In an age of crisis, despair is the currency of the global far right. How, asks Bethany Rielly, can we turn this reactionary tide?
It was January 2017 and I’d just had my first brush with ‘the fash’. After hearing that a $20 million mansion in London’s affluent Belgravia was being squatted by an...
Among a sea of smiling faces I can just make out my 11-year-old grandmother, peering from the yellowing black-and-white photo. In the corner are the words ‘8 May 1945, VE Day’. Eighty years on, she remembers little about the street parties that erupted across Britain at the news of Nazi defeat – just the overwhelmin...
A selection of feature articles from each of the latest New Internationalist magazines.
The global trend towards liberalizing abortion is being overshadowed by a newly emboldened anti-rights movement that wants to erode bodily autonomy. Bethany Rielly learns how feminist movements are organizing to put abortion back in the hands of the people – and keep it there.
How can we prevent an unjust transition? As the clean economy gets into gear, Nick Dowson asks whether a market-focused, subsidies-led approach will just mean more of the same.
Confronting the impact of empire is not about getting stuck in the past, writes Amy Hall. It’s vital to how we build a better future.
A new far-right Israeli government’s meddling with the supreme court has Jewish citizens up in arms. But the shredded freedoms of the Palestinian people under Israel’s thumb are still off the table. Zoe Holman looks at how the so-called ‘peace process’ has allowed Israel to deepen its colonial project and regime of control over Palestinian lives.
As the cost of living crisis becomes entrenched, Nick Dowson examines the scene of the crime, tracks down the culprits and proposes a route to resolution.
We depend on it for food, shelter and work, it’s a cultural marker and a source of identity – but also a site of violence and anguish. It’s time for a reckoning, writes Amy Hall.
A selection of articles from the New Internationalist magazine archives.
In May 2018, a group of 15 mostly Peruvian workers decided enough was enough...
Could the iron road lead the way to climate justice? By Monisha Rajesh.
An unsettling encounter with a thief shakes Sophie Neiman’s sense of safety.
Thanks to the efforts of Catherine Shovlin, a Syrian refugee camp is building a community spirit. Florence Derrick meets her.
Saudi Arabia’s King-in-waiting – and his aggressive foreign policy – is put under the spotlight.
State of the industry; Deadly business; At the border; Who’s supplying whom?