New Internationalist

Corporations vs. communities: a tale of two meetings

Corporations vs. communities: a tale of two meetings

Morten Thaysen reports from the World Social Forum on two radically different paths for the future of our food.
Help put BP on trial for gross deception!

Help put BP on trial for gross deception!

A detective flashmob at the British Museum will expose Big Oil’s dirty secrets. Chris Garrard invites you to join in.
Should voting be compulsory?

Should voting be compulsory?

Mathew Lawrence and Uri Gordon go head to head.
Foreign mercenaries will worsen the Boko Haram insurgency

Foreign mercenaries will worsen the Boko Haram insurgency

Andrew Noakes cautions against intervention in Nigeria.
Use the power of the people to challenge the people in power!

Use the power of the people to challenge the people in power!

The NGO sector must support activism, not governments. Ben Phillips sees positive signs of this happening.

Top stories

Is Monsanto on the side of science?

Claire Robinson looks at what has happened to scientists who dare to say GM foods are not safe.

Britain’s disbelieved dream of better futures

Unaccompanied children seeking asylum are often accused of lying by those who should be helping them, reports Heenali Patel.

Foreign mercenaries will worsen the Boko Haram insurgency

Andrew Noakes cautions against intervention in Nigeria.

Should voting be compulsory?

Mathew Lawrence and Uri Gordon go head to head.

Take action on renewables

Some ideas and starting points on how you can help build a cleaner, fairer energy future.

Worldbeater... Narendra Modi

The self-aggrandizing Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi.

Welcome to The Jungle

Over 2,000 migrants are gathered in a Calais refugee camp for one reason alone: to reach Britain or die trying. James Rippingale reports.

Blogs

Democracy for sale

March’s podcast looks at how our politics are too heavily reliant on tax haven-friendly donors.

Corporations vs. communities: a tale of two meetings

Morten Thaysen reports from the World Social Forum on two radically different paths for the future of our food.

Help put BP on trial for gross deception!

A detective flashmob at the British Museum will expose Big Oil’s dirty secrets. Chris Garrard invites you to join in.

Meat-eating? Opt out!

Amit Singh suggests a step back from our heavy meat consumption.

Sometimes it’s hard to be a woman...

Hateful Twitter messages and death threats have had a profound effect on Kate Smurthwaite. But the comedian and political activist refuses to be silenced.

Tales from the resistance

Jamie Kelsey Fry reports on a gathering of voices from the frontline against austerity at the launch of Kerry-anne Mendoza’s new book.

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    The State of the Middle East

    From the author of the bestselling State of the World Atlas, here is an essential tool for understanding the Middle East and its pivotal role in global politics.

    28 Jan 2015
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    Vegan Love Story

    This successful partnership presents 80 recipes with influences from all over the world, beautiful photography and information about some of the key ingredients in vegan cuisine.

    28 Jan 2015
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    Haifa Fragments

    Jewellery designer, Maisoon, wants an ordinary extraordinary life, which isn’t easy for a tradition-defying, activist, Palestinian citizen of Israel, who refuses to be crushed by the feeling that she is an unwelcome guest in the land of her ancestors.

    27 Jan 2015

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