In an age of crisis, despair is the currency of the global far right. How, asks Bethany Rielly, can we turn this reactionary tide?

People across the world are standing up to the power of the arms trade. Amy Hall explores its threat to life and democracy.

The global trend towards liberalizing abortion is being overshadowed by a newly emboldened anti-rights movement that wants to erode bodily autonomy. Bethany Rielly learns how feminist movements are organizing to put abortion back in the hands of the people – and keep it there.

Can South Africa ever fully shake off the shackles of apartheid? Conrad Landin asks whether the country’s historic genocide case against Israel could lead to a reckoning at home.

As the cost of living crisis becomes entrenched, Nick Dowson examines the scene of the crime, tracks down the culprits and proposes a route to resolution.

We depend on it for food, shelter and work, it’s a cultural marker and a source of identity – but also a site of violence and anguish. It’s time for a reckoning, writes Amy Hall.

Update from France by Claire Fauset.

Two artists have invented a saint to protect residents from gentrification. Yohann Koshy reports.

Report from the UK / Middle East.

Lollipop; Red Path.

All Hands on Deck; Fascist Yoga; The Evin Prison Bakers’ Club; Heart Lamp.

Radio Lusaka; Mon Balo.

A bold feminist campaign turned a whistle into a protest against street harassment. Maya Misikir tells their story.

Veronique Mistiaen meets Afghanistan’s ‘mother of education’, who for more than two decades has been transforming lives through community-based learning.

Kim Jong-un's headline grabbing aggressive irrationalism takes some beating (though he might have met his match in recent times...)

The bubble; Thirst for data; Ghost workers in the machine.

The photos, facts, and politics of Haiti.

Counter fascism, by Kate Evans.