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10 steps to world peace - New Internationalist
A look at the track record of counter-terrorism, the ‘war on drugs’, stabilization and state-building efforts and colonial wars ‘shows a pattern of largely very sobering failure’ says Saferworld’s Larry Attree. Humility and willingness to atone for past aggression on the international stage is essential – as is an end to the self-serving and counter-productive policy in the Middle ...
Searching for truth in a world of disinformation
November-December 2024. Searching for truth in a world of disinformation. The more we know the less likely we are to tolerate tyranny. Yet it’s only now that the world seems to have woken up to the damage being done to democracy by the way our information ecosystems are increasingly shaped by a desire to make money instead of the desire to connect.
Global cost of living crisis: causes and ways out
Jan 12, 2023 · Putin’s gas tap. This vast human disaster begs the obvious, trillion-dollar question: why? For some the culprit for higher prices is clear. As former UK prime minister Boris Johnson put it: ‘We’re paying in our energy bills for the evils of Vladimir Putin, the people of Ukraine are paying in their blood.’Russia’s invasion of Ukraine hit …
How British colonizers caused the Bengal famine
Jan 21, 2022 · T he Bengal famine stands as one of the single most horrific atrocities to have occurred under British colonial rule. From 1943 to 1944, more than three million Indians died of starvation and malnutrition, and millions more fell into crushing poverty. For many years, the British blamed the famine on weather conditions and food shortfalls, as if it were an unavoidable natural disaster.
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How Rhodes Must Fall amplified calls to decolonize
Aug 21, 2023 · It was a movement that reverberated on campuses from Cape Town to Oxford. Musawenkosi Cabe speaks to activists who were part of the high-profile push to decolonize universities and challenge white supremacy across South Africa.
The Interview: Leila Khaled - New Internationalist
Jun 5, 2023 · In 1967, the Naksa [the defeat of Arab armies in the Six Day War] gave us motivation to take up arms and participate in the revolution. The ANM decided to establish the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) and I joined as soon as it was formed. I felt we had to take the cause into our own hands.
Do zoos cause more harm than good? | New Internationalist
Dec 9, 2021 · LINDA: I agree that human interventions seem to cause more harm than good to wildlife in their natural habitat, but to imagine that humans who have failed at protecting wildlife in-situ can do better within the confining conditions of zoos is an irony.Manipulating the conditions of the zoos to mimic the natural environment for every species is far more costly and demanding.
A Short History Of Corporations | New Internationalist
Jul 5, 2002 · New Internationalist 347 July 2002. Corporate influence / A HISTORY What is a corporation? Ambrose Bierce's Devil's Dictionary defines it as 'an ingenious device for obtaining profit without individual responsibility'. It is a legal construct, a charter granted by the state to a group of investors to gather private funds for a specific purpose.