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Out mid October
Shopping guides: AI tools, Social media platforms, Web browsers, Search engines
Features: Big Tech and Big Military
Resisting the Big Tech takeover
Alternatives to Big Tech
Shopping guides: Sunscreen, Shampoo, Soap and shower gel, Toilet paper
Features: Forced labour in everyday products
Equity fines not cash fines for corporations
Travel & Transport Shopping guides: Electric Cars, Bicycles, Travel Booking Companies
Plus: guide to Fast Food Chains
Features: Palestinian dates for Ramadan
Our new Community Best Buy accreditation scheme
Corporate power and the climate catastrophe
Tea & Coffee Shopping guides: Coffee, Tea, Coffee Shops
Plus: guides to Cooking Oil and Olive Oil
Features: Amazon & Palestine
Challenging Corporate Power through community ownership
Alternatives to Amazon Shopping guides: Bookshops, Ethical Online retailers, Music Streaming
Plus: Chocolate
Features: Our new ratings column on Israel-Palestine
Our latest Climate Gap report
Challenging corporate power - buying and boycotts
Shopping guides: Energy suppliers, Heat pumps, Boilers, Solar panels
Features: Migrant fruit & veg workers in Spain
The partnership between Amazon and Trump
Converting for-profit corporations to co-ops and social enterprises
Shopping guides: Ethical Pensions, Ethical Investment Funds, Stocks & Shares ISAs, Innovative Finance ISAs, Alternative Investments, Home & Car Insurance
Features: The unis and councils buying from Amazon
The power corporations have over governments
Shopping guides: Current Accounts, Savings Accounts, Mortgages
Features: Which banks are supporting Israel?
Imagining a world without corporate power
Shopping guides: Broadband, Mobile phone networks, Email providers, TV & video streaming
Feature: What does AI mean for human rights and climate breakdown?
Shopping guides: Meat-free alternatives, Plant Milk, Vegan Cheese, Beans & pulses
Feature: forced migrant labour in Taiwan
Shopping guides: Mobile Phones, Laptops, Binoculars & Sports Optics, Eggs & Egg Replacers
Feature: Our latest consumer climate gap report
Shopping guides: Dairy Milk, Butter & Spreads, Supermarket, Ethical Food Shops
Feature: Are B Corps any good?
Shopping guides: Washing Machines, Laundry Detergent, Washing-up Liquid, Fridges & Freezers
Feature: Olympic scale tax avoidance
Shopping guides: Outdoor clothing, Shoes, Trainers, Sportswear
Feature: Palestine solidarity - brands to avoid and alternative brands to buy
Shopping guides: High Street Clothing, Ethical Clothing, Underwear, Jeans
Feature: Economic crisis hits ethical spending - the state of the ethical market.
Shopping guides: Shampoo, Skincare, Makeup, Deodorant, Toothpaste
Feature: Profiting from refugees' misery - the private companies housing asylum seekers