Video: Peter Tatchell speaks on economic democracy

The closure of ERT is a litmus test for the Greek left Nicholas Vrousalis argues that the left must not only defend Greece's state broadcaster, but raise the demand for workers' control

Brazil: This is about public transport fares – but it’s about much more too Sean Purdy, an activist in São Paulo’s Free Fare Movement, gives an update on events in Brazil

Brazil: protests highlight the gulf between politicians and the people Tom Gatehouse reports on the movement sweeping Brazil

Why we must intervene and compete with the capitalist media Holly Rigby reports from the launch of a new radical media project in Scotland

Yoga and politics Davy Jones, a yoga teacher and political activist in Brighton, draws an unusual link

Biomass: the trojan horse of renewables? The government plans to make up to three quarters of the UK's renewable energy target with biomass – but it falls short of the mark, says Almuth Ernsting of Biofuelwatch

‘In Gezi Park there is free food, medical care, a kids’ area and a library’ Ece Bulut gives us the latest from Istanbul’s Gezi Park, and looks at how the movement is organising – and changing people

Video: The story of the No Dash for Gas 21 In November 2012 twenty-one environmental activists shut down and occupied EDF-owned West Burton gas fired power station. For 8 days they remained on top of two chimneys, stopping 20,000 tons of carbon dioxide being emitted. This is their story

No Dash For Gas activists told to do (more) community service Joel Benjamin reports as climate campaigners avoid jail sentences

This is the week Labour turned its back on the welfare state As Ed Miliband backs a cap on benefits spending, Tom Walker says that the more you read of Labour’s new welfare policies, the worse it gets

Brazil: The giant has awoken Matthew Richmond writes on Brazil's growing mass movement

North Korea: War games gone wrong Tim Beal examines the US ‘playbook’ miscalculations that underlie the current US-North Korea crisis

The day Greece’s TVs went dark Hilary Wainwright reports from Thessaloniki on what happened when the state ordered Greece’s state broadcaster to shut down

Winning at Walmart The OUR Walmart campaign has been shaking up labour organising in the US. As they prepared for their current strike, Alex Wood spent a month with the people behind a new kind of fightback

Toxic gas: why we need to stop fracking Tony Bosworth and Helen Rimmer report on plans to expand fracking across the UK and look at why we need to leave shale gas in the ground