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To fly or not to fly?
Aviation’s impact on climate change is disturbing. But what should we do about it? Chris Brazier interviews three campaigners – Adam Ma’anit, Mark Lynas and George Monbiot – and tries to decide.
Problems in paradise
Tourism is booming – and every country seems to want more. But, Chris Brazier wonders, do they see the pitfalls?
Brunei
There is a little hole on the wall of every office, restaurant, reception area, hotel lobby, shop – even in the humblest of the living rooms – which serves as a formidable metaphor for the vicissitudes of power, prestige and privilege in Brunei.
Egypt steps in
Arab state becomes peacemaker as conflict worsens
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Stevie Smith (1902-71)
British poet
Nelson Mandela (1918- )
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Benito Mussolini (1883-1945)
A speechmark on fascism
Elie Wiesel (born 1928)
A quote from his Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech
"When the rich wage war, it's the poor who die."
Jean-Paul Sartre (1905-1980), French writer and philosopher
Michael Parenti (1933 - ), US academic