El Salvador: you couldn’t just sit there and watch
Cornelia Gräbner describes an extraordinary set of documents which capture the most intense and dangerous phase of repression in El Salvador, leading up to the 1992 Peace Accords.
Britain and South America’s shared histories in Shafik Meghji’s ‘Small Earthquakes’
From the author of LAB's bestselling 'Crossed Off the Map' comes the brand new 'Small Earthquakes', which uncovers the fascinating story of Britain’s forgotten...
Despite global repression, Indigenous-led environmental movements fight on
Under the guise of national security and economic growth, governments and corporations worldwide are escalating legal strategies to suppress Indigenous activists and organizers.
According...
HIJOS: 30 years for Identity and Justice
Influenced by the example of the Madres y Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo, in 1995, HIJOS - Sons and Daughters for the Assertion of Identity and Justice Against Oblivion and Silence - became a powerful voice in the struggle against impunity in Argentina, enabling hundreds of young people to find a safe space to speak up and reconstruct their identity.
Justice denied: obstetric violence in Argentina
The extreme backlash against feminism and subsequent attack on women's rights by the government in Argentina has impacted women in different ways. One victim...
Equality under attack in Argentina
‘People are feeling impotent; marching raises our hopes’, says Claudia Hasanbegovic, the femicide lawyer WRV's Marilyn Thomson spoke to for this alarming piece on...
Mapuche community accused of arson with scant evidence
Moira Millán’s community, Lof Pillañ Mahuiza, has been targeted and raided by government authorities. This piece was republished from the Esperanza Project, who translated...
A turning-point in the resistance to Milei?
The march on 1 February was a diverse mobilization that cut across class divides and brought together all those affected by Milei’s policies.
Javier Milei’s...
From Milei to Mileism
I am the mole that destroys the state from within.’ The phrase, uttered by Argentinian President Javier Milei describes his ultra-libertarian populist mission. Reality, particularly the economy may not agree, argues Pablo Stafanoni.
The mess in Argentina
Argentines who have grown up in the last 30 years have done so in a country that has been constantly in crisis, besieged by inflation, recession, and poverty. But Milei's radical libertarian economic reforms are creating even more of a mess.












