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How Wages for Housework sparked an international solidarity movement
How Wages for Housework sparked an international solidarity movement
The 1970s movement paved the way for queer, Black, trans and sex working feminist organising across the world today
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November 11, 2025 at 6:18 AM
How Wages for Housework sparked an international solidarity movement
Thirty years after deaths of the Ogoni Nine, the fight for justice continues
Thirty years after deaths of the Ogoni Nine, the fight for justice continues
‘When your environment is polluted, it’s destroyed, and you no longer have the right to live’ – Ken Saro Wiwa
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November 10, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Thirty years after deaths of the Ogoni Nine, the fight for justice continues
"Latin America has long been the laboratory where the United States installs friendly right-wing autocrats to stamp out the contagion of freedom and revolution before it reaches US shores."
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November 10, 2025 at 2:53 PM
"Latin America has long been the laboratory where the United States installs friendly right-wing autocrats to stamp out the contagion of freedom and revolution before it reaches US shores."
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War And Regime Change in the Americas
War And Regime Change in the Americas
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November 10, 2025 at 11:50 AM
War And Regime Change in the Americas
We fight for sex workers’ rights. This is what solidarity looks like
We fight for sex workers’ rights. This is what solidarity looks like
Over 300 migrant sex workers took on city hall to keep their businesses, showing the power of collective organising
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November 10, 2025 at 9:09 AM
We fight for sex workers’ rights. This is what solidarity looks like
Solidarity beyond silos is our best bet for fighting exploitation
Solidarity beyond silos is our best bet for fighting exploitation
Far-right bullies are on the rise, and exploitation will likely rise with them. Cross-movement organising is the only way out
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November 10, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Solidarity beyond silos is our best bet for fighting exploitation
Right-wing Stalinists and hydroponic lettuce: Inside Chile’s pivotal election
Right-wing Stalinists and hydroponic lettuce: Inside Chile’s pivotal election
Extremist candidate José Antonio Kast seems best placed to take advantage of the fragmentation and shift to the right in Chilean politics
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November 7, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Right-wing Stalinists and hydroponic lettuce: Inside Chile’s pivotal election
Is Latin America the region best resisting the far right?
Is Latin America the region best resisting the far right?
Despite the region's progressive values, authoritarianism remains a threat. And it's people, not politicians, fighting it
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November 7, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Is Latin America the region best resisting the far right?
Ecuador: When legitimate protest becomes ‘terrorism’
Ecuador: When legitimate protest becomes ‘terrorism’
Taking from Trump’s playbook and reviving colonial trope, President Noboa labelled Indigenous protesters ‘terrorists’
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November 7, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Ecuador: When legitimate protest becomes ‘terrorism’
One month into Gaza ceasefire, what does Palestinians’ future look like?
One month into Gaza ceasefire, what does Palestinians’ future look like?
Israel is still launching deadly strikes on Gaza, as Netanyahu seeks to cling to power until next year’s elections
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November 7, 2025 at 9:35 AM
One month into Gaza ceasefire, what does Palestinians’ future look like?
Even shots on British nationals won’t stop UK’s border expansion
Even shots on British nationals won’t stop UK’s border expansion
It seems that shootings at sea are just par for the course in Starmer’s longstanding strategy to outsource borders
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November 5, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Even shots on British nationals won’t stop UK’s border expansion
When will Sierra Leone match Liberia’s courage on FGM?
When will Sierra Leone match Liberia’s courage on FGM?
Too many Sierra Leonean girls still suffer lifelong health problems, complications in childbirth, infection and trauma
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November 4, 2025 at 10:57 AM
When will Sierra Leone match Liberia’s courage on FGM?
Ghana and Trump are bargaining with lives. Ghanaians are pushing back
Ghana and Trump are bargaining with lives. Ghanaians are pushing back
The Ghanaian government is accused of violating human rights by accepting US deportees to gain visas and economic benefits.
