Many Zambians feel that the flood of money from China has done nothing to improve their lives, as Andrew Bowman reports.
A harsh winter for China's discontented
Shuang Gho on the plight of those who dare to complain against abuses by the authorities.
Is the European Union damaging to democratic rights?
Read two opposing arguments and join the debate.
A rare victory for Western Sahara
The European Parliament has voted down a proposed one-year extension to the fisheries deal between the EU and Morocco. Chris Brazier reports.
Magazine
Film review: We Were Here
A compassionate and inspiring film about the AIDS epidemic in 1980s San Francisco.
- Malcolm Lewis
- Issue 448
- 30 Dec 2011
Arms trade infographic
The ‘war on terror’ saw the west splurge its peace dividend in a frenzy of arms spending. Check out some astonishing facts and figures…
- Dinyar Godrej
- Issue 448
- 28 Dec 2011
Book review: Who Killed Hammarskjöld?
Fifty years after the UN Secretary-General’s death, are we any closer to the truth?
- Peter Whittaker
- Issue 448
- 27 Dec 2011
Film review: Resistance
What if the Germans had invaded the Welsh valleys during the Second World War?
- Malcolm Lewis
- Issue 448
- 26 Dec 2011
Is the European Union damaging to democratic rights?
Anti-poverty campaigner John Hilary and politics professor Carlos Closa go head-to-head - read their arguments and join the debate.
- John Hilary
- Issue 449
- 22 Dec 2011
Haiti’s decision to rearm is an obstacle to peace, development and freedom
Costa Rica’s former President Oscar Arias Sanchez – who was instrumental in abolishing his own country’s army – explains why.
- Oscar Arias Sanchez
- Web
- 21 Dec 2011
Blogs
Podcast: Mark Schuller on Haiti after the earthquake
Mark Schuller, an expert on the relief effort after Haiti’s 2010 earthquake, talks about the positive and negative aspects of NGO relief work in the two years since.
- Mark Schuller
- 3 Jan 2012
A harsh winter for China’s discontented
Complainants against abuses by Chinese authorities are forced to sleep rough in sub-zero temperatures and those that help them are harassed by police, reports Shuang Gao.
- Shuang Gao
- 21 Dec 2011
The Arctic will burn
Predicting the effects of global warming is never easy, says Zoe Cormier. But the signs are not good.
- Zoe Cormier
- 21 Dec 2011
Occupy London goes to court
On 19 December Occupy London went to court for the beginning of their eviction proceedings and scored some early points, reports Jamie Kelsey-Fry.
- Jamie Kelsey-Fry
- 20 Dec 2011
President parties while the Philippines mourns
Where is Benigno Aquino’s empathy for his people? asks Iris Gonzales.
- Iris Gonzales
- 20 Dec 2011
Why we need imagination in medicine
People are not dying of HIV and TB because there is no cure but because medicine can be stubbornly inflexible, explains Anna Hughes.
- Anna Hughes
- 19 Dec 2011
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