New Internationalist

Rather than offer a skin-deep glance at complicated global issues, we delve deeper with an in-depth focus on a different theme in each edition. We provide both the background and the solutions to the current state of affairs, from multiple perspectiv

for the New Internationalist Co-operative newint.org A friend from Gaza – now living in Europe after three attempts to leave the Strip – tells me how he only entered the territory of Israel, where his ancestral home lies, once in his life. He was a c

Alice McCool is a journalist based between the UK and East Africa. She covers issues of social justice, disinformation and politics for outlets such as The Guardian and CNN. Issam Adwan is a Gaza-based journalist and human-rights activist who works a

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Andrew Simms’s article ‘Hope from the seed of trauma’ (NI 542) was a welcome tonic of optimism amidst the backdrop of a world with no shortage of crises. Simms assures readers that ‘the future will grow from the present’, noting that the Covid-19 cri

02.06.23 Yemeni women must be given a seat at the table Historic peace talks are a glimmer of hope in the world’s worst humanitarian conflict. But the exclusion of Yemeni women’s voices in the peace process is deeply worrying, says Oxfam’s Fatma Jaff

The humanitarian crisis in the central Mediterranean continues unabated as European countries prioritize borders over lives — but rescuers are refusing to stand idly by. The search-and-rescue organizations SOS Humanity, Mission Lifeline and Sea-Eye l

The newly elected leader of Italy’s main opposition Italian Democratic Party (PD) has quickly become a lightning rod of hope and hate from across the country’s political spectrum. The PD originally grew out of the post-communist Left in Italy and has

The school run can be stressful at the best of times. But in one small US town the journey has become life-threatening. ProPublica and Investigate TV have recently revealed that in order to get to school on time, children in Hammond, Indiana, are hav

Since early 2021, Republican lawmakers have passed over 100 pieces of anti-trans legislation, with hundreds more currently under consideration. A number of states have banned minors from receiving gender-affirming care, a form of treatment – includin

A court in Vietnam has sentenced a journalist to six years in prison and two on probation for posting videos on Facebook and YouTube. Nguyen Lan Thang, a prominent blogger who participated in environmental and anti-China protests and voiced support f

In May, dozens of disgruntled workers staged a sit-in outside the Nairobi offices of Facebook’s largest moderation provider in Africa to demand payment of their salaries. But the day-long confrontation failed to bear fruit, with workers heading home

The UK’s largest opencast coal mine will have to close after authorities rejected a request to extend its operations. Mining at Ffos-y-Fran, in South Wales, has been ordered to stop after Merthyr County Borough Council voted unanimously against an ap

In addition to Israeli passport holders, there are three classes of ID for Palestinians, determined by place of birth: green IDs for the West Bank and Gaza West Bank: 3.1m Gaza: 2.1m blue Israeli IDs for those from East Jerusalem East Jerusalem: 0.3m

Can the Oslo Accords and two-state solution be considered a genuine peace agreement between two equal parties? The Oslo Accords were negotiated in a historical moment that Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) Chairman Yasser Arafat deemed ‘the w

Egypt is a deeply unequal society: a politically connected elite frequents beach resorts, but roughly three in ten live below the World Bank’s Lower Income Class Poverty Line of $3.20 per day. Much work is menial, casualized and low-productivity. Adu

Following the 6 January 2021 insurrection by followers of Donald Trump unhappy with his electoral defeat, then-President of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro said if changes to the electoral system were not introduced his country would have a ‘worse problem tha

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s massive popularity has driven the electoral success of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for the last decade or so. The complete collapse of the main opposition Congress party played its role too. Now a slew of co

After 30 years of research, there are now two malaria vaccines. One, R21/Matrix-M, was approved for use in Ghana and Nigeria in April this year. It was developed by Oxford University scientists and manufactured by the Serum Institute of India and fol

Directed by Eric Gandini This polished European documentary explores the uneven distribution of work, from work-obsessed countries like the US to societies where the young are either happily (or unhappily) jobless or paid to do nothing. The film cove

by Mia Couto, translated by David Brookshaw (World Editions, ISBN 9781912987375) worldeditions.org Fifteen-year-old Imani sits deep in the belly of a ship named Africa. Her fellow travellers include Ngungunyane, emperor of a pre-colonial African king

directed and written by Edward Lovelace 84 minutes Lawand is a pupil at a primary school for deaf children in Derby, England. Some months earlier, a photographer captured the bewildered and traumatized boy being handed from a small boat to a beach on

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