Three stories of courageous women fighting cruelty and repression in Papua by Carole Reckinger.
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Feminism
Aid
Should foreign investment replace aid for Africa?
Donu Kogbara and Dereje Alemayehu go head to head - join the debate in this month’s Argument.
- New Internationalist
- 1 Sep 2011
- 11
Applause: Avaaz
Avaaz, the largest global movement on the web, is giving the world a voice.
Culture
The silver screen behind the Spring
Feature films can tell us much about the cultural background to recent events in North Africa and the Middle East. Malcolm Lewis has been watching some of them.
- Malcolm Lewis
- 1 Oct 2011
- 0
Interview with Arundhati Roy
Arundhati Roy speaks out: on the moral police of India’s anti-corruption campaign, on the silence surrounding civil wars, and on despotism and democracy.
- Arundhati Roy
- 1 Sep 2011
- 3
Environment
Is the world’s population really a timebomb?
The UN estimates there will be seven billion of us on this planet by the end of October. But talk of a ‘population explosion’ is alarmist, says Nick Harvey
- Nick Harvey
- 31 Oct 2011
- 1
Who is to blame for the Somali famine?
Is it the US government? Is it Al Shabab? Is it the UN? Sally Healy argues it is the result of a collective failure.
- Sally Healy
- 1 Oct 2011
- 0
Food
The food rush
Maize and wheat are hot assets, right up there with gold. But since investors piled into food markets, the poorest can no longer afford to eat. Hazel Healy gets to grips with the commodity speculators.
- Hazel Healy
- 1 Nov 2011
- 2
Where now for biofuels?
Can fuel crops ever be sustainable? Danny Chivers gives us the lowdown.
- Danny Chivers
- 1 Jul 2011
- 0
Health
Is animal testing necessary to advance medical research?
Pro-testing activist Laurie Pycroft and Helen Marston, who heads an organization that campaigns against the use of animals, focus on the key issues. Join the debate!
- 1 Jun 2011
- 66
Is it ever right to buy or sell human organs?
Join the debate as US psychiatrist Sally Satel goes head-to-head with Jeremy Chapman, President of the Transplantation Society.
- Sally Satel and Jeremy Chapman
- 1 Oct 2010
- 14
Politics
Niall Ferguson, defender of the one per cent
By championing Wall Street, Niall Ferguson once again gets it wrong at exactly the right moment, says Mark Engler.
- Mark Engler
- 3 Nov 2011
- 1
Greek debt: drastic haircuts and uncertain regrowth
As the European economic rollercoaster has the markets holding their breath, Michael Burke considers the relation of profits and ‘austerity’.
- Michael Burke
- 2 Nov 2011
- 0
Regions
Niall Ferguson, defender of the one per cent
By championing Wall Street, Niall Ferguson once again gets it wrong at exactly the right moment, says Mark Engler.
- Mark Engler
- 3 Nov 2011
- 1
Greek debt: drastic haircuts and uncertain regrowth
As the European economic rollercoaster has the markets holding their breath, Michael Burke considers the relation of profits and ‘austerity’.
- Michael Burke
- 2 Nov 2011
- 0
Science
Where now for biofuels?
Can fuel crops ever be sustainable? Danny Chivers gives us the lowdown.
- Danny Chivers
- 1 Jul 2011
- 0
Biofuels - the good, the bad and the ugly
From wood to algae, biofuels have been around for years. But they’re not necessarily all they’re cracked up to be. Danny Chivers has the low-down.
- Danny Chivers
- 1 Jul 2011
- 3
Society
Are religious schools bad for society?
Humanist Andrew Copson and feminist Catholic theologian Tina Beattie go head-to-head - read their arguments and join the debate.
- New Internationalist
- 1 Nov 2011
- 19
Why Evo Morales did a U-turn on the TIPNIS Amazon highway
Georgiana Keate reports on a victory for indigenous people in Bolivia, who are forcing their president to honour his word.
- Georgiana Keate
- 28 Oct 2011
- 1
Spirituality
Are religious schools bad for society?
Humanist Andrew Copson and feminist Catholic theologian Tina Beattie go head-to-head - read their arguments and join the debate.
- New Internationalist
- 1 Nov 2011
- 19
Pakistan on the edge of hope
Despite its turbulent past, Ziauddin Sardar finds reasons for optimism in Pakistan’s future.
- Ziauddin Sardar
- 1 Sep 2011
- 0
War and Peace
Killing Gaddafi: the death of legal justice
First it was Saddam, then bin Laden and now Gaddafi. The West gets its man but loses its humanity, says Felicity Arbuthnot.
- Felicity Arbuthnot
- 25 Oct 2011
- 10
The DSEi arms fair: merchants of death go shopping
From 13 to 16 September some 25,000 delegates will visit Britain’s largest arms fair. It’s a big, and decidedly dirty, business.
