A revolution can be taken to mean a change in the economic power structure of a society but, as Donald Sassoon points out in “Revolutions”, this hardly applies to the American War of Independence. Sean Sheehan It does, however, serve to describe the spirit and the substance of […]
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Guardians of the Amazon in the crosshairs
Protectors of Indigenous territories in the Peruvian Amazon face threats from drug traffickers, loggers, illegal miners and others seeking to exploit their resources. Since 2013, several defenders have been murdered, and dozens remain under threat of death. At least 43 Amazonian Indigenous leaders appear to be lined up on […]
The Lancet faces its first strike over a pay dispute
The walkout on 22 September will be the first strike in The Lancet’s 200-year history, after staff overwhelmingly rejected the company’s pay offer. Members cite rising workloads, inflation and declining real-terms salaries, while Elsevier, the journal’s owner, reported £1.035 billion in adjusted operating profit in 2025. National Union of […]
The painful and invisible wounds of the migrant exodus
Migration is a social fact and consequently, it affects the whole of society. It is a process that creates change for those who emigrate, for those who accept immigrants and for the families who stay behind in the native country.
Salvadoran immigrants in the US: deportation looms
More than 170 thousand beneficiaries of TPS will lose their work permits if the programme ends. They have brought up citizens, bought homes and paid $1.5 billion in taxes annually. The end of the programme would leave El Salvador without 25% of its remittances. A week ago, the United States celebrated Labor Day in a context in which immigrants, the force that sustains […]
















