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As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine grinds, philosophers, poets, anarchists and soldiers contemplate what they have lost, and ...

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“Many of our trade union members went to the front from the first days of the war to defend their families, their cities, and ...

Russia is abusing and raping children in the occupied territories, warns centre dedicated to rescuing families ...

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Anti-trafficking has always been the handmaiden of Global North power, never its rebellious daughter. Let’s change that ...

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NGO said it could lose EU cash after we revealed it won reproductive health grant despite abortion disinformation ...