As we watch in horror as an immense refugee crisis unfolds in Ukraine, this seems like an apt time to remind ourselves of the often untold plight of undocumented migrants around the world. …

It feels like misdirection that the climate movement continues to view the crisis in reductive terms: the earth heats and then people die. There is a critical stage that is overlooked and inevitably comes before: conflict. The situation in Afghanistan is a testament to how this pernicious cycle plays out…

I’ve been reflecting constantly about the role I have adopted as an activist over the past months. I’ve been compelled to; because of the tumultuous results of my activism on every single aspect of my life. There is no hiding place when the emotional toll of fighting seemingly insurmountable fights…

By Sanyaolu Juwon and Manthan Pathak For readers discovering the hyper-violent political situation in Nigeria for the first time: identified as one of the most corrupt and terrorised countries on earth, as well as scoring highly on many other undesirable metrics, Nigeria is the definition of a failed state. It…

“Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,I lift my lamp beside the golden door!” — Emma Lazarus Utopia What kind of society do we aspire to? Is it one where we only…

Dear reader, I need to tell you this before I start: I don’t have ‘green’ fingers. I have brown, clumsy, and often downright obtuse fingers. In fact, I made a secret promise with Nature a long time ago that I wouldn’t kill it by trying my hand at growing things…

Sanyaolu Juwon and Manthan Pathak Since 8 October 2020, ordinary Nigerians have been taking to the streets, peacefully demanding an end to police brutality, extrajudicial executions and extortion by the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), a unit of the Nigerian police tasked with fighting violent crimes. They have been met with…

I’d like to preface this article with a statement of intent: my words are not meant to be an attack on Extinction Rebellion, particularly at a time when the union of passion, urgency, and sense of purpose that embodies so much of what XR represents is most critically needed. It…

WARNING: the thoughts that follow aren’t based entirely on climate science and come from a distinctly political and sociological point of view. They veer dramatically from what we’ve come to think of as the essential Extinction Rebellion narrative. If this contradicts being ‘on message’ forgive me. …