A whiff of betrayal
Jia-Ren Tan charts how the Malaysian state has plundered the fruits of the labours of the country’s family farms. In April 2025, state enforcement officers arrived in Raub—a highland town …
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Big Tech’s “AI for good” spending increases in Africa. So does skepticism
Google, Meta, and Microsoft continue to invest in AI models to handle issues from wildfires to maternity deaths in Africa. Experts say such projects could complicate Africa’s digital infrastructure and …
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Subjugate to accumulate
Classical economics developed at a time when slavery, colonialism and empires were the norm, but such relationships never get mentioned in the great works that have shaped the discipline of …
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Trump’s Greenland problem
As the president-elect’s call to buy—or take—a sovereign country moves from punchline to possibility, a look at the real stakes of the Arctic’s mounting cold war. When Donald Trump Jr. …
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Shock and ore
Public trust through shared prosperity is the key to a fast transition to a green economy. But Joan Carling and Phil Bloomer ask: are we, instead, entering an age of …
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Oil’s not well
Adam Hanieh is a Professor of Political Economy. His latest book, Crude Capitalism, aims to help us understand the nature of the fossil fuel economy, which he considers essential for …
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The long and winding road
Anja Mihr is a political scientist based in Germany and Kyrgyzstan, which happens to be next door to China, where she is no longer welcome—it is worth a look at …
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UK government climate ‘aid’ set to displace indigenous villagers in India
“We are saying with folded hands that the only thing that we want is our lands to be saved. And if not land, then at least our houses.” The Canary spoke …
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How artificial intelligence is recolonising the Global South
Patricia Gestoso tells how the Global North exploits poverty and weak laws in the South to accelerate its digital transformation. The hype around idyllic tech workplaces that originated in Silicon …
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Coal, climate and the circle of injustice
First there were slaves, then there were coal-fired machines, then there was climate change wreaking havoc on the descendants of the slaves. Jeremy Williams goes around a vicious circle. Friday …
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