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October 31, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Ghana and Trump are bargaining with lives. Ghanaians are pushing back
Kavin came here to work. He ended up a modern slave.
Kavin came here to work. He ended up a modern slave.
Revealed: UK’s employment visas are causing thousands of legal migrant workers to end up in modern slavery
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October 31, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Kavin came here to work. He ended up a modern slave.
This is how Labour is reducing consumer protections. Listen to the full episode with @ethanshone.bsky.social wherever you get your podcasts ⤵️
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October 30, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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LGBTQ+ migrants at risk in UK detention centres due to poor staff training
LGBTQ+ migrants at risk in UK detention centres due to poor staff training
Charity calls for an end to LGBTQ+ immigration detention, as poor quality staff training is revealed
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October 30, 2025 at 11:41 AM
LGBTQ+ migrants at risk in UK detention centres due to poor staff training
‘No way out’: the closing spaces for Rohingya livelihoods
‘No way out’: the closing spaces for Rohingya livelihoods
Rohingya refugees in Myanmar and Bangladesh find work where they can, but their rights are increasingly restricted
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October 30, 2025 at 6:17 AM
‘No way out’: the closing spaces for Rohingya livelihoods
Neither student nor worker: how Rohingya youth rebuild in exile
Neither student nor worker: how Rohingya youth rebuild in exile
Denied a status, Rohingya refugees in Malaysia carve out informal spaces for work and study, hoping for a future
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October 29, 2025 at 6:27 AM
Neither student nor worker: how Rohingya youth rebuild in exile
The world doesn’t care about Sudan. It’s up to us to rebuild
The world doesn’t care about Sudan. It’s up to us to rebuild
A year and a half into the war, community support has been a lifeline – but it’s been stretched near to breaking
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October 28, 2025 at 6:09 AM
The world doesn’t care about Sudan. It’s up to us to rebuild
‘We can’t bring Agnes back. But we can protect other women’
‘We can’t bring Agnes back. But we can protect other women’
Esther Njoki was eight when her aunt, Agnes Wanjiru, was allegedly killed by a British soldier in Kenya. This is her story
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October 27, 2025 at 9:26 AM
‘We can’t bring Agnes back. But we can protect other women’
How Labour is reducing consumer protections | With Ethan Shone
How Labour is reducing consumer protections | With Ethan Shone
What can we learn about the future of consumer rights from the merger between Microsoft and Call of Duty publisher Activision Blizzard?
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October 24, 2025 at 3:17 PM
How Labour is reducing consumer protections | With Ethan Shone
Keir Starmer’s Labour is a lost cause. But there’s still hope for the left
Keir Starmer’s Labour is a lost cause. But there’s still hope for the left
In choosing big business over ordinary people, the PM has sacrificed the heart of the Labour Party. So what next?
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October 24, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Keir Starmer’s Labour is a lost cause. But there’s still hope for the left
The hidden agenda behind Labour’s desperate efforts to woo big business
The hidden agenda behind Labour’s desperate efforts to woo big business
The party is steamrolling ahead with deregulation that will benefit big businesses at the expense of consumers. Why?
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October 24, 2025 at 2:50 PM
The hidden agenda behind Labour’s desperate efforts to woo big business
Inside Labour’s pro-business push to ‘defang’ competitions watchdog
Inside Labour’s pro-business push to ‘defang’ competitions watchdog
How Keir Starmer’s government prioritised tech firms and the finance industry over British consumers
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October 24, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Inside Labour’s pro-business push to ‘defang’ competitions watchdog
Sudanese in Uganda: ‘Life didn’t stop with the war’
Sudanese in Uganda: ‘Life didn’t stop with the war’
Displacement is tough, but friendly policies and an adaptable mindset have helped Sudanese refugees to rebuild
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October 22, 2025 at 6:08 AM
Sudanese in Uganda: ‘Life didn’t stop with the war’