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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.

It’s a cold, bright morning on a narrow street in Brighton, on the south coast of England. Neighbours are peering through windows, or coming out onto the pavement, t...

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Arms of power

A young boy, Zein Yousef, sleeps on the grave of his mother who died in an Israeli air strike in Gaza. A mother cries as she speaks to journalists, cradling her listless and starving daughter in Sudan. Two-year old Ali Khalifeh, found alive after 14 hours under the rubble in Lebanon, lies on a hospital ward – his paren...

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Recent feature articles

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

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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Activists from Debt for Climate and Extinction Rebellion shut down traffic in front of the IMF and World Bank annual meetings in Washington DC on 13 October 2022. Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

The long goodbye

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.

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Rush hour – Workers scurry speedily to their next destination. Since the 1970s, Singapore and Guangzhou, China have seen the highest increase in pedestrian walking speeds. Calls for effiency in mobility can often come back to bite us with reduced social empathy and ableist attitudes. Photo: Estherpoon/Shutterstock

The connection recession

Loneliness and social isolation have become chronic issues across the world. We must resist attempts to close down meaningful human interaction, writes Husna Ara.

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India’s railways are frequently hailed by defenders of the British Empire as a positive legacy of colonialism. While the country has an extensive network which ranks among the world’s biggest employers, it was designed to serve the interests of imperialism and private profit – with the directors of the sub continent’s first railway drawn from the ranks of the East India Company. Here passengers prepare to eat on board a modern-day sleeper train. Photo: Boaz Rottem/Alamy

Back on track?

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.

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 Economic migrants from rural areas at work on a construction site in Nairobi, Kenya. Such jobs are usually temporary, sometimes just a day’s labour. Photo: Nature Picture/Alamy

The squeeze on workers

Starting from the revelations of a global pandemic, Dinyar Godrej looks into the possible futures of work.

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 Far out. Fishers haul in their catch some 60 kilometres off the coast of Saint Louis, Senegal. They report travelling further, for longer, to catch ever-dwindling amounts of sardinella. Photo: Alfredo Caliz/Panos Pictures

The disappearing Senegalese sardines

Why is a nutritious superfood being routed away from poor communities to feed salmon, pigs and pets? Hazel Healy investigates.

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From the archives

A selection of articles from the New Internationalist magazine archives.

Illicit crops are still the only option for farmers like Arnulfo Perdomo. Photo: Shahidul Alam/DRIK

War on coca farmers continues

Inside the deeply-rooted economy of cocaine production and trafficking in Colombia, and how it might undermine Colombia’s peace. Bram Ebus reports.

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The Battle for ZAD

The Battle for ZAD

Update from France by Claire Fauset.

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Media switch off

Media switch off

Update from Kenya by Moses Wasamu.

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Books Essay: How we got here

A new history of pro-Zionist pressure is strongest in its simplicity, writes Rob Norman.

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Mixed Media: Music

Mixed Media: Music

Women in Revolt; Last Night a Woman Saved My Life.

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 Illustration: Sarah John

The Storyteller

Stephanie Boyd reports from a remote village in the Peruvian Amazon, where ways of life are changing with modern times – but ancient traditions live on.

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Making Waves: Charlie Lowthian-Rickert

Sian Griffiths meets a 10-year-old who is already a veteran transgender activist.

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 Photo: Elvis Barukcic / AFP / Getty

Hall of infamy: Milorad Dodik

Bosnian Co-President from Republika Srpska.

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Debt - The Facts

Debt - The Facts

Know your debt; Twin powers; Where the money flows; Household debt.

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Country profile: Egypt

The photos, facts, and politics of Egypt.

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 Illustration: Vasini Varadan

Open Window

'The Host' by Vasini Varadan (India).

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