History on repeat: Aberfan and Mariana
Rebecca Jarman and Diana Salazar report on the stark similarities between two mining-related tragedies.
Fifty years of independent journalism
As New Internationalist celebrates its 50th anniversary, Vanessa Baird looks back over five decades of campaigning journalism and inspiration.
Justice from the King?
Ahead of a royal visit, communities violently evicted by colonial era settlers are calling for justice. Anthony Langat reports.
Spies, damned spies
How far are states willing to go to spy on dissent? Bethany Rielly reports from Catalonia to find out.
Latin America: Prohibition or climate?
To address climate change, Clemmie James argues that we must reckon with the environmental impact of the global drug trade.
Study: Big Oil shareholders’ profits soar as world melts
A new report shows the dramatic rise in cash earnings of shareholders in Britain’s big oil since the Paris Agreement.
What if…the West stopped exporting second-hand clothing?
Alice McCool imagines a world where countries are not left wearing the West’s cast-offs.
Futures: A world to win
We don’t just need solutions – we need the courage to imagine they will succeed. Conrad Landin makes the case for collective action to secure a just future.
Heat the rich: British Gas/Centrica
As part of its investigation into firms cashing in on the energy crisis, Corporate Watch turns a critical eye on British Gas.
16 million and counting: the collateral damage of capital
Dylan Sullivan and Jason Hickel investigate how neoliberal policies have led to the deaths of millions around the world.
Why we need the solidarity economy
Solidarity Economy Association makes the case for building movements based on international co-operation and knowledge exchange.
A new era under Lula?
From an increase in religious freedom to protection of the Amazon, there are high hopes for Brazil’s returning president. Raphael Tsavkko Garcia speaks to activists about their dreams for the future.
Just transition – now or never
As Egypt prepares to host the latest UN climate conference, COP27, Hamza Hamouchene and Katie Sandwell call time on ‘business as usual’, which in North Africa means non-solutions that line private pockets at public expense and protect political elites.
‘Stop the poison’
Peruvian women call on Anglo-Swiss mining giant Glencore, investors and UK and EU parliamentarians to take action on toxic drinking water. Vanessa Baird reports.
A new chapter for Colombia?
Colombia’s first leftwing president-elect, Gustavo Petro, is riding a wave of hope. But, as Nick MacWilliam outlines, many challenges that need to be met head-on lie ahead.
Fighting the fossils
Profiles of groups from Palestine, Mozambique, Uganda and India who are saying no to new oil and gas infrastructure.
Cut and run
Transnational oil companies are looking to leave the Niger Delta without cleaning up their mess. Ken Henshaw reports.
How we halt Big Oil's climate-wrecking business
We cannot let the fossil fuel industry block urgently needed climate action. Nick Dowson lays out a path to change.
Slapped down
The rich and powerful are using ruinous lawsuits to target journalists and activists who hold them to account. Tina Burrett explores the threat.
The politics of futility
Our deep desire for change is continually thwarted by the limiting political choices on offer. Political theorist and philosopher Neil Vallely digs into the roots of apathy and polarization.
Inside the ‘arsenal of peace’
As volunteers prepare aid for Ukrainian refugees, Simone Lai reports from Italy’s largest arms factory – which still works 24-hours a day, but for social justice.
Could the Left take power in Colombia?
With the South American country closer than ever to electing a leftwing government, Nick MacWilliam explores what it could mean for peace and human rights.
Trapped in the state-corporate nexus
Villagers in the Indian state of Odisha are fighting a major steel plant development, in the face of intense repression – yet again. Aritra Bhattacharya reports.
