THE BIG STORY
The empire strikes back: Governments across the world are using terrorism laws to target protestors. Decca Muldowney traces the colonial history of this dangerous practice.
‘Love means fighting back’: resisting red-tagging: In the Philippines being labelled as a ‘communist’ can have deadly consequences. Iris Gonzales traces the ways journalists and activists are fighting back.
The repression spectacle: The case of the Ulm 5, and Germany’s wider crackdown on pro-Palestinian activism, has much to teach us, writes Julia Damphouse.
The power of terruqueo: Peruvian activists have developed a concept that can help us understand how to resist the equation of terrorism and activism, argues Oscar Berglund.
Solidarity forever: How do you cope with being accused of terrorism? For Ben Smoke that nightmare became a reality after an anti-deportation action at Stansted airport.
‘It’s a colonial word’: the son of a ‘terrorist’ speaks out: Arab Barghouti, the son of jailed Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti, tells Bethany Rielly what it was like growing up under the label of ‘terrorism’.

CURRENTS
Times are a-changin’: Albania’s revolt against corruption
Introducing... Abhijit Dipke and the Cockroaches: The Indian student stoking Gen Z discontent
Life-saving fire: Learning from Indigenous practices in Tasmania
Content, discontent: Kenya: AI worker protections or hot air?
Justice delayed: Reparations over murder investigation in Mexico
Warning: gas: The UK’s risky addiction to gas
A rare win: Argentina’s land-rights victory
Community demining: Lebanon: crowdsourcing against landmines
In the dock: Crackdown on Italian dockworkers continues
Legal limbo: Rwanda’s opposition leader silenced

REGULARS
Letter from Ramallah: Mariam Barghouti reports how increasing settler violence is paralysing Palestinian life across the West Bank.
Beware the fickle politician: Politicians may finally be talking tough on Palestine. But without action, it’s little more than solidarity-washing, NI Editors warn.
Country Profile: Benin
The Interview: Lawyer Mark Stephens discusses with Subi Shah how online platforms are enabling drug-enabled sexual violence.
Hall of Infamy: Japanese PM Sanae Takaichi loves heavy metal, hates rocking the conservative social order.
Agony Uncle: Gen Z won’t work themselves into the ground. Have they got it right?

COMMENT
View from India: Who is really winning in Kashmir? Not the people living on its dividing line, argues Tarushi Aswani.
Painting a target on social spending: If obscene military spending targets mean cutting hospitals and welfare, it’s time to reassess NATO membership, argues Kevin Cashman.
View from Brazil: The privatization of Brazil’s water utility has led to new dangers for its citizens, writes Leonardo Sakamoto.
View from Africa: International legal systems are falling short on war-time justice, argues Rosebell Kagumire.

FEATURES
Shuttered dreams: USAID cuts have killed off a successful HIV prevention programme in Botswana. Andrew Green meets those affected.
The long read: Into the void: Harold Isaac explains why Haiti’s deepest crisis is not gang violence but the long collapse of the state.