Mixed Media
Book, Film and Music Reviews
The Story of Stuff
Thanks to the combination of specialization and production chains that span the globe, we consumers rarely get to see the whole picture. This book joins the dots, showing the impacts of resource extraction on local communities and the environment, making the link between games consoles, civil war, rape and rainforest destruction.
Japanese Dub
The latest album from Jah Wobble and the Nippon Dub Ensemble.
Life During Wartime
Three Florida sisters with very different lives, all seeking love.
City of Life and Death
It’s only a feature film, and it’s shot in black and white, but City of Life and Death is an intense, indelible experience.
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ON THE NI SITE
Tony Blair - a bright shining lie*
Behind the smiles and peace awards stands a war-profiteer with a lot of answering to do, reckons Felicity Arbuthnot.
Somos pacifico!
Esme McAvoy meets Choc Quib Town, a rap trio putting Colombia’s Pacific on the (music) map.
Half truths and lies
There’s more to Colombia than the dark descriptions beloved of the international media. Benjamin Ball meets a man determined that his country should get the credit it deserves.
Against all odds
Somaliland voters recently braved terrorist threats against ‘the Devil’s practice’ and flocked to the polling booths. Stefan Simanowitz reports on elections in Somaliland, a country that ‘does not exist’.
The G20 fiasco
Heavy-handed doesn't even begin to describe it. Jeff Carolin, a legal aid worker caught in the police dragnet, recounts his experiences.
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FROM THE ARCHIVES
You couldn't make it up
The lunatic fringe of planet terror.
Why are they dying?
Wayne Ellwood investigates the case of the missing bees.
To craft a new society
A divided society needs new answers and new identities, argues Yasmin Alibhai-Brown.
Emmanuel Jal
Emmanuel Jal, celebrity rapper and ex-child soldier, talks to Rowenna Davis about why he is championing African education.
From the edge
A gay Iraqi, a Jewish Iranian and a Saudi feminist tell their stories
Beyond security theatre
Expert Bruce Schneier argues for security measures that actually work instead of theatrics.
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