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With no UN to watch, Saharawis fear Moroccan regime

With no UN to watch, Saharawis fear Moroccan regime

Local activists are expecting a police crackdown, reports John Richards.
What the Saudi leaks tell us

What the Saudi leaks tell us

Documents from within the Saudi Foreign Office, Julian Assange explains what’s inside them.
Calculating the environmental benefits of peace in Colombia

Calculating the environmental benefits of peace in Colombia

The costs of the 50-year conflict add up to ecocide. Doug Weir reports.
Saudi activists – who are they and what do they want?

Saudi activists – who are they and what do they want?

Madawi Al-Rasheed examines the prospects and limits of activism in the absolute monarchy.
If Google and Facebook flip elections does code rule the world?

If Google and Facebook flip elections does code rule the world?

Internet users used to be worried about government control of the web, writes Chris Spannos.
What might a Plan B for Europe look like?

What might a Plan B for Europe look like?

Leftwing politicians and social movements strike a claim for a new Europe. Claire Fauset reports.

Top stories

Big Bad World

Polyp’s latest cartoon.

Close your heart, open your heart

Closing our heart to suffering suppresses our humanity, writes Ruby Diamonde.

Balochistan, Asia's blackest hole

Every 27 March is a day of mourning for the Baloch. Karlos Zurutuza reports from an area which is largely overlooked by the international media.

Mixed Media: Music

This month’s music reviews.

Twitterview: Saudi Arabia and the West

NI editor Vanessa Baird responds to questions on Twitter about her latest magazine ‘Blood brothers’.

Making waves: Kholoud Waleed

Dario Sabaghi talks to Kholoud Waleed about her battle for freedom of speech in Syria.

Poverty in the land of black gold

Paul Aarts and Carolien Roelants on the plight of poor Saudis.

Blogs

Drowning in liquid filth – in 21st century India

We pretend that people are not condemned to the caste system, Mari Marcel Thekaekara writes.

The Brussels Attacks

Our pain and rage are immense, but we need reason and understanding more than ever, Frank Barat writes.

With no UN to watch, Saharawis fear Moroccan regime

Local activists are expecting a brutal crackdown from the police, writes John Richards.

Calculating the environmental benefits of peace in Colombia

The costs of the 50-year conflict add up to ecocide. Doug Weir reports.

Five years of Syrian crisis hits women hard

Tabitha Ross describes how the conflict is affecting women exposed to gender-based violence.

If Google and Facebook can flip elections does code now rule the real world?

Internet users used to be worried about government control of the web but the opposite may be true, writes Chris Spannos

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    The No-Nonsense Guide to Climate Change

    A completely revised edition on the politics of climate in a post-Copenhagen world.

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    People First Economics

    Toxic debt, rising job losses, collapsing commodity prices and expanding poverty. How can we rein in these beasts unleashed by the free market economy?

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    The World Atlas of Sport

    This beautifully designed and fully illustrated atlas profiles the world’s major competitive sports, their political uses and abuses, and the profits that flow from their commercial development.

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