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Who owns the skies?

A new space race is set to worsen global inequality and extend conflict. We need to return to seeing space as a place for all humankind, argues Nick Dowson.

In November 1572 a brilliant new star appeared in the sky – initially bright enough to be seen during daylight. Its appearance was recorded worldwide and it stayed v...

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Starstruck

As we edited this magazine a rocket exploded on its launchpad at the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida. This was not owned by NASA but by Blue Origin, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’ company, which announced they had ‘experienced an anomaly’. Some euphemism: footage shows a gigantic ball of flame and something that looks very mu...

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Recent feature articles

A selection of feature articles from each of the latest New Internationalist magazines.

The remnants of a supernova, located in the Large Magellanic Cloud – a satellite galaxy to our Milky Way, 160,000 light years distant. The image combines optical data from the Hubble Space Telescope showing the expanding blast wave in pink, and data from the Chandra space observatory showing x-rays from heated material in green and blue. Photo: NASA/Chandra X-Ray Observatory

Who owns the skies?

A new space race is set to worsen global inequality and extend conflict. We need to return to seeing space as a place for all humankind, argues Nick Dowson.

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A plane surveys a distorted landscape. Photo: Lone Thomasky & Bits&Baume/betterimagesofai.org/creativecommons-by-4.0

AI and its discontents

Imagery generated by artificial intelligence has become the beloved aesthetic of today’s dictators, argues Decca Muldowney. A robust media is needed to combat misinformation and its miseries.

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In an age of despair, monsters rise from the gutter. Artist James Colomina’s sculpture of Donald Trump crawling from a Manhattan manhole unveiled on 23 July 2024, blurs the line between street art and social warning. Photo: Kylie Cooper/Reuters

A time of monsters

In an age of crisis, despair is the currency of the global far right. How, asks Bethany Rielly, can we turn this reactionary tide?

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets Secretary-General Antonio Guterres at UN headquarters. While the UN General Assembly has consistently condemned Israel, the all-powerful Security Council has blocked international action. Photo: Sopa/Alamy

Global leadership vetoed

The modern failures of the United Nations are not an aberration – but a product of its imperial roots, argues Conrad Landin. So how can we create a functioning system for global co-operation?

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Palestine Action activists occupy the roof of an Elbit Systems building in Bristol, Southwest England on 13 April 2021. Photo: Vladimir Morozov/Akxmedia/Alamy Stock Photo

Deadly trade

People across the world are standing up to the power of the arms trade. Amy Hall explores its threat to life and democracy.

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Making sense of the world in an age of doubt: people are reflected in mirrors on the 91st floor of The Summit near Grand Central Terminal, New York City. Photo: Gordon Donovan/Alamy

Entering the Matrix

Although far from a modern phenomenon, the potency and complexity of misinformation has increased in the digital age. To tackle it, we need a systemic response that goes further than debunking one lie at a time, argues Nanjala Nyabola.

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From the archives

A selection of articles from the New Internationalist magazine archives.

Nigeria: No slick deal

Nigeria: No slick deal

In the first case of its kind, a small Nigerian community is taking on oil giant Eni in the Italian courts. By Francesca Gater

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Brexit threat to Africa trade

Brexit threat to Africa trade

East-African campaigners are warning Brexit may hit some Global South economies by harming their ability to export to Britain – a key market for some. Nick Dowson reports

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Indonesian flight-path farmers pushed out

After five years of resistance, Indonesia began the construction of an international airport set to destroy the sand-dune ecosystem and houses of residents already forced out of the area, writes Pramilla Deva

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Mixed Media: Books

Mixed Media: Books

The Future of Travel; Joyful Revolution; Benbecula; The Taste of Lightning.

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 Illustration: Sarah John

My whistle, my voice

A bold feminist campaign turned a whistle into a protest against street harassment. Maya Misikir tells their story.

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Anabela (right) provides shade during a participatory video session. Photo: Thor Morales via Insight Share

Making Waves: Anabela Carlón Flores

Nick Dowson speaks with an indigenous lawyer and campaigner fighting a gas pipeline in Mexico.

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Worldbeaters: Steve Bannon

Donald Trump's right-hand man is at the centre of global power. And he's dangerous.

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Political parties - The Facts

Political parties - The Facts

Membership, election year, and party types around the world.

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Country Profile: India

Country Profile: India

The photos, facts, and politics of India.

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Only Planet

Only Planet

Omnicorp lab rats, by Marc Roberts.

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