August 2003's Issue
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Featured in issue 359
A Hindu Temple Built Over 25 Years By Siewdass Sadhu Photo © Wyatt Gallery, By Arrangement With Alex Smailes
- 5 Aug 2003
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Songwriter musicmaker storyteller freak
Folksinger Ani DiFranco is undermining corporate patriarchy.
- Ani DiFranco
- 1 Aug 2003
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The Perfect Wife
mail-order Russian brides are all the rage in Beirut, according to Reem Haddad.
- Reem Haddad
- 1 Aug 2003
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How much fraud is too much fraud?
Elections in Africa can be fraught and fraudulent – but are still better than the alternative, says Ike Oguine.
- Ike Oguine
- 1 Aug 2003
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Verbicide
Resisting the brutalization of language, by Palestinian poet Mourid Barghouti.
- Mourid Barghouti
- 1 Aug 2003
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Interview with Stephen Kenny, lawyer for Guantanamo Bay detainee David Hicks
Interview with Stephen Kenny, lawyer for Guantanamo Bay detainee David Hicks.
- Chris Richards
- 1 Aug 2003
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Culture bandit
Music has always played an important role in Zimbabwe’s popular uprisings. Adam Ma’anit meets Thomas Mapfumo – one of the country’s most celebrated music agitators.
- Adam Ma'anit
- 1 Aug 2003
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John Howard
How Australian leader John Howard built his political fortune on refugee-bashing.
- Guy Rundle
- 1 Aug 2003
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Politics with soul
Radical music can be a powerful force for change. Adam Ma’anit explores the world of political music.
- Adam Ma'anit
- 1 Aug 2003
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Music Rebels
Political music pioneers Dmitri Shostakovich, Remitti, Víctor Jara, Cui Jian, Bob Marley, Fela Kuti, Mercedes Sosa and Miriam Makeba.
- New Internationalist Editorial
- 1 Aug 2003
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Pariah beats
Julian Silverman, explains how Dalit communities in India use music to subvert the caste system.
- Julian Silverman
- 1 Aug 2003
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No compromise: a tribute to nina simone
A tribute to Nina Simone/strong.
- New Internationalist Editorial
- 1 Aug 2003
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Even our enemies deserve music
Jeff Chang takes heart from a new generation of political musicians.
- Jeff Chang
- 1 Aug 2003
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