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At Ivangorod on Russia’s border with Estonia, several years ago, I was unceremoniously booted off a train and frogmarched down the tracks. It was my own fault – my visa had expired during the journey from Moscow. My nerves only relaxed when a Russian

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As a subscriber since the very beginning, I must agree with Marc Hudson (Letters, NI 538) that, though the magazine continues to be excellent, during all that time and after so many campaigns, we always seem to be back where we started. I, however, d

‘Stop the wars’ More than a decade after being displaced, Syrian women in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI) are struggling to find basic accommodation and food, according to a recent report from Women for Women International. Predictably, nearly 80

The victory of Gustavo Petro and running mate Francia Márquez in the final round of the Colombian presidential elections this June is perhaps the least likely result in the recent leftward swing across Latin America. Both Petro and Márquez are politi

The people’s burger As more people cotton onto the benefits of a plant-based diet, companies are keen to cash in on the explosion of interest. Competition in the world of vegan capitalism is getting fierce – the vegan food market could be worth more

A fresh wave of protests has erupted in Sudan and among its diaspora communities across the world, following a new attempt by military leader Abdul Fattah Al-Burhan to tighten his grip on power. From October last year Burhan led the rolling coup agai

As costs rise across the world, so does the rage. From Sri Lanka to Kazakhstan, Taiwan to Tunisia, the anger has spilled onto the streets as people demand economic justice, despite often being met with state violence. We can expect plenty more of thi

It’s been six years now since Joséphine reached European shores, but the memories of her journey from Cameroon remain fresh. ‘You had to pay at every stop [country] in order to complete the journey,’ she explains. Joséphine, who is now 40 years old,

Houston, Texas – the fourth most populous city in the US – has managed to reduce rates of homelessness by 63 per cent by making housing the most vulnerable homeless people a priority, and dealing with unemployment, addiction issues or mental health p

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‘Socialism Train’ Jamaican rocksteady band The Ethiopians deployed the sounds and rhythms of the railway in this upbeat number celebrating the hopes of working class power. ‘City to City’ Gerry Rafferty wrote and sang this song about the Glasgow to L

Stop the flow of profits Railways should be publicly owned, with income reinvested in services and infrastructure. Make short-distance transport free Paying for services through general taxation will encourage citizens to swap their cars for public t

International Transport Workers Federation itfglobal.org A global confederation of trade unions representing workers across the transport sector, including railways Australian Rail Tram and Bus Industry Union (RTBU) rtbu.org.au Sheet Metal, Air, Rail

FIVE LARGEST RAILWAY NETWORKS ADJUSTED FOR POPULATION (POPULATION PER KM TRACK)1 FIVE MOST POPULOUS COUNTRIES WITHOUT ANY RAILWAYS Somalia 15.9m UAE 9.2m Sierra Leone 8.1m Lebanon 6.9m Nicaragua 6.5m The world’s fastest railway is the high-speed Beij

LEADER: President João Lourenço (opinion polls predict he will be toppled by UNITA’s Adalberto Costa Júnior in the 24 August election). ECONOMY: GNI per capita $2,140 (in 2020) (Namibia $4,500, UK $39,830). Monetary unit: Kwanza (1 AOA = $0.0023). Ma

INCOME DISTRIBUTION ★✩✩✩✩ Inequality in Angola is still high (51.3 GINI index) with nearly half the population living on under $2 a day. A staggering 49% of the urban population live in musseques (informal settlements). LITERACY ★★★✩✩ Angola’s litera

TANSY: Of course it’s vital people make the most sustainable choices they can – but this is a small part of the equation and gets too much attention at the expense of collective political and systemic change. The last 40 years have seen a massive ris

Toby shows he doesn’t understand humanitarian principles when he says, ‘I believe that humanitarian aid must be neutral. By that I mean that it’s given to people in need regardless of their ethnicity, nationality, race, gender or political affiliatio

A debilitating heatwave swept through Western Europe in late June, with temperatures topping 40 degrees centigrade in much of France and the Iberian Peninsula. In Spain, wildfires triggered by the extreme heat burnt through more than 4,000 hectares o

Brazil is considered one of the world’s breadbaskets. Yet, the number of people who don’t have enough to eat has increased from 19 million to 33 million in the last two years, according to the Brazilian Research Network on Food and Nutrition Sovereig

What is the One World Calendar? The One World Calendar is a visual expression of shared humanity. Its purpose is to foster understanding of and empathy with the world’s diverse cultures and peoples. The images selected for the calendar are beautiful,

On 25 June, social activist Teesta Setalvad, a critic of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, was arrested. A Reuters report revealed that the police had accused her of tutoring witnesses, forging paperwork and fabricating evidence in cases pertaining to th

by Javier Zamora (One World Publications, ISBN 9780861544769) oneworldpublications.com In 1990, when Javier Zamora was one year old, his father escaped the bloody El Salvadorean civil war, taking the dangerous and illegal overland route into the Unit

At face value, the rise of bold, feminist-motivated TikTok videos in the age of #MeToo could signal the end of the State’s reliance on simplistic, awkward demonstrations of the condom-on-a-banana variety to teach children and adolescents about sex. T