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Tigers or Neutrinos

A huge new scientific experiment plans to go looking for tiny particles in the middle of India’s oldest Biosphere Reserve, moving mountains of rock and earth as it goes. Tarsh Thekaekara has his doubts about what is being done in the name of pure science.

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As if poetry mattered

Poems that confront human challenges – an international selection.

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Non-Iron Lady

Anna Chen explores the battle of the non-iron lady vs the planet-hating peacock with an ode to crinkles for good measure.

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Bust! the gambling boom

David Ransom finds a likeness between the addictions of gambling and the speculative impulses of capitalism.

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Farmers strike in Argentina

These are tough times for farmers in Argentina as Jaime Jacques discovers.

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Was Jesus Christ a revolutionary?

Jesus kept some shady political company. And his lifestyle has obvious radical resonance. But was he out to overthrow the state? Terry Eagleton examines the Gospels for evidence.

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From a scorched land

Two survivors from Karen state, where the Burmese military has been laying villages to waste, tell their stories.

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The barnstorming barista

Daniel Gross worked as a Starbucks barista for three years before being fired in 2006 for union activity. The Federal Government investigated his termination, concluding that it was illegal under US labour laws, but Starbucks have challenged that ruling.

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Divorcing the US

Shane Bauer went to Pine Ridge to find out why some Native Americans have ripped up the treaties and declared an independent country – Lakotah.

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Garden furniture for Europeans

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The people vs Starbucks

Starbucks has become an icon of globalization – and a target for protesters. It claims to strike a balance between ‘profitability’ and ‘a love of benevolence’. Rowenna Davis finds out if farmers, consumers and workers agree.

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Venturing Into The Impossible

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ON THE NI SITE

A Short History of Burma
A short history of Burma.

From a scorched land

Divorcing the US
Shane Bauer went to Pine Ridge to find out why some Native Americans have ripped up the treaties and declared an independent country – Lakotah.

Garden furniture for Europeans

Venturing Into The Impossible

China Panic
It’s official – according to new NI columnist Anna Chen– 2008 isn’t just the Year of the Rat and the Beijing Olympics. It’s also China Panic Year.

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FROM THE ARCHIVES

Breathless in Beijing
Sam Geall reports on broken promises at the Olympics.

The triumph of triviality
Our culture’s tolerance for seriousness has never been lower, argues John F Schumaker.

Kabul lives
A photographic tribute to a city that has plumbed the depths.

Edible Earth
In search of bright ideas, David Ransom begins by learning some very basic lessons about how to design a more sustainable, permanent culture.

The privatization of Patagonia
Rich foreign investors are buying up huge areas of Argentina’s southern wilderness. Tomás Bril Mascarenhas exposes the new conservation conquistadores.