Green shoots of hope spring up among the rubble of discontent, writes Reem Haddad.
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And finally... Jay Griffiths
Author Jay Griffiths talks to Graeme Green about manic depression, hiking the Camino de Santiago and the constellation of language.
- Graeme Green
- Issue 495
- 30 Sep 2016
Mixed Media: Music
NYN by Kristi Stassinopoulou and Stathis Kalyviotis; ‘They Will Kill You, If You Cry’ by Khmer Rouge Survivors.
- New Internationalist Editorial
- Issue 495
- 30 Sep 2016
Ayotzinapa two years on: Mexican activists are exhausted, angry and united
To mark the second anniversary of the massacre, New Internationalist was on the ground in Mexico City, speaking with protesters demanding justice. Ryan Mallett-Outtrim reports in this photo essay.
- Ryan Mallett-Outtrim
- Web
- 29 Sep 2016
Welcoming the digital residents
Estonia has found an innovative way to boost its population and its economy, discovers Haley Joelle Ott.
- Haley Joelle Ott
- Issue 495
- 29 Sep 2016
Hong Kong: the city of difference
Vignettes of a summer teaching in the city and learning from the lives of its people, by Vidya Ramesh.
- Vidya Ramesh
- Web
- 29 Sep 2016
Mixed Media: Books
Turkey: The Insane and the Melancholy by Ece Temelkuran; The Seamstress and the Wind by César Aira; Remembering Akbar by Behrooz Ghamari; Irregular War by Paul Rogers.
- New Internationalist Editorial
- Issue 495
- 29 Sep 2016
Blogs
UN Peacekeeping: In search of a 21st century mandate
In today’s volatile world, is the UN peacekeeping mission realistic? By Kevin Childs.
- Kevin Childs
- 28 Sep 2016
Jeremy means Jeremy – and so, to work
Hazel Healy encounters a party undergoing transformation at the Labour conference in Liverpool.
- Hazel Healy
- 28 Sep 2016
For the European development bank, democracy is an afterthought
Almost one in four euros lent by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development in 2015 went to authoritarian countries, against the bank’s own mandate. By Fidanka Bacheva-McGrath.
- Fidanka Bacheva-McGrath
- 26 Sep 2016
No place to fall sick: How refugees are barred from healthcare
The UN announced the suspension of aid to Syria after a deadly attack on a convoy near Aleppo. But air strikes are not the only obstacle to humanitarian aid, writes Isabelle Gerretsen.
- Isabelle Gerretsen
- 23 Sep 2016
When India’s soldiers return in body bags
As the country mourns its loss there is a proliferation of mindless patriotism, writes Mari Marcel Thekaekara.
- Mari Marcel Thekaekara
- 22 Sep 2016
When Two Worlds Collide – people vs corporate greed
Vanessa Baird reviews a gripping new documentary from Peru which has global implications.
- Vanessa Baird
- 21 Sep 2016