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.
People across the world are standing up to the power of the arms trade. Amy Hall explores its threat to life and democracy.
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.
On every continent, the railways are experiencing a renaissance. But what will it take to reshape them in the interests of people? Conrad Landin investigates.
When Stanislav Tomáš died in police custody in similar circumstances to George Floyd, the world quickly moved on. Conrad Landin goes to the Czech Republic in search of answers.
Starting from the revelations of a global pandemic, Dinyar Godrej looks into the possible futures of work.
A selection of articles from the New Internationalist magazine archives.
After concerted campaigning, the Chilean government has turned down a proposal for two open-pit copper and iron mines – that would have sat right next to the nature reserve sheltering the endangered Humboldt penguin. Lydia Noon reports.
Palestinians in Gaza have been putting their lives on the line to challenge Israel’s decade long siege of the Strip.
Ritu Khurana - aka DJ Ritu - cult DJ who co-founded Kuch Kuch Nights and LGBTQ+ Club Kali. Words by Subi Shah
A bold feminist campaign turned a whistle into a protest against street harassment. Maya Misikir tells their story.
Blind outdoors enthusiast, Divyanshu Ganatra, on the importance of inclusion through adventure sports in India. Profile by Priti Salian.
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?