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'Democracy does not apply to Aboriginal people'

'Democracy does not apply to Aboriginal people'

As the Aboriginal Tent Embassy marks its 40th birthday, rights activist Michael Anderson talks about past and current struggles.
Banking on hunger: shame on you, Barclays!

Banking on hunger: shame on you, Barclays!

Vote now to register your anger at the bank’s aggressive expansion into food speculation.
Grave concerns over Kashmir's security laws

Grave concerns over Kashmir's security laws

A grim discovery has exposed the military’s abuse of draconian powers, says Freny Manecksha.
Haiti: where did all the money go?

Haiti: where did all the money go?

More than $10 billion was raised worldwide for Haiti after the earthquake. But, two years on, what have NGOs done with all the cash?
Counting kids in Sierra Leone

Counting kids in Sierra Leone

The country’s first headcount of street children is complete. Now the government must act, says Gabriella Jozwiak.
Sumatra: this land is my land

Sumatra: this land is my land

A report from Indonesia on a dogged resistance by rural communities to plantation companies’ violent land-grabbing.

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Papua New Guinea

A small group of islands with a long history

‘Democracy does not apply to Aboriginal people’

To mark Australia Day on 26 January, Christoph Behrends talks to Aboriginal rights activist Michael Anderson about past and current struggles.

Has the ANC ushered in neo-apartheid?

As the African National Congress turns 100, Brett Scott criticises its failure to share South Africa’s prosperity with the poor.

The credit union boom

Fed up with being fleeced, North Americans are flocking to co-operative savings societies. Wayne Ellwood reports.

Israel evicts Bedouin villagers

More than 30,000 Bedouin, which the Israeli government call ‘squatters’, face eviction to make way for settlements, reports Libby Powell.

Tents beyond tents

A cartoon introduction to life in the camps in and around Port-au-Prince.

Best of the Arts 2011

We watched, we read, we listened: New Internationalist’s favourite films, books and music from last year.

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Stop using white history as a smokescreen

African leaders should stop trying to divert attention from their own shortcomings by pointing to white people’s wrongdoings, says Mgcini Nyoni.

Podcast: Haiti's colonial past still burdens

In part one of a special edition of the Radio NI podcast, Mario Joseph, Phillip Wearne and Anne McConnell talk about the historical context of Haiti’s problems.

Chinese police fire on Tibetan protesters

The brutal crackdown by the Chinese government must be stopped, says Pete Speller.

A year without David

A year after the LGBT rights activist David Kato was murdered in Uganda, Sokari Ekine writes to him about changes in Africa since his death.

Dow’s toxic waste heads for Mumbai

Environmentalists protest authorities’ shoddy disposal of hazardous waste from Bhopal. Jack Laurenson reports.

Occupy your soul! The Christian Left gets active

With a ring of prayer planned to protest the eviction of the Occupy camp at St Paul’s, the Christian Left is coming of age, says Symon Hill.

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