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Meaningful solutions to Palestine require taking on the arms trade, Husna Rizvi reports.

The merit trap

New Internationalist co-founder Peter Adamson dives into the perils of basing ‘fairness’ on meritocracy.

A youth is escorted by Kenyan police officers as dozens of houses are being demolished to make way for a new road in the Kibera slum in Nairobi.

Nanjala Nyabola on Kenya’s embrace of the Chinese development model.

From occupied Palestine to Scottish high schools, people across the world are challenging the warmongers. We profiled eight extraordinary people on the peace frontline.

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September-October 2018, Issue 515

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