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For this week’s The World Unspun, we met with Samar Alkhdour, a Palestinian activist in Montreal whose campaign against the obstructive and discriminatory Canadian immigration system has been met with nothi As Haiti once again makes global news headlines for all the wrong reasons, we sat down with ...
10 steps to world peace - New Internationalist
Sep 18, 2018 · 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 …
Choking season in India | New Internationalist
Dec 12, 2024 · With millions killed by air pollution every year, meaningful action is long overdue, argues Nilanjana Bhowmick. During the Covid-19 lockdown, for the first time in years, those of us who live in the National Capital Region of India woke up to what felt like a new world. The sky was the bluest many ...
Should forests be fuel? | New Internationalist
Nov 21, 2024 · To make things worse, Drax imports most of its wood pellet fuel from the southern US where campaigners have gathered significant evidence of deforestation linked to pellet production.Pelleting plants, which produce harmful air pollution, are disproportionately placed in marginalized communities, leading to accusations of environmental racism.
The Philippines disinformation machine | New Internationalist
Exposés into Twinmark’s cash flows eventually revealed that the ‘trending news agency’ had earned millions of pesos through programmatic ads and by offering their advertising channels, including their social media assets, to any paying client. An investigation by Filipino online news site Rappler, published in February 2021, also showed …
Country Profile: Haiti | New Internationalist
A s dawn breaks over the mountainous terrain of Haiti, the smell of roasting coffee mixes with the morning mist, and the soft chatter of early risers fills the air. Peasants tend to their crops in the cool light, while children in crisp uniforms head to school, their footsteps stomping this rich historical ground.
Sierra Leone's vanishing history | New Internationalist
Built by formerly enslaved people, Freetown’s historic ‘bod oses’ now face an existential threat as foreign embassies move in. Jody Ray reports. On a humid March morning this year, police officers came to the scenic Hill Station neighbourhood in Freetown, Sierra Leone to evict civil servants ...
How Haiti became the 'poster child' for reparations
Nov 28, 2024 · As Haiti once again makes global news headlines for all the wrong reasons, we sat down with independent journalist Harold Isaac to better understand how the country’s complex history contributed to today's crisis.
Our most-read articles from 2024 | New Internationalist
Dec 20, 2024 · It is no surprise that our coverage of the ongoing genocide in Gaza, be it the repression of international solidarity movements or the complicity of foreign governments, continued to dominate our most-read charts this year.The call for justice in Palestine has spread throughout society, and pockets of resistance are popping up across sectors and institutions – for more on this, make sure to ...