Zimbabwean teachers’ struggle against poverty continues
Teachers’ unions in Zimbabwe have rejected the government’s latest offer to settle the dispute.
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In desperate search of disposal sites for its nuclear waste, Japan offers poisonous grants to two small villages
One morning in September, 87-year-old retiree Masao Takimoto was reading the newspaper in his house in Kamoenai when a news story captured his attention, ruined […]
As Poland’s women’s movement celebrates a tentative victory, LGBTI activists are still fighting PiS’s ugly culture war
This August Linus Lewandowski was physically attacked by a group of strangers, simply for being gay. The 28-year-old software engineer and LGBTI+ rights activist was […]
Child labour rife in Zimbabwe
The high levels of poverty in Zimbabwe are pushing children into working to survive.
Study sheds light on how South Africa can best tackle prejudice against migrants
Xenophobia is a serious problem in South Africa. Cross-border migrants, refugees and asylum seekers in the country face harassment and discrimination. Hundreds of incidents of anti-immigrant hate crime […]
Trade unions and civil society are pushing for ambitious climate action in Scotland
As Glasgow prepares to host COP26, the UN climate summit in November 2021, Scotland will take centre stage in the global power struggle surrounding if […]
In a time of global crises, waste workers are our unsung heroes
If the global fight against Covid-19 made one thing clear, it is society’s complete dependency on essential workers, and the risks involved in these professions. […]
Eight years after the Ali Enterprises factory fire in Pakistan, victims and their families are still fighting for justice
On 22 September 2020, almost exactly eight years after Pakistan’s worst industrial fire officially killed 264 garments workers and injured over 60 others in the commercial capital […]
Black Lives Matter in the Arab world too
The growth of the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement, spurred by the killing of George Floyd in Minnesota, USA, has reopened a much-needed debate in […]
Zimbabwe workers earning 12% of family basket
Food prices have gone up in Zimbabwe whilst the minimum wage has remained stagnant.
The coronavirus pandemic has put Asia’s Indigenous communities under serious pressure
Many communities have been hit hard by the coronavirus crisis, but for some, such as the Chao Lay, the global slowdown in travel and tourism […]
YouTubers of the world, unite! – what happens when a grassroots, international creators’ movement and a traditional trade union join forces?
Jörg Sprave built his first slingshot at the age of six but didn’t think of pursuing his hobby further until almost 40 years later. At […]
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