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ONLINE FEATURES newint.org 17.03.23 Food barons are making a killing from this crisis Global Justice Now’s Nick Dearden explains the rise of ‘food billionaires’, and what we can do to challenge their power. 8.03.23 Protecting trans lives goes deeper

Joyce Carol Vincent. A woman whose name I’ll never forget. In 2006, the body of Joyce – a vivacious, young, talented aspiring singer from West London – was discovered in her flat three years after her death. The TV and heating were still running, Chr

Not welcome here After Vladimir Putin announced the mobilization of Russia’s reservist troops in September 2022, tens of thousands of men who were due to be drafted left the country. Those who fail to enlist after being called up face heavy fines and

Kabir Agarwal is an independent journalist originally from India who writes about food systems, business, and political economy. He writes the Unequal newsletter. Tooba Syed is a writer and researcher working on gender, labour and ecology in Pakistan

The UK’s biggest polluter made £731 million ($877 million) in profits last year – while also receiving £650 million ($780 million) in subsidies. Energy company Drax runs an eponymous power station in North Yorkshire, which is also the country’s large

A spiralling state surveillance scandal has rocked Greek politics ahead of elections scheduled to be held in late May. Over the last 12 months, dozens of allegations of wiretapping and spyware attacks against journalists, politicians and military fig

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Any military man achieving political power ought to be a cause for concern for those whose primary values are peace and democratic rights. So, a former NATO general sweeping the 2022 Czech presidential election would usually set alarm bells ringing.

Criminal charges against Bangladeshi photojournalist Shahidul Alam violate international human rights obligations, according to a report published by TrialWatch, a criminal law watchdog. Alam was arrested in August 2018 after he posted pictures of a

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Nearly 15 per cent of all cars sold globally in 2022 were electric vehicles (EVs), as sales passed 10 million for the first time. The rise of the EV has been rapid – just five years ago they made up only about two per cent of global car sales, accord

On Christmas Day, thousands of couples and families wander through the various exhibits at Abu Dhabi’s Louvre. Among the priceless items on display is a vase designed by Keith Haring and impressionist paintings from the likes of Manet and Renoir. It

For many young people in Nigeria, this year’s presidential poll offered another shot at change. After the #EndSARS mass revolt against police brutality was quashed in 2020, there was an exodus of young people from the country. The number of passport

Every faltering government scours society for something it can use to stem the growing tide of mistrust among its citizens, and take the heat off its own failings. This search often takes rulers to the doors of the most marginalized. In Uganda, the q

The images of malnourished, sick or dead Yanomami children that spread across the world’s media in early 2023 are some of the most striking ‘monuments’ to Jair Bolanaro’s time as Brazil’s president. Bolsonaro’s government did little to stop illegal m

by Sian Norris (Verso, ISBN 9781839764738) versobooks.com You’d be forgiven for thinking that today’s attack on abortion rights is rooted in theological beliefs about when human life begins. Sian Norris, in this timely and chillingly relevant investi

In 1990, at a time when India was becoming rapidly more polarized, the president of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), LK Advani, led a religious-political march across the country. The ‘Ram Rath Yatra’ took place in support of demands for a temple de

The first ever issue in 1970 carried an interview with the President of Tanzania, Julius Nyerere. He had argued that 10 per cent of all overseas aid should be spent on educating the ‘first world’ about the real causes of world poverty. We wanted to s

Adult domination of children is the most universal relation in human society, which only the most utopian political philosophies have sought to overturn. The eternal need to ensure social replication means older generations have long struggled to for