MINORITIES
The Heat of Meat
Brazil’s beef industry and global warming.
Why the world’s production and consumption of beef and dairy products are at the core of the fight over climate change.
13 Apr 2023
Western Thrace, Contested Space
Greece has a proud reputation as the birthplace of democracy, of government by the people, for the people.
But to the ethnic Turkish minority of Thrace in the country’s northeast, who say they have suffered decades of discrimination from the state, that is not how it often seems.
9 Apr 2020
Ukraine: Roma Repression
Eastern Europe’s Roma community has frequently been the victim of discrimination and prejudice, so xenophobic assaults are nothing new. But recent events in Ukraine are on a different scale to anything seen for years; stabbings, shootings, communities raided, homes burned to the ground, even a young Roma woman having her throat cut – all bearing witness to an epidemic of racial assaults that evoke memories of the dark days of World War II.
22 Nov 2018
Defiance of the Mapuche
The Mapuche of Argentina and Chile have been pushed to the brink of insurrection in defence of their ancient lands. Increasingly forceful Mapuche activists, determined to establish their rights through direct action, have clashed with correspondingly belligerent security forces – the latter egged on, say protesters, by right-wing, pro-business governments in both countries. After occupations, demonstrations, security raids, a rash of arson attacks on timber estates, the murder of activists by police, matters are beginning to spiral out of control.
11 Jan 2018
Under Northern Lights
In northern Scandinavia, locals are taking on mining giants in a bid to save an ancient environment and way of life.
Europe’s far north is a place of spectacular beauty, of mountains and forests, lakes and rivers, illuminated in winter by the ethereal glow of the Aurora Borealis or Northern Lights.
It is also home to an astonishing array of plants and animals which have survived largely thanks to the indigenous people of the area – the Sami.
28 Nov 2013
Panama: Village of the damned
Away from its busy capital city and famous canal, Panama is one of the world’s most ecologically diverse nations.
Yet huge new hydroelectric dam projects now underway are seeing pristine rivers damned and virgin rainforest flooded.
The government says it is vital for economic growth, big business is cashing in and even the UN has awarded carbon credits on the basis that the resultant energy will be ‘sustainably’ produced.
14 Apr 2012
Delta Force
This is the story of the Ogoni people’s courageous campaign against a military government and international oil interests. When the Ogoni began protesting the pollution and exploitation inflicted by the oil industry on their lands, they were met with swift and brutal repression. Nigeria’s military government faced global condemnation for its ruthless oppression of these Niger Delta communities. Villages were razed, inhabitants indiscriminately killed, and Ogoni leader and writer Ken Saro-Wiwa was imprisoned for over a year on dubious murder charges before being executed—all in the name of oil.
5 Nov 1995
Hell in the Pacific
The relationship between multinational mining corporations and the people of Papua New Guinea has been fraught with tension. Critics argue that pollution and human rights abuses have sparked open conflict with remote communities, as these corporations prioritize profit over environmental and social responsibility.
24 Nov 1994