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YES: Barb Jacobson is co-ordinator of Basic Income UK. A former member of Wages for Housework, she has been active in community organizations since 1991, mainly around housing and health. She works for the Fitzrovia Neighbourhood Association in central London.

Should there be a basic income?

Basic Income UK co-ordinator Barb Jacobson and author and sociologist Francine Mestrum go head to head.

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Muhammad and Ansa Munawar lost their 17-year-old son, Waleed, in the May 2010 attacks on two Ahmadi mosques in Lahore. Their respective fathers were both killed in religiously motivated attacks in the 1980s. Photo: Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images

A question of belief

Persecuted in Pakistan for being 'non-Muslim', the Ahmadi community has sought refuge abroad. But intolerance is not easily escaped, as Samira Shackle discovers.

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Kholoud and Nidal’s wedding video screening inside their apartment. Though seen as pioneers, they insist they are not fighting religion. ‘We believe in civil marriage as a civil right, and in Lebanon as a non-sectarian regime,’ Khouloud explains. Photo: Nadja Wohlleben

Love unites us

Nadja Wohlleben’s photos capture Lebanon’s silent constitutional revolution.

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A toxic hangover: Donald Moncayo's farmland has been contaminated by Texaco's oil extraction in Ecuador. Marcela Teran

Yasuní: a cautionary tale

Tim Gee visits Ecuador to uncover the reasons for the failure of the much-heralded initiative to ‘keep the oil in the ground’, and discovers a new wave of activism that could yet secure the future of the national park.

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Mixed Media: Books

Mixed Media: Books

The Man Who Loved Dogs by Leonardo Padura; Charlie Chaplin by Peter Ackroyd; Feminist Activism, Women’s Rights and Legal Reform by Mulki Al-Sharmani; The People by Selina Todd.

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A word with Angélique Kidjo

Louise Gray talks to the award-winning musician about the resilience of African music, and why she won’t be pigeon-holed.

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 Illustration: Sarah John

The long walk

Where do you go when your home no longer exists? Ruby Diamonde hears one woman’s story.

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The US is pushing the Afghan government to sign an agreement that would allow US troops to arrest, detain and extradite any Afghan deemed to threaten its security interests. The US Army

Afghanistan: time to move on?

Ewa Jasiewicz wonders what the US troops will be leaving behind.

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Columnists can damage your health

Why Steve Parry doesn't like newspaper columnists.

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Art is politics

Mark Engler revisits Paul Simon's 'Graceland'.

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Ranbaxy, which sells generic drugs all over the world, was fined $500 million by a US court. Photo: Kamal Kishore/Reuters

Cheap drugs and the millionaire whistleblower

Sandhya Srinivasan writes from India on the curious tale of Dinesh Thakur and the generics maker Ranbaxy.

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Should there be a basic income?

Basic Income UK co-ordinator Barb Jacobson and author and sociologist Francine Mestrum go head to head.

New Internationalist Editorial April, 2014 471 Preview
A question of belief

Persecuted in Pakistan for being 'non-Muslim', the Ahmadi community has sought refuge abroad. But intolerance is not easily escaped, as Samira Shackle discovers.

Samira Shackle April, 2014 471 Preview
Love unites us

Nadja Wohlleben’s photos capture Lebanon’s silent constitutional revolution.

Nadja Wohlleben April, 2014 471 Preview
Yasuní: a cautionary tale

Tim Gee visits Ecuador to uncover the reasons for the failure of the much-heralded initiative to ‘keep the oil in the ground’, and discovers a new wave of activism that could yet secure the future of the national park.

Tim Gee April, 2014 471 Preview
Mixed Media: Books

The Man Who Loved Dogs by Leonardo Padura; Charlie Chaplin by Peter Ackroyd; Feminist Activism, Women’s Rights and Legal Reform by Mulki Al-Sharmani; The People by Selina Todd.

New Internationalist Editorial April, 2014 471 Preview
Nutrition double-whammy

Moses Magadza April, 2014 471 Preview
Introducing Hery Rajaonarimampianina

Richard Swift April, 2014 471 Preview
Sleep in for St George

Lydia James April, 2014 471 Preview
A word with Angélique Kidjo

Louise Gray talks to the award-winning musician about the resilience of African music, and why she won’t be pigeon-holed.

Louise Gray April, 2014 471 Preview
The long walk

Where do you go when your home no longer exists? Ruby Diamonde hears one woman’s story.

Ruby Diamonde April, 2014 471 Preview
Afghanistan: time to move on?

Ewa Jasiewicz wonders what the US troops will be leaving behind.

Ewa Jasiewicz April, 2014 471 Preview
Columnists can damage your health

Why Steve Parry doesn't like newspaper columnists.

Steve Parry April, 2014 471 Preview
Impunity darkens elections in India

Ajay Vakil April, 2014 471 Preview
Art is politics

Mark Engler revisits Paul Simon's 'Graceland'.

Mark Engler April, 2014 471 Preview
Cheap drugs and the millionaire whistleblower

Sandhya Srinivasan writes from India on the curious tale of Dinesh Thakur and the generics maker Ranbaxy.

Sandhya Srinivasan April, 2014 471 Preview