December 1980
Issue No. 094
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Trouble in Paradise
Behind the tourist brochures, palm trees and tropical sun is another Caribbean one distorted by its colonial past and unsure of its future. Issue editor Wayne Ellwood reports.
America's blind spot
The New Internationalist looks at US attempts to build a coconut curtain around the Cuban revolution.
Drowning in petrodollars
Trinidad's vast oil wealth has not lead to development says Jeremy Taylor.
The Giants are Vulnerable
The Epica Task Force details Jamaica's important victory against the multinational bauxite companies.
The Enterprise of the Indies
A visual guide to the Caribbean's colonial past.
Babylon, 'JAH' and the holy herb
The Rastafarian movement has become an important rallying point for the Caribbean's poor. Joseph Owens investigates.
New jewel in the Spice Isle
Wayne Ellwood probes the policies of Grenada's new popular revolutionary government.
Interview with Maurice Bishop
The New Internationalist spoke to Grenada's Prime Minister Maurice Bishop in his St. George's office. The following are excerpts from that interview.
Odd man out
Greg Chamberlain reports on the terror and corruption of Haiti's Duvalier dictatorship.
A sort of betterment
Lennox Grant talks to the Dyers of Ottawa, one of thousands of Caribbean families who have emigrated in search of a better life.
Back to the land
The New Internationalist meets some young Jamaicans who believe small-scale, cooperative fanning is the only way for the Caribbean to conquer unemployment.
Worth reading on... The Caribbean
Books worth reading on The Caribbean
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A monthly guide to action groups around the world.
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Paying the piper
Aid without strings
Withering palms
Mauritania, on the west coast of Africa, has an interior with a large deposit of iron ore, nomads, oases, hundreds of thousands of date palms, and an awful lot of Sahara sand. Water, a scarce commodity, is the key to power.
Rebel without a cause
Sanjay Gandhi's brief spell in politics from 1975-80 was as controversial as the crash which killed him.
Time for a coup
Not satisfied with other methods of destroying Bolivia's trade union movement, the military junta has ordered that its greatest symbol - the headquarters of COB, the Bolivian Worker's Union - be razed to the ground and replaced by a parking lot.
Kicking the habit
Life without multinationals. Still a dream, but can it come true?
Adjusting the set
Many people, including broadcasters themselves, have been complaining for a long time that British television is too parochial.
Book Reviews
Laugh? This'll kill you
This month's reviews look at two books arguing the case against nuclear arms, and at a sceptical assessment of the impact of Appropriate Technology. Review Editor: Anuradha Vittachi.
The Communist Manifesto
...being the book that became the bible to one third of the world
Country Profile
Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad has been producing oil for more than 70 years. It was just another natural resource until the price rises of 1973 when the country's revenues soared and the sudden transition into middle income status brought many of the ills of the industrialized world.
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Voices from the margins:
Multimedia: video, podcasts, and more.
- Poetry Slam in Zimbabwe
- The House of Hunger poetry slam held in Zimbabwe in 2006, and organised by the Pamberi Trust, showcased young artists performing inspirational work on issues from corporate power to child soldiers. The video features four of the poets.
Published by Pambazuka News.
- Iranian women speak out
- 3 March 2007, London. Women's rights activists marched through the English capital last week to celebrate International Women's Day with a protest against the misogyny of the Islamic regime in Iran and the threat of invasion by the US. Hear the voices of Iranian feminists Azar and Leila Parnian and the sounds of the demonstration as it passed through the heart of the city. Click here to learn more about the campaign.
Produced by Heidi Bachram.
- Raised Voices audio:
- Benny from West Papua on Corporate Power
- Vinayan from India on agriculture
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