preeti Jha reports on the methods it employs and how anti-coup activists are adapting to the shrinking space for dissent.

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Action & info

Action & info

Action, and further reading on surveillance.

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A protester faces off with riot police at an attempted eviction of an occupied building in the Poble Sec neighbourhood of Barcelona. In recent years it’s been revealed that undercover officers in the Spanish National Corps infiltrated several activist groups in the city, including housing rights. One took part in at least four anti-eviction protests during his deployment. Photo: Pau de la Calle/NurPhoto/Alamy

Spies, damned spies

Bethany Rielly explores the chilling impact of the Spanish state’s intrusive surveillance tactics against Catalan civil society. Is there a chance of justice?

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Mixed Media: Music

Mixed Media: Music

The Book of the Sediments; Cloud horizons.

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Mixed Media: Film

Mixed Media: Film

Brother; Our river...our sky.

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Climate coups

Abdoulie Ceesay, Gambian representative to the COP28 climate summit, argues if the West wants to address the wave of coups in Africa, it must take real climate action – rather than pursuing further failed militarization.

Abdoulie Ceesay November, 2023 546 Preview
‘Leave us alone’

Natasha Ion reports on how Gabès residents are taking on Tunisia’s phosphate industry, despite the odds stacked against them.

Natasha Ion November, 2023 546 Preview
A holiday in Kashmir

The Indian state’s determination to promote Kashmir as a tourist destination is part of a larger strategy to legitimize its continued military occupation, writes Pranay Somayajula.

Pranay Somayajula November, 2023 546 Preview
Life sentence

In the last of our series celebrating NI at 50, Debbie Taylor argues that women are imprisoned by domestic work.

Debbie Taylor November, 2023 546 Preview
Towards a post-capitalist internet

Pervasive surveillance is Big Tech’s bread and butter. To break free, we must build a new World Wide Web beyond capitalism, argues Juan Ortiz Freuler.

Juan Ortiz Freuler November, 2023 546 Preview
Protest spy tech

Your counter-surveillance guide.

November, 2023 546 Preview
Overwatched and underserved

In Los Angeles, a group of activists are standing up against police surveillance of their neighbourhoods. Bethany Rielly speaks to Hamid Khan and Matyos Kidane of the Stop LAPD Spying Coalition about what it means to take on one of the US’s most powerful forces.

Bethany Rielly November, 2023 546 Preview
Under Amazon’s eyes

Taj Ali explores how the retail titan has turned its dystopian systems of surveillance onto striking workers.

Taj Ali November, 2023 546 Preview
Spy games

Israel is at the forefront of the booming spyware industry that threatens human rights, press freedom and democracy worldwide. Antony Loewenstein examines spyware’s role in Israel’s occupation of Palestine, and why governments are failing to reign in its insidious spread.

Antony Loewenstein November, 2023 546 Preview
360° repression

Since seizing power in 2021, Myanmar’s military junta has expanded its use of surveillance to hunt down and jail its critics. Preeti Jha reports on the methods it employs and how anti-coup activists are adapting to the shrinking space for dissent.

Preeti Jha November, 2023 546 Preview
Action & info

Action, and further reading on surveillance.

November, 2023 546 Preview
Spies, damned spies

Bethany Rielly explores the chilling impact of the Spanish state’s intrusive surveillance tactics against Catalan civil society. Is there a chance of justice?

Bethany Rielly November, 2023 546 Preview
Spotlight: Roger Ballen

Words by Subi Shah.

Subi Shah September, 2023 545 Preview
Mixed Media: Music

The Book of the Sediments; Cloud horizons.

Louise Gray September, 2023 545 Read
Mixed Media: Film

Brother; Our river...our sky.

Malcolm Lewis September, 2023 545 Preview