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Analysis: How Far Will Lula Go to Protect Indigenous Brazilians?

by Joana Ramiro

Brazil’s new president is putting indigenous rights at the heart of his plans for government. But in keeping his promises he’ll face huge challenges, writes Joana Ramiro.

Analysis: No, ‘Transparency’ Won’t Stop Amazon Being a Crappy Employer

by Craig Gent

Unions are very slowly catching up with Amazon’s tech agenda - but digital ‘transparency’ is no silver bullet when it comes to improving workers' lives, argues Craig Gent.

A person holds a placard supporting striking workers outside the Amazon warehouse, in Coventry. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls

Report: Amazon Uses ‘Intimidation’ Against Historic First Legal UK Strike

by Polly Smythe

Polly Smythe talks to workers in Coventry who walked out of an Amazon warehouse in the first formal strike action against the company.

Interview: Amazon Workers Go on Strike for the First Time in UK

We visited the Amazon workers striking for the first time ever in Coventry.

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Long Read: The Missing Guests at COP27? Drug Barons

by Clemmie James

As long as organised crime controls the world’s carbon sinks, forums like COP27 have the wrong people in the room, writes Clemmie James.

An Amazon worker. REUTERS/Russell Cheyne

Report: Inside the Fight for the UK’s First Formal Amazon Warehouse Strike

by Polly Smythe

Workers in Coventry are voting over formal strike action at an Amazon warehouse for the first time, but the retailing giant has been accused of trying to undermine union activity. Polly Smythe reports.

Downstream: They Are Lying to Us. Ash Sarkar Meets Paris Marx

We are constantly told that we are witnessing unprecedented innovation in technology, and that our problems will be solved by new apps, electric cars or space exploration. But is this innovation truly liberating? Or does it serve to outsource labour and further consolidate power and money in the hands of the few? Ash Sarkar meets […]

Report: Here Are the Strikes That Will Be Keeping Liz Truss up at Night

by Polly Smythe

Thatcher reincarnate wants to annihilate trade unions. Unfortunately for her, the fightback is just getting started.

Amazon workers protesting in California. Photo: @ieamazonworkers on Twitter

Report: Amazon Hit by Strikes Across the Globe

by Simon Childs

After wildcat strikes in the UK, workers staged walk-outs and protests at warehouses in the US, Germany and Turkey.

Amazon workers on strike. Photo: Twitter

Report: More Amazon Strikes Expected in Row Over Pay

by Simon Childs

Workers are “frustrated” and “angry” after the company refused to budge on a pay offer that sparked wildcat strikes.

International: Colombia’s Brand New President Wants to Keep Fossil Fuels in the Ground

by Nathan Thanki

Colombia just swore in a left leadership that has vowed to ban new fossil fuel projects, end fracking, transition to renewables and return power to the people.

Report: Hundreds of Amazon Workers Stage Wildcat Strike Over ‘Kick in the Teeth’ Pay Offer

by Simon Childs & Polly Smythe

Workers at a gigantic Essex warehouse are protesting after being offered just 35p more per hour from the multinational.

Analysis: Cop26: Climate Justice Visions From the Global South

by Connor Woodman

As vaccine apartheid and the UK’s borders stop many from accessing Cop26, five thinkers and organisers from the Global South counter-pose their struggles for climate justice to the vacuous summit in Glasgow.

Planet B: Planet B: Everything Must Change – Land

Harpreet Kaur Paul asks how we can make land for living, not for profit, in the second episode of the series.

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Report: Amazon’s ‘Total-Surveillance’ Supermarkets Have Arrived

by Sophie K Rosa

As Amazon quietly launches its chain of convenience stores in the UK, campaigners are keen to raise the alarm about what it could mean for our freedom.

Ash Wednesday: You Will Never Be a Billionaire, Here’s Why.

Ash Sarkar unlocks the secrets of billionaire success that the Fortune 500 don’t want YOU to know. Hustle, grind, and mental fortitude? Nah. It’s exploitation.

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Opinion: Wannabe-Bond Villain Billionaires Are Launching Us Into a New Era of Cosmic Colonialism

by Joe Duffy

We need to stop billionaires from privatising and monopolising space. And even more urgently, we need to dismantle the economic system that has put them on the precipice of doing so, writes Joe Duffy.

The Bastani Factor: Will Amazon Fresh Kill the High Street? | the Bastani Factor

Amazon already dominates online retail, but is it set to take over the high street? Last month, Jeff Bezos’ trillion-dollar company opened the UK’s first Amazon Fresh store, stocked with own brand groceries, including milk and meat, and cashiers replaced by an entirely automated process. Aaron Bastani visited the store in Ealing, West London, to […]