A young dance company is tackling tough issues through its performances, as its founder Kwame Asafo-Adjei explains.
Youth
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‘We are all Alfie Meadows’
Uproar as 21-year-old student, who suffered severe head injuries at the 2010 anti-fees protests, is hauled into court on violent conduct charges.
- Nick Harvey
- March 26, 2012
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Foreign Beggars
The artists from hip-hop group Foreign Beggars on street-rooted storytelling and why they won’t dumb down their music.
- Libby Powell
- March 1, 2012
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Young activists give the world a wake-up call
A new campaign proves that idealism and realism can go hand in hand, says Lara Smallman.
- Lara Smallman
- February 23, 2012
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From child soldier to civilian - a tough transition in Colombia
Having handed in their weapons, former child soldiers face a new battle - for acceptance into society. Seth Biderman reports.
- Seth Biderman
- January 1, 2012
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Cometh the moment, cometh the movie: Paul Goodman Changed My Life
As the the radical sociologist’s life is commemorated in a new film, Horatio Morpurgo wonders what words of encouragement he might have had for the #Occupy movement.
Filed in: History Social Change Society Youth
- Horatio Morpurgo
- November 11, 2011
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Pay your interns!
As a campaign is launched to stop the exploitation of interns, office manager Anna Weston explains the paid internship programme at New Internationalist.
Filed in: Co-operatives Trade Unions Work Youth
- Anna Weston
- November 3, 2011
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The boys in Brazil's favelas who shun violence
Gender activist Gary Barker sees young men who respect woman and are connected fathers.
- Nikki van der Gaag
- July 1, 2011
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Why?
Psychoanalyst Robert M Young puts fanaticism on the couch.
Filed in: Fundamentalism Islam Psychology Religion Youth
- August 1, 2004
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We expected better
The hopes of the post-communist young have been dashed on the shoals of transition realities. Irena Maryniak tells their story.
- Irena Maryniak
- April 1, 2004
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Theatre of the absurd
- Ioana Baetica
- April 1, 2004
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