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The tiny Lebanese village taking more refugees than Britain

The tiny Lebanese village taking more refugees than Britain

One small village hosts 5,000 Syrians, outstripping Britain’s pledge for a year, Michaela Whitton reports.
The transgender revolution

The transgender revolution

It’s in the air and calling for a mindset reset. Vanessa Baird introduces our October magazine.
UN investigates Britain’s treatment of disabled people

UN investigates Britain’s treatment of disabled people

Whatever the outcome of the inquiry, disabled people will continue to fight injustice, writes Andy Greene.
A Mars bar from Tommy Chocolate

A Mars bar from Tommy Chocolate

How do dodgy bankers and financial traders control the creation of money? Peter Stalker explains.
I wish people understood ‘aid’ better

I wish people understood ‘aid’ better

Britain announced that it was ending official aid to India. This is a mistake, argues Maggie Black.
Where the children lead

Where the children lead

Marti Abernathey picks a way through the panic, confusion and maltreatment that surrounds transgender children.

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The tiny Lebanese village taking more refugees than Britain

One small village hosts 5,000 Syrians, outstripping Britain’s pledge for a year. Michaela Whitton reports.

Transgender – the facts

This New Internationalist fact spread looks at the violence and discrimination that trans people face.

A Mars bar from Tommy Chocolate

How is money – and debt – created? The answer, says Peter Stalker, may surprise you.

Where the children lead

Marti Abernathey picks a way through the panic, confusion and maltreatment that surrounds transgender children.

Deaths in British police custody

Will British Home Secretary Theresa May’s inquiry end the culture of impunity? asks Dan Glazebrook.

Bethlehem Aida camp under siege

West Bank tensions escalate as Palestinian refugees mourn the murder of a young boy, Lydia Noon reports.

Noam Chomsky on the economic war on Latin America

Chris Spannos speaks with the acclaimed public intellectual about the shift in US policy toward Cuba and what it signals.

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The transgender revolution

In this video, New Internationalist co-editor Vanessa Baird introduces our October magazine looking at the transgender revolution.

Why is the UN investigating Britain’s treatment of disabled people?

Whatever the outcome of the inquiry, disabled people will continue to fight injustice, writes Andy Greene.

I wish people understood ‘aid’ better

This week the British government announced that it was ending official aid to India. This is a mistake, argues Maggie Black.

Convoy to Calais for open borders

The group London2Calais say that the limits of charity in the refugee crisis demand a political solution.

Bringing oil justice into the British Museum

Sunday, a Colombian survivor of kidnap and torture confronted one of the companies behind it. Jess Worth was there.

‘Kill the Beef-eaters!’

A climate of fear is building in India as anti-Muslim sentiment leads to murder. Mari Marcel Thekaekara reports.

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