The reality of the Armenian, Assyrian and Greek genocides cannot be denied, despite the efforts of Turkey and its allies, writes Lucine Kasbarian.
March 2010's Issue
Praying for business as usual in the corridors of power will never restore the myth of a self-correcting free market. High finance, the biggest of the winners from corporate globalization, over-inflated this false belief and then blew itself to bits, as if by accident. In this issue, the New Internationalist asks what remains and who’s left to clear up the mess. As national ‘taxpayers’ – that’s the rest of us, citizens – find themselves footing the bill into the indefinite future, the time has surely come to make way for more just and democratic systems – and a new internationalism. Fresh signs of life now spring most vigorously from a growing awareness that the Earth is not a toy boardroom globe but an endangered habitat that lives or dies by its intricate diversity, in a shared climate that’s changing beyond all recognition.
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Bringing the house down
In Kashmir, ‘collateral damage’ can mean losing everything in a matter of seconds, reports Dilnaz Boga.
- Dilnaz Boga
- 24 Mar 2010
- 0
The decline of social democracy
Why is it that, just as ultraliberal capitalism is floundering, social democracy is unable to step up to the plate? Ignacio Ramonet investigates.
- Ignacio Ramonet
- 16 Mar 2010
- 2
Longing to heal
Haitians must be allowed to rebuild their own futures on their own terms, argues Scott Weinstein, a nurse from Montreal who went to the island after the earthquake to help treat the injured.
- 10 Mar 2010
- 0
China’s neo-colonialism
Beijing is trumpeting a new free trade deal with its neighbours, but Walden Bello argues that the benefits are all likely to flow in one direction.
- Walden Bello
- 9 Mar 2010
- 1
A rural revolution
Brazil is one of the most unequal societies in the world. But, as Alex Kawakami tells Rowenna Davis, there is a movement for change – and it’s getting bigger.
- Rowenna Davis
- 5 Mar 2010
- 0
How (not) to survive the apocalypse
Anna Chen emerges from winter and wonders what happened to her backbone.
The Unit
Ninni Holmqvist’s début novel is a dystopia in the tradition of Margaret Atwood and Marge Piercy.
- Peter Whittaker
- 1 Mar 2010
- 0
Going Rouge - Sarah Palin - An American Nightmare
This book provides some amusing and insightful analysis of the way in which knee-jerk fundamentalism mixes with the celebrity sell to provide a personal narrative on which the hopes of the Republican Right have come to reside.
- Richard Swift
- 1 Mar 2010
- 0
Globalization on the rocks
David Ransom argues that a corporate shipwreck lies behind the collapse of financial markets.
- David Ransom
- 1 Mar 2010
- 0
The Headless Woman
Martel shows the mentality of people complicit in Argentina’s repression and ‘disappearances’.
- Malcolm Lewis
- 1 Mar 2010
- 0
To live...
New hope for international action on global warming has come from Bolivia, where President Evo Morales is convening a People’s World Conference on Climate Change. Vanessa Baird reports on a multifaceted initiative.
- Vanessa Baird
- 1 Mar 2010
- 1
The Idiot Cycle
The emotion is raw and the message simple: the ‘war on cancer’ is a hoax.
- Roxana Olivera
- 1 Mar 2010
- 0
Food, Inc.
This documentary raises the bar in not only looking good, but in putting it all in context.
- Malcolm Lewis
- 1 Mar 2010
- 0
The book dresser of Istanbul
Azad Essa meets a man who has dedicated his life to restoring books.
Tsikaya: Músicos do Interior
Assembled under the artistic directorship of Victor Gama, Tsikaya is a superb example of how music is rooted in the society it comes from.
- Louise Gray
- 1 Mar 2010
- 0
Somaly Mam
Somaly Mam has experienced the horrors of sexual slavery. She is now fighting to ensure other young women don’t.
- Roxana Olivera
- 1 Mar 2010
- 0
Shipwreck - the facts
The facts about globalization, world trade, unemployment, economic activity and the bailouts.
- 1 Mar 2010
- 0
Getting a grip on democracy
Richard Swift finds some traces in Egypt and Latin America.
- Richard Swift
- 1 Mar 2010
- 0
Crisis, crash, crunch - the lowlights
A sorry saga since corporate globalization got going in 1971.
- 1 Mar 2010
- 0
Deglobalization - reflections of a Filipino MP
For a decade Walden Bello has known what really has to be done.
- Walden Bello
- 1 Mar 2010
- 0
Downside up
The upside of markets that failed, suggests Indian economist Jayati Ghosh, is the chance to do better.
- Jayati Ghosh
- 1 Mar 2010
- 0
Transition towns - the art of resilience
Setting out towards a post-corporate, post-carbon world – Rowenna Davis reports.
- Rowenna Davis
- 1 Mar 2010
- 0
Top of the class
Rome is bucking the school dinner trend, providing its students with wholesome, organic fare.
- 1 Mar 2010
- 0
Learning while earning
Cairo’s ‘garbage people’ are improving their standard of living
- Jehan Casinader
- 1 Mar 2010
- 0
The pampered paws
A trip to the pedicurist reveals the changing face of Egypt’s middle class to Maria Golia.
- Maria Golia
- 1 Mar 2010
- 0
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