GUIDE TO THIS MONTH'S ARTICLES - Jan / Feb 2020

This edition is about borders, refugees and migrants.

Read this article about 3 groups that help support and protect illegal immigrants:

• Speak Out: Solidarity with People on the Move

Is it possible that in the future all countries will open their borders? Let's imagine...

• Open borders, 2050

Extinction Rebellion protest about governments not taking action on the climate emergency. Not everyone agrees with the way they protest and their tactics. Read a discussion about whether they are doing things well or badly:

• Has Extinction Rebellion got the right tactics?

Australia is burning. But the cause of the problem started 30 years ago, Read how and why:

• Australia on fire

When we switch on the TV, we see protests everywhere in the world. Why?

• The failed promise of liberal democracy

Waste pickers in India do a difficult job and also help to fight climate change. But they work in terrible conditions. Find out why:

• India’s invisible green warriors

An architect moved from Cape Town to Johannesburg. He writes about the wonderful and strange city.

• Letter from Johannesburg

About 369,000 people are modern slaves in Brazil - 1 in 555 of its population Find out why:

• Modern-day slavery in the Amazon

• A museum for the working class in Brazil

In Rio de Janeiro in Brazil the favelas have a bad name. But now the people in the favelas are telling their own true story of where they live.