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Disputed territory: Arguments over conservation have been part of rising tensions over Anarctica. Photo: Dylan Shaw/Unsplash

Is the freeze over?

With tensions rising, is it time states returned to a more co-operative form of governing Antarctica? Huw Paige reports.

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Waving Biafra’s flag: The movement for the region’s independence is an international one. This photograph is from a protest at the European Union quarter in Brussels, Belgium on 28 April 2016. Photo: Wiktor Dabkowski/DPA Picture Alliance/Alamy

The battle for Biafra’s soul

After a violent crackdown by the state, the struggle for the region’s independence from Nigeria has intensified. Promise Eze explores the impact of growing violence.

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North of the Ob River, about 100 kilometers inside the Yamal peninsula, inside the Arctic Circle, fierce winds keep even daytime temperatures low. When the weather is particularly hostile, the Nenets and their reindeer may spend several days in the same place, doing repair work on sledges and reindeer skins to keep busy. This photo, taken in Siberia in 2011, is part of the Genesis project. Photo: Sebastião Salgado/Amazonas Images

Love and sacrifice

As he marks his eightieth year, Brazilian photographer Sebastião Salgado reflects with Graeme Green on an illustrious career documenting some of the rawest moments of life on Earth.

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Young protesters film police using tear gas at a demonstration against planned tax hikes in Nairobi, Kenya, in June 2024. Fact-checking organization The Jabatar was set up to tackle rampant disinformation targeting the youth protests. Photo: Boniface Muthoni/Alamy

Fact-checkers to the rescue?

The fact-checking industry is booming. But how effective is it? Samira Sawlani explores its role in the digital age and assesses its powers and limitations in tackling the flood of disinformation polluting our media ecosystem.

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 Illustration: Mona Chalabi

Dying in the Passive Voice

Nanjala Nyabola reports on Western media's reporting on Israel’s war on Palestine.

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The 2016 Filipino presidential race, and Rodrigo Duterte’s winning campaign, was widely considered to be won on social media. The centrality of these platforms, however, allowed for rampant mis- and disinformation. Photo: Aaron Favila/AP/Alamy

The Philippines disinformation machine

Don Kevin Hapal unmasks the hidden workforce driving the Philippines’ flourishing disinformation ecosystem – and they are not who you might think.

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 Illustration: P J Polyp

Big Whoppers

Disinformation can undermine elections, pose risks to public health and stoke division and violence against minorities. Words by Paula Lacey.

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Disinformation - The Facts

Disinformation - The Facts

The industry; distrust in the news; laws and regulations; key terms; term usage over time.

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Bolshevik revolutionary Grigory Zinoviev was alleged to have written a letter calling for British communists to revolt in 1924, sparking a scandal that contributed to the downfall of the first Labour government. Photo: Pictorial Press/Alamy

Red letter day

One hundred years ago the incendiary ‘Zinoviev letter’, allegedly from the Soviet Union, incited British communists to revolution. Conrad Landin examines an early example of ‘fake news’.

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Action & Info

Action & Info

Action, and further reading on disinformation.

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Making sense of the world in an age of doubt: people are reflected in mirrors on the 91st floor of The Summit near Grand Central Terminal, New York City. Photo: Gordon Donovan/Alamy

Entering the Matrix

Although far from a modern phenomenon, the potency and complexity of misinformation has increased in the digital age. To tackle it, we need a systemic response that goes further than debunking one lie at a time, argues Nanjala Nyabola.

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Spotlight: Tariq Ali

Spotlight: Tariq Ali

Political historian, filmmaker and novelist. Words by Subi Shah.

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Books Essay: How we got here

A new history of pro-Zionist pressure is strongest in its simplicity, writes Rob Norman.

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Mixed Media: Film

Mixed Media: Film

No Other Land; Paradise is Burning.

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Is the freeze over?

With tensions rising, is it time states returned to a more co-operative form of governing Antarctica? Huw Paige reports.

Huw Paige November, 2024 552 Buy
The battle for Biafra’s soul

After a violent crackdown by the state, the struggle for the region’s independence from Nigeria has intensified. Promise Eze explores the impact of growing violence.

Promise Eze November, 2024 552 Buy
Love and sacrifice

As he marks his eightieth year, Brazilian photographer Sebastião Salgado reflects with Graeme Green on an illustrious career documenting some of the rawest moments of life on Earth.

Graeme Green November, 2024 552 Buy
Fact-checkers to the rescue?

The fact-checking industry is booming. But how effective is it? Samira Sawlani explores its role in the digital age and assesses its powers and limitations in tackling the flood of disinformation polluting our media ecosystem.

Samira Sawlani November, 2024 552 Buy
Dying in the Passive Voice

Nanjala Nyabola reports on Western media's reporting on Israel’s war on Palestine.

Nanjala Nyabola November, 2024 552 Buy
The Philippines disinformation machine

Don Kevin Hapal unmasks the hidden workforce driving the Philippines’ flourishing disinformation ecosystem – and they are not who you might think.

Don Kevin Hapal November, 2024 552 Buy
Big Whoppers

Disinformation can undermine elections, pose risks to public health and stoke division and violence against minorities. Words by Paula Lacey.

Paula Lacey November, 2024 552 Buy
Disinformation - The Facts

The industry; distrust in the news; laws and regulations; key terms; term usage over time.

November, 2024 552 Buy
Red letter day

One hundred years ago the incendiary ‘Zinoviev letter’, allegedly from the Soviet Union, incited British communists to revolution. Conrad Landin examines an early example of ‘fake news’.

Conrad Landin November, 2024 552 Buy
Action & Info

Action, and further reading on disinformation.

November, 2024 552 Buy
Entering the Matrix

Although far from a modern phenomenon, the potency and complexity of misinformation has increased in the digital age. To tackle it, we need a systemic response that goes further than debunking one lie at a time, argues Nanjala Nyabola.

Nanjala Nyabola November, 2024 552 Buy
Spotlight: Tariq Ali

Political historian, filmmaker and novelist. Words by Subi Shah.

Subi Shah September, 2024 551 Buy
Books Essay: How we got here

A new history of pro-Zionist pressure is strongest in its simplicity, writes Rob Norman.

Rob Norman September, 2024 551 Buy
Mixed Media: Music

Alva; Chain of Light.

Conrad Landin September, 2024 551 Buy
Mixed Media: Film

No Other Land; Paradise is Burning.

Conrad Landin September, 2024 551 Buy