Can Zimbabwe’s high-stakes election usher in a new dawn for its media?
Watching the nightly news on Zimbabwe’s state broadcaster, ZBC, in the run-up to the country’s historic elections on 30 July is a surreal experience. There’s […]
Democracy
The racism that poisons
Three letters changed the history of Warren County, North Carolina, in 1982: PCB. This abbreviation stands for polychlorinated biphenyls, a family of toxic chemical substances […]
In Iraq, trade unions are helping to rebuild popular power
In Iraq’s May national elections, of the 329 parliamentary deputies chosen, Sairoon (meaning ‘Forward’ or ‘the Alliance for Reforms’) scored the biggest win – 55 […]
Work, fight, protect: around the world in workers’ rights in 2018
Every year for the last five years the Global Rights Index has catalogued violations of freedom of expression, freedom of association and the right to […]
From open conflict to open-air gallery: can street art help heal Mostar?
This year marks the seventh edition of the Mostar Street Arts Festival which is running across Bosnia’s fifth largest city until 21 June. Bosnia and […]
Afghan media’s “deadliest day” exposes the resolve, resilience and vulnerability its journalists
For a country that has endured decades of brutal war, foreign invasion and terrorist violence, the events of 30 April 2018 will go down in […]
What does the Commonwealth mean to its 30 million workers?
The Commonwealth Trade Union Group (CTUG) represents 30 million workers from the Commonwealth of Nations, an intergovernmental organisation of 53 member states that are mostly […]
Africa’s invisible millions survive without ID documents
Few people in the Kiambaa area of Kikuyu constituency on the outskirts of Kenya’s capital can dispute Mushewa Ndolo’s talent as a carpenter. His hard […]
Can a new journalism initiative in Cyprus help “encourage dialogue rather than promote violence”?
“A lot of the language happened automatically; it developed out of a culture of competition. It reflects the idea that when I am reporting on […]
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