A small group of islands with a long history
'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!
Vote now to register your anger at the bank’s aggressive expansion into food speculation.
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?
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
The country’s first headcount of street children is complete. Now the government must act, says Gabriella Jozwiak.
Sumatra: this land is my land
A report from Indonesia on a dogged resistance by rural communities to plantation companies’ violent land-grabbing.
Magazine
‘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.
- Christoph Behrends
- Web
- 25 Jan 2012
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.
- Brett Scott
- Issue 449
- 24 Jan 2012
The credit union boom
Fed up with being fleeced, North Americans are flocking to co-operative savings societies. Wayne Ellwood reports.
- Wayne Ellwood
- Issue 449
- 22 Jan 2012
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.
- Libby Powell
- Issue 449
- 20 Jan 2012
Tents beyond tents
A cartoon introduction to life in the camps in and around Port-au-Prince.
- Chris Brazier
- Issue 449
- 18 Jan 2012
Best of the Arts 2011
We watched, we read, we listened: New Internationalist’s favourite films, books and music from last year.
- Vanessa Baird
- Issue 449
- 18 Jan 2012
Blogs
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.
- Mgcini Nyoni
- 27 Jan 2012
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.
- Nyan Storey
- 27 Jan 2012
Chinese police fire on Tibetan protesters
The brutal crackdown by the Chinese government must be stopped, says Pete Speller.
- Pete Speller
- 26 Jan 2012
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.
- Sokari Ekine
- 26 Jan 2012
Dow’s toxic waste heads for Mumbai
Environmentalists protest authorities’ shoddy disposal of hazardous waste from Bhopal. Jack Laurenson reports.
- Jack Laurenson
- 26 Jan 2012
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.
- Symon Hill
- 25 Jan 2012
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