There is a silent war on dissenting amusement afoot. But it's a slippery slope we're on when the criminalization of laughter can lead to punitive arrest, as in the case of activist Desiree Fairooz.
It appears the secretive group that channelled Leave cash to Theresa May’s allies got hit with a record fine - for breaking rules on donor disclosure
It appears the secretive group that channelled Leave cash to Theresa May’s allies got hit with a record fine - for breaking rules on donor disclosure
Changing the culture around nuclear weapons to seeing them as just another dangerous weapon of mass destruction, won ICAN (the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons) a pivotal UN treaty and the Nobel Peace Prize last month. Ian Sinclair interviews Rebecca Sharkey, ICAN’s UK Coordinator
The paintings of Otto Dix are an imperishable reminder that the best possible bulwark against becoming "machine men, with machine minds and machine hearts' – in Chaplin's phrase – is in not thinking like a machine.
Ruinous fines levied against Russian NGO heads are destroying the civil sector and pushing campaigners to the brink of survival. RU
This week, the Russian authorities have detained 484 people on the streets. The pretext? A crackdown on an attempted nationalist revolution.
Rich countries are investing vast sums in fossil fuel booms abroad whilst seeking climate brownie points with their home audiences, finds a brand-new report. A focus on ‘territorial’ emissions makes little sense in a globalised economy.
The first episode of the ground-breaking web documentary series “Paradises of the Earth” follows an international solidarity caravan to the first stop of the trip: the Mediterranean oasis of Gabes in southern Tunisia.
Winning political victories doesn’t always require a shift to the center; how about putting those affected by injustice at the heart of campaigns?
There is complete social mobility - the only problem is that the process takes some three hundred years. Interview. Español
The CIA's military role in the Afghan morass shows the need for open democracy in an age of hidden violence.
