African leaders should stop trying to divert attention from their own shortcomings by pointing to white people’s wrongdoings, says Mgcini Nyoni.
Stop using white history as a smokescreen
- Mgcini Nyoni
- January 27, 2012
- New Internationalist Blogs
- 1
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
- January 27, 2012
- Radio New Internationalist podcasts
- 1
Chinese police fire on Tibetan protesters
The brutal crackdown by the Chinese government must be stopped, says Pete Speller.
- Pete Speller
- January 26, 2012
- New Internationalist Blogs
- 0
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
- January 26, 2012
- New Internationalist Blogs
- 0
Dow’s toxic waste heads for Mumbai
Environmentalists protest authorities’ shoddy disposal of hazardous waste from Bhopal. Jack Laurenson reports.
- Jack Laurenson
- January 26, 2012
- New Internationalist Blogs
- 1
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
- January 25, 2012
- New Internationalist Blogs
- 7
Save Yasuní - sign the petition
Add your name to those urging the UK government to support Ecuador’s initiative to keep the oil in the ground.
- Jo Lateu
- January 24, 2012
- New Internationalist Blogs
- 10
ACTA: undemocratic, dangerous and wrong
The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement goes one step further than just internet censorship, it can be used to restrict access to medicines for the poor, says Charlie Harvey.
- Charlie Harvey
- January 24, 2012
- New Internationalist Blogs
- 4
Norway snatches Indian children from their parents
Two young Indian children have been taken into care in Norway because their mother fed them with her fingers. Mari Marcel Thekaekara is appalled.
- Mari Marcel Thekaekara
- January 23, 2012
- New Internationalist Blogs
- 23
Banking on hunger: shame on you, Barclays!
Vote now to register your anger at the bank’s aggressive expansion into food speculation.
- Amy Horton
- January 22, 2012
- New Internationalist Blogs
- 3
New disaster looms for young survivors of Sendong
Filipino children made homeless after December’s tropical storm need proper care, writes Iris Gonzales.
- Iris Gonzales
- January 22, 2012
- The Majority World Blog
- 0
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