BEN CHACKO speaks with Knesset member OFER CASSIF about rising political violence, the prospects for peace and his continuous ‘silencing by suspension’
Colombia’s indigenous population under attack
97 indigenous leaders and activists have been murdered in the past year, writes NICK MacWILLIAM
Boys play football in front of a mural of an indigenous Colombian goddess in Medellin, the country’s second-largest city
The choice between two Blairites to revamp the tepid centrism of our ruling party doesn’t even come as cold comfort as we wander the city streets suffering from their third decade of austerity and the fifth of wage stagnation, writes MATT KERR
HENRY FOWLER puts the strike of public-sector workers in New Zealand in the wider context of deteriorating employment conditions throughout the world’s major economies
MAT COWARD looks back at a protest 105 years ago this month, whose reporting by the media bears uncomfortable similarities with demos today
The Tricontinental Institute for Social Research explores the factors that are bringing today’s highly educated but often underemployed young people out onto the streets, from Chile, to Algeria, to Nepal
The nation’s leading second-hand socialist bookseller that has been running strong for 33 years is changing hands and expanding its vision — now is the time to get involved, buy, donate and support, writes ANDREW MURRAY
INDIGENOUS communities in Colombia face escalating levels of violence, with 97 leaders and activists murdered in the past year.
Three indigenous guard members were killed and at least seven were injured on Saturday August 10 after their group was attacked as it left a market fair in Toribio in the department of Cauca, south-west Colombia.
At least four attackers opened fire on vehicles in which indigenous community members were travelling.
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