The Empire Strikes Back. Across the globe governments are using terrorism laws to prosecute protesters. Decca Muldowney traces the practice back to its colonial origins, and considers the future consequences for activism.
The Sotos are unlikely terrorists.
A couple with three children, Elizabeth and Ines Soto lived in the Dallas-Fort Worth area of Texas in the United States, ...
As this magazine went to print the United States government imposed sanctions on Palestine Action and several other international activist collectives, declaring them ‘far-left terrorist groups’. Their assets will be frozen, fundraising for the groups will be banned and those involved will face bans from travelling ...
A selection of feature articles from each of the latest New Internationalist magazines.
From 1926 to 2026. A century on, Bethany Rielly and Decca Muldowney examine Britain’s only general strike, a walk out with a scale and impact that remains unprecedented in the country’s history. What can movements learn from it today?
This is not your land. After the defeat of a 2023 referendum on the inclusion of a First Nations Voice in parliament, Zoe Holman traces the claims to self-determination made by Indigenous peoples in Australia, culminating in today’s rallying call for Treaty.
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.
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.
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.
A selection of articles from the New Internationalist magazine archives.
The Kurdish freedom movement has called for a boycott of Turkish goods and services. Sarah Wood reports.
Eritrean refugees who try to escape into neighbouring Sudan are caught up in a deadly stand-off between East Africa’s big powers – as European Union (EU) money aimed at keeping them there continues to roll in all the while writes Sally Hayden.
A new study of the realities of renewables skewers simplistic narratives about the energy transition. By Ewan Gibbs.
Israeli settlers are unleashing a campaign of fear in the West Bank. Mariam Barghouti reflects on how this violence is reshaping everyday life.
Nick Dowson speaks with an indigenous lawyer and campaigner fighting a gas pipeline in Mexico.
Saudi Arabia’s King-in-waiting – and his aggressive foreign policy – is put under the spotlight.
Political Power; Hate Watch; Law and Order; Conspiracy Machine.