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A man in military uniform takes a swing at poppy plants in a field with a background of mountains

The Taliban’s War on Opium Could Have Disastrous Effects

Niko Vorobyov

Last April, Afghanistan’s new government announced a ban on poppy cultivation. With the country supplying 86% of the world’s opium, it's likely to push addicts towards stronger and more dangerous highs. Niko Vorobyov reports.

The door to the Vught camp memorial on the left and the current prison wall on the right.

The Hidden Racism That Turned a Nazi Concentration Camp Into a Detention Centre for Muslims

Arun Kundnani

In 1943, Arun Kundnani’s grandfather was detained in a Nazi concentration camp. Today, the site is divided between a memorial and a detention centre where Muslims are mentally tortured.

tubs of formula milk with security tags on them

Parents Are Having to Steal Formula Milk. Make It Free Again

Sarah Woolley

National Milk fed 85% of British babies in 1974. As £19 formula pushes parents to desperation, why aren’t we bringing it back? Sarah Woolley reports.

riot police patrol through the street while a local resident watches from their front garden

Did Riot Police Illegally Evict a Homeless Shelter?

Rivkah Brown

Earlier this month, around 100 riot cops descended on a homeless shelter in east London. The police insist everything was above board. Evidence suggests otherwise. Rivkah Brown reports.

GKN workers marching through Florenceon May Day 2022. Photo: GKN Factory Collective

Bosses Tried to Sack These Automotive Workers, So They Took Over Their Factory

Frankie Lister-Fell

Workers near Florence have staged the longest factory occupation in Italian history. They’re using it to defend their jobs and create a green future.

a group of men with dark skin, a variety of darkly coloured clothing pose together for a picture

Where Are the Shadwell Fire Survivors Supposed to Go?

Rivkah Brown

Two months after their state-sanctioned slum burned down, killing one of their housemates, six of the Tower Hamlets fire survivors remain homeless. Rivkah Brown reports.

French Protesters Are Thinking Up New Ways to Stop Macron’s Pension Reforms

Olly Haynes

At a massive May Day march in Paris, leftists say the movement needs to step up its actions to win. Olly Haynes reports.

The Biggest ‘Renewable’ Power Plant in the UK Burns Wood Processed in Poor, Black Communities in the US

Simon Childs

Protesters disrupted the AGM of Britain’s largest CO2 emitter, accusing it of ‘environmental racism’.

As Food Prices Hit a 45-Year High, People Are Foraging Wild Foods to Save Money

Chloe Laws

With food prices skyrocketing, people have been trying to shoplift their way out of the cost of living crisis for a while. Now, others are turning to foraging.

Workers on a construction site. Design: Pietro Garrone (Novara Media). Photograph: the apostrophe (Flickr)

Qatar’s Biggest Cheerleader Is Finally Challenging It on Workers’ Rights

Polly Smythe

Before the World Cup, Qatar found an unlikely ally in the International Trade Union Confederation. Following a corruption scandal, the body is finally back to criticising the Gulf state, long after the competition has ended.

Is Extinction Rebellion’s Structure Fit for Purpose?

Diyora Shadijanova

Extinction Rebellion’s loose, non-hierarchical structure played a big part in the movement’s rapid growth in its early days - but was also at the core of its difficulties. Has anything changed?

Is Extinction Rebellion Still ‘Beyond Politics’?

Extinction Rebellion once claimed it’s “not a socialist movement”, and is “beyond politics”. But by aligning itself more and more closely with the left, is this really still the case? Diyora Shadijanova investigates.