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Let the beautiful world we’ve inherited remain beautiful for those, be they human, flora or fauna, who come after us.
Hands remember the skills and patterns of a lifetime. Text and photographs © Joseph Kary
These images are music between two notes
Photos by José Luis Aranda with commentary by Claudia Itzkowich The southern part of the Chihuahua desert is home to Wirikuta, the sacred land of the Wixáritari, who carry out ritual pilgrimages from the remote mesetas where […]
Conception, photos, commentary: Tilak Seth, Keya Dasgupta and Subhendu Dasgupta English text: Nilanjan Dutta
It was the shyness and shame in his voice that struck me full in the chest and had me weeping before I could even sit down.
Lost in the Idomeni refugee camp, a young Syrian girl stands in the mud holding a bag of bread for her family
He tells me that the government came to decontaminate his house simply by washing the walls and the roof.
The ambience of the demonstrations at Tahrir Square combined revolutionary edge with festive elements and scathing political humor.
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Editor’s note: San Cristóbal de las Casas, located in the central highlands of Chiapas, was catapulted into the limelight on 1 January 1994 when the Zapatista rebels chose it as one of four places in which to launch their revolution. […]
More than half of the population of Guatemala is indigenous, heirs of an ancient culture and trustees of centuries of ancestral knowledge and traditions. However, to be an indigenous person in Guatemala means, more often than not, to be a […]
Over the last few years, the intensity and breadth of the solidarity actions for Palestinian rights dramatically increased. The second Intifada was followed by a campaign of non-violent direct-action, popularized in the West Bank by a joint Palestinian-Israeli organization, the […]
Shatila is a part of the Lebanese war that will never be forgotten, but it is a part of Beirut that few want to remember. I’m an ex-resident of and a frequent visitor to Beirut, but I had never even […]
The artist would like viewers to profoundly feel her work, to establish a dialogue with what they see, what they know and what they live. Artist bio written by: Rene DetroyeMaterials: concrete, strawSize: Between 3 to 6 feet.
Text by Maria Worton This is a farewell kiss, you dog! This is from the widows, the orphans and those who were killed in Iraq. Here in Montreal, on December 20th, Block the Empire, a local collective working against occupation […]
Canadian multinational New Gold Inc. is operating a heavily-contested open pit gold and silver mine in Cerro de San Pedro, Mexico. For over 10 years, the residents of Cerro de San Pedro and the surrounding area have been fighting the […]
Mount Royal Park, designed by Olmsted of Central-Park-in-New-York-fame is an oasis of greenery right smack in the middle of the busy island-port of Montreal. From the Saint Lawrence River you can look up at what Montrealers fondly call “The Mountain” […]
