We need to talk about faeces
As part of World Water Day on 22 March 2013, Sokari Ekine writes on the clean water and sanitation crisis facing Haiti.
View ArticleThe New Internationalists: where are they now?
Aminatou Haidar, from Western Sahara; Rigoberta Menchú, from Guatemala; Mari Marcel Thekaekara, from India; and Domitila Barrios de Chungara, from Bolivia.
View Article‘Secret courts’ jeopardize justice
Simon Crowther argues that the use of ‘closed material’ as evidence is unfair to those who may have suffered grave human rights abuses.
View ArticleAlgerian gas plant terror: the real story
Used to justify Western military in North Africa, we have not been told the truth about the Tiguentourine attack reveals Jeremy Keenan.
View ArticleBritain’s ‘generation rent’ breaks its silence
Bethan Staton is one of the activists taking action against London letting agents to demand affordable and secure homes for all.
View ArticleForget about winning, Lefties
Shimri Zameret on why he thinks national struggles for social justice are failing to bring true international solidarity among workers.
View ArticleFoodbanks cannot solve poverty
And they mark a dangerous regression from food-as-right to food-as-charity, argues Tom Belger.
View ArticleBoston? Yes. Arusha? No thank you
Virgil Hawkins compares media coverage of two bombings and argues that some victims are considered more ‘newsworthy’ than others.
View ArticleKeep British universities fossil fuel free
Oxford University’s partnership with Shell has provoked protest –and there’s more to come, explains People Planet’s Louise Hazan.
View ArticleSold to the sea: trafficking in the Thai fishing industry
Migrants who escape violent, unpaid work can face a corrupt legal system
View ArticleIntroducing New Internationalist for iPad
We've been working hard to produce a beautiful new iPad app, and it's finally ready for use
View ArticleSpies and the prism of lies
PRISM’s nothing new,it’s just the latest reveal of spy agencies’ ability –which they take to be a right – to monitor us all, says Robin Tudge.
View ArticleGreece’s public broadcaster: another death foretold
The sudden closure of ERT after over 60 years is another indicator that the country is at risk of nihilism, writes Petros Diveris.
View ArticleDebt – a global scam
The actions of creditors are key to debt crises, argues Dinyar Godrej.
View ArticleBarclays says no to remittance ‘lifeline’
The decision to close the accounts of money transfer providers is a crisis for many families in Somalia and beyond, writes Farhan Hassan.
View ArticleIndia, porn and sexual violence
Links between pornography and some despicable crimes are clear, argues Mari Marcel Thekaekara.
View ArticleThe case of Ban Mae Surin: tragic accident or foul play?
Daniel Pye and Saw C Rogers investigate a suspicious fire which killed 37 Burmese refugees in Thailand.
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