Tony Blair - a bright shining lie

Behind the smiles and peace awards stands a war-profiteer with a lot of answering to do, reckons Felicity Arbuthnot. Continue reading »

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Somos pacifico!

Esme McAvoy meets Choc Quib Town, a rap trio putting Colombia’s Pacific on the (music) map. Continue reading »

Photo by Jorge Orozco

Deemed dispensible

We allow animal species, languages and customs die out at our peril, says Sokari Ekine. Continue reading »

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Predators and scavengers

Richard Swift considers the nature of the human beast. Continue reading »

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Half truths and lies

There’s more to Colombia than the dark descriptions beloved of the international media. Continue reading »

Poto by: Benjamin Ball

The G20 fiasco

Heavy-handed doesn't even begin to describe it... Jeff Carolin recounts how the police treated him. Continue reading »

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Currents

Brutish Petroleum
While the world focuses on its catastrophic oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, BP is also coming under fire from Colombian workers

New Zealand does the right thing
International efforts to protect the rights of the world’s aboriginal communities gain strength.

Crackdown in Cairo
Egyptian politics heats up over Mubarak succession

Hands off our mother!
Unproven scientific ‘fixes’ for global warming are a major threat to the planet

David vs. Goliath
Judgment expected soon on historic environmental lawsuit

Logging off?
The fight is on to end illegal logging in the uniquely biodiverse ancient forests of Madagascar

Gone to bidder 70
Activist who scuppered oil and gas carve-up faces jail

War of the whales
Sea captain taken prisoner while attempting to stop Japanese whalers

THE NI BLOGS

Saving seeds
How the people who gave us Agent Orange, plutonium and Zyklon B gas now aim to feed the world.

Students revive CSR principles
Disillusioned by the corporate world's exploitation of CSR, turning good-willed principles into a business strategy and marketing tool in order to gain a competitive edge, and sick of companies purposely misusing terms such as organic, Fair Trade, and environmentally sustainable in order to sell their products (just like the "only 1% fat" trick…never mind about the 99% sugar), I set out to restore my optimism - surely there are people who practice CSR because they legitimately believe in the principles behind the concept? Turns out there is - and I did not have to look far to find them

All change!
The New Internationalist website is getting a facelift... so watch this space

Deemed dispensible
We allow animal species, languages and customs die out at our peril.

Africa betrayed
International intervention does nothing to help - even promises of aid are unfulfilled.

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