Social Change

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

Filed in: Gay Rights Human Rights Language Minorities Sexual Politics Social Change

Jackie McVicar looks at the country’s long road to elections and political recovery.

Filed in: Guatemala Social Change

Melanie Strickland comments on the future of aviation, climate change and the necessity of direct action.

Filed in: Climate Change Social Change Transport

Ex-intelligence chief Maria del Pilar Hurtado has finally been brought to justice, writes Andrew Hogg.

Filed in: Colombia Social Change

Sahar Habib Ghazi reports on the murder of one of Pakistan’s most prominent activists.

Filed in: Pakistan Social Change

Aisha Dodwell urges everyone to help bring about real democratic change. 

Filed in: Democracy Politics Social Change

Student activists around Britain are lobbying for divestment from coal, oil and gas, report People & Planet.

Filed in: Energy Social Change

What mainstream commentators get wrong about the historic uprisings of 1989, and what civil resistance gets right. Mark Engler and Paul Engler explore the issue.

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Forget the establishment, writes Youssef El-Gingihy. The real enemy of Russell Brand – and his call for radical change – is cynical liberals.

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Can theories of movement cycles equip activists to persevere over the long haul? Mark Engler and Paul Engler try to find out.

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Where insider politics fails, a transformational approach can turn the impossible into the inevitable, write Paul and Mark Engler.

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