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Access to the river is important for spiritual, environmental and local recreational reasons. Vanessa Baird

A clash of dreams

Indigenous Argentineans, disrespected and ignored for too long, are forging new alliances in their quest to safeguard the natural world.

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‘Feminism taught us that there are a thousand ways of being a woman,’ says trans activist Lohana Berkins Vanessa Baird

Trans revolutionary

Today Argentina leads the world in recognizing the rights of transgender people. But it hasn't always been that way, writes Vanessa Baird.

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Photo: Julio Etchart

‘Not one step backwards!’

Argentina has come a long way in dealing with its past. But what of the present? Vanessa Baird takes a look at the state of human rights.

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Rising food prices have been hitting the poorest hardest, leading to looting in some places.

Facing the vultures

Argentina is not in the habit of being cowed by international pressure and financial big-hitters – or by proponents of austerity. Vanessa Baird reports.

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Preparing lunch in the FPDS co-op in San Telmo – where everyone gets a say and ‘horizontalism’ prevails.

Speak truth

The government wants to fund popular co-ops that are meeting urgent social needs. What could be wrong with that? Vanessa Baird meets the people behind them.

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The production line today at IMPA – the recuperated factory that inspired hundreds of others. Julio Etchart

Who needs a boss?

Vanessa Baird reports on how Argentinean workers took over failing and bankrupt enterprises – and have kept them going.

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‘Welcome readers’ - Miriam at possibly the world’s most unusual book publisher, Eloisa Cartonera. Photo: Julio Etcharty

Argentina’s challenge

Stormy time ahead in the world’s largest country. Are there lessons to be learned? asks Vanessa Baird.

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The case for a maximum wage

Would the world be better off if the US had one?

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This is Africa Steven Hall / Three in a Box

This is Africa

David Fedele relates a true and uncomfortable tale of a tardy Good Samaritan.

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A seller in a traditional market on the island of Sumba prepares oil lamps at her stall as night falls. On the outer islands, electrical power is often unreliable or non-existent. Photo: Josh Estey

Country Profile: Indonesia

Facts, figures and a profile of Indonesia.

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The eye of the farmer fattens the beast Joseph Hanlon

The eye of the farmer fattens the beast

Can smallholders be more productive than agribusiness? It looks that way in Zimbabwe, which has broken up its big farms, and where growers have nearly matched production of their white predecessors, in fewer than ten years. Joseph Hanlon reports.

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Land Grabs - Hotspots

Land Grabs - Hotspots

Some of the world’s biggest and most controversial land deals.

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‘Don’t mess’: the proud owner of a certificate that recognizes the land rights of the Chicoco community in Cuamba, Niassa. Gun Lindberg, Swedish Co-operative Centre (SCC)

Securing the global commons

The land rush started back in 2008. It has not gone unnoticed – or unchallenged.

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The land is ours!  The community of local leader Pedrou Salange has mapped out their territory.
 Hazel Healy

Cazizi village holds its ground

Forestry companies want to carve up Mozambique’s northern highlands. Peasant farmers and their allies are working to hold them accountable. Hazel Healy investigates.

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A clash of dreams

Indigenous Argentineans, disrespected and ignored for too long, are forging new alliances in their quest to safeguard the natural world.

Vanessa Baird June, 2013 463 Preview
Trans revolutionary

Today Argentina leads the world in recognizing the rights of transgender people. But it hasn't always been that way, writes Vanessa Baird.

Vanessa Baird June, 2013 463 Preview
‘Not one step backwards!’

Argentina has come a long way in dealing with its past. But what of the present? Vanessa Baird takes a look at the state of human rights.

Vanessa Baird June, 2013 463 Preview
Facing the vultures

Argentina is not in the habit of being cowed by international pressure and financial big-hitters – or by proponents of austerity. Vanessa Baird reports.

Vanessa Baird June, 2013 463 Preview
Speak truth

The government wants to fund popular co-ops that are meeting urgent social needs. What could be wrong with that? Vanessa Baird meets the people behind them.

Vanessa Baird June, 2013 463 Preview
Who needs a boss?

Vanessa Baird reports on how Argentinean workers took over failing and bankrupt enterprises – and have kept them going.

Vanessa Baird June, 2013 463 Preview
A short history of coups, crises and Peronism

Argentina’s ups and downs since 1946.

Vanessa Baird June, 2013 463 Preview
Argentina’s challenge

Stormy time ahead in the world’s largest country. Are there lessons to be learned? asks Vanessa Baird.

Vanessa Baird June, 2013 463 Preview
The case for a maximum wage

Would the world be better off if the US had one?

Mark Engler May, 2013 462 Preview
This is Africa

David Fedele relates a true and uncomfortable tale of a tardy Good Samaritan.

David Fedele May, 2013 462 Preview
Country Profile: Indonesia

Facts, figures and a profile of Indonesia.

Irfan Kortschak May, 2013 462 Preview
The eye of the farmer fattens the beast

Can smallholders be more productive than agribusiness? It looks that way in Zimbabwe, which has broken up its big farms, and where growers have nearly matched production of their white predecessors, in fewer than ten years. Joseph Hanlon reports.

Joseph Hanlon May, 2013 462 Preview
Land Grabs - Hotspots

Some of the world’s biggest and most controversial land deals.

Amy Hall May, 2013 462 Preview
Securing the global commons

The land rush started back in 2008. It has not gone unnoticed – or unchallenged.

Hazel Healy May, 2013 462 Preview
Cazizi village holds its ground

Forestry companies want to carve up Mozambique’s northern highlands. Peasant farmers and their allies are working to hold them accountable. Hazel Healy investigates.

Hazel Healy May, 2013 462 Preview