Rising costs, Covid-19 and austerity have pushed too many countries – and households – into unmanageable debt. Amy Hall asks how we got here, and finds a movement shaking off the stigma of debt and getting organized.
It took three visits from the bailiffs before Khadijah Kamara decided she wanted to tell her story. Sometime later, she answered the door to a member of Acorn, a com...
It’s 1.00am in Britain and I’ve snuck onto a Zoom call bringing together members of the Debt Collective, a union of debtors in the US.
And they’ve been busy. One member tells the story of a successful meeting with her political representative. There’s a report of over 500 phone-banked calls, made across six d...
A selection of feature articles from each of the latest New Internationalist magazines.
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.
Loneliness and social isolation have become chronic issues across the world. We must resist attempts to close down meaningful human interaction, writes Husna Ara.
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.
Why is a nutritious superfood being routed away from poor communities to feed salmon, pigs and pets? Hazel Healy investigates.
How can we transform the calamity that has befallen us and create healing? Vanessa Baird on the change we can be.
A selection of articles from the New Internationalist magazine archives.
A community group is campaigning to turn the London borough of Haringey into a safer place for migrants. Charlotte England reports.
Seven students are now studying at SOAS university in London thanks to ‘sanctuary scholarships’, reports Hazel Healy. These scholarships have enabled them to take up their degrees despite the British government’s efforts to create a ‘hostile environment’ for migrants. Hazel Healy reports.
Citizens are coming to the rescue of endangered seagrass meadows.
An African History of Africa; After Zionism; The Alternatives; The Wrong Person to Ask.
Sophie Neiman reports from a stifling court in Kampala, where activists are waging a bitter legal battle to overturn Uganda’s harsh anti-gay law.
The Philippines’ maverick environmentalist fighting the powerful mining industry, speaks with Veronique Mistiaen.
Kim Jong-un's headline grabbing aggressive irrationalism takes some beating (though he might have met his match in recent times...)
Inflation, poverty and hunger, debt, profit and inequality.