With the US economy on life support, Asian countries have lost their major export market. Walden Bello wonders if domestic markets can take up the slack.
January 2009's Issue
The impending climate crisis will make the financial meltdown look like a teddy bear’s picnic - and it’s the world’s poor and marginalized who will suffer the most. We know what’s coming, and we have the means to prevent it. And yet we’re just staring climate oblivion in the face. As the world continues to belch out greenhouse gases, and governments and corporations champion false solutions, a movement for climate justice is building. Its aim is to tackle perhaps the greatest challenge of our troubled times - how we can dramatically reduce global emissions while at the same time raising the quality of life for the majority of the world’s people. This magazine will explore what can be done.
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Israel's eternal impunity
To justify itself, state terrorism creates terrorists: it sows hatred and harvests alibis, writes Eduardo Galeano.
- Eduardo Galeano
- 21 Jan 2009
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Victory, impunity and terror
Rahnuma Ahmed gives a cautious welcome to the result of the Bangladeshi election that brought an end to a two-year ‘state of emergency’.
- Rahnuma Ahmed
- 13 Jan 2009
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Why the Gaza war is a crime against the State of Israel
Uri Avnery considers the role of propaganda in the war on Gaza. The battle for the TV screen is one of the decisive battles of the war.
- Uri Avnery
- 12 Jan 2009
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Belarus
A country at the edge of Europe home to wolves, bears, lynx and Europe’s last dictator.
- Amanda Root
- 1 Jan 2009
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Diamonds are for never
Swiss mining company grabs Sierra Leone gems
- Peter Beckley and Sunit Bagree
- 1 Jan 2009
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A million mutinies
Sunita Narain looks to the environmentalism of the poor for answers.
- Sunita Narain
- 1 Jan 2009
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Degrees of delusion
Yang Ailun and David Spratt on why politicians are failing.
- David Spratt and Yang Ailun
- 1 Jan 2009
- 0
Concrete dreams
India’s middle class is becoming more antagonistic to the urban poor, says Jeremy Seabrook.
- 1 Jan 2009
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Four principles for climate justice
Social movements around the world are calling for urgent and radical action, broadly based on four main principles.
- 1 Jan 2009
- 0
Meltdown South
David Ransom examines the impact so far on the Majority World.
- David Ransom
- 1 Jan 2009
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Power politics
Stopping climate change will involve reversing some fundamental injustices, argues Jess Worth.
- Jess Worth
- 1 Jan 2009
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Che - Part 1, Che - Part 2
We get to see a lot of Che’s iconic look in over four hours of film, but sadly, though long on detail, it’s short on insight.
- Malcolm Lewis
- 1 Jan 2009
- 0
Leave it in the ground!
Activists Nnimmo Bassey and Mel Evans report from the frontline.
- Nnimmo Bassey and Mel Evans
- 1 Jan 2009
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A new, green, democratic deal
How the financial, social and environmental crises collide – the opportunities and the dangers. Susan George and Walden Bello get the debate going.
- Susan George and Walden Bello
- 1 Jan 2009
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Don't panic: take action!
You can play your part in the global movement for climate justice by getting involved in local and national campaigns wherever you are. Here are a few tips for taking effective climate action.
- Jess Worth
- 1 Jan 2009
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Mother-Earth! Father-Sky!
Mother-Earth! Father-Sky! by Huun-Huur-Tu featuring Sainkho
- Louise Gray
- 1 Jan 2009
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The Best of 2008
The best music, books and films from 2008
- New Internationalist Editorial
- 1 Jan 2009
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Homegrown energy
In Brazil, communities are forging their own solutions, reports Lucia Ortiz.
- Tom Goldtooth and Lucia Ortiz
- 1 Jan 2009
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Interview with Jeff Halper
The veteran activist Jeff Halper talks about his part in breaching the blockade of Gaza.
- Jeff Halper and Rowenna Davis
- 1 Jan 2009
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Mikheil Saakashvili
The democratic credentials of Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili are in tatters.
- New Internationalist Editorial
- 1 Jan 2009
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Tatiana Cardeal
Brazilian photographer Tatiana Cardeal on Kayapó body painting.
- Tatiana Cardeal
- 1 Jan 2009
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Aryan Outfitters
Business is booming for sinister seamstress
- New Internationalist Editorial
- 1 Jan 2009
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The real deal
Unless it is fair, we will never get a successful international climate agreement. Tom Athanasiou has rolled up his sleeves and produced a proposal for how it could be done.
- Tom Athanasiou
- 1 Jan 2009
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Healthcare crippled
Millions of African lives lost from shortfall in doctors.
- New Internationalist Editorial
- 1 Jan 2009
- 0
Remember, remember the fourth of November
New law gives animal rights campaigners reason to celebrate.
- New Internationalist Editorial
- 1 Jan 2009
- 0
Just or bust
Danny Chivers surveys the options for the Copenhagen climate talks in 2009, and asks if they can deliver climate justice.
- Danny Chivers
- 1 Jan 2009
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Climate Justice - The Facts
Climate change is causing human suffering all over the world and it’s the poorest of the poor who are going to be worst hit.
- Jess Worth
- 1 Jan 2009
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Fall-out in Kazakhstan
Fall-out from nuclear tet zone still killing Kazakhs.
- Elmira Gabidullina
- 1 Jan 2009
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