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?
On the morning of 3 May 1926, London’s East End woke to an unfamiliar sound: silence. The bustling industrial heart of the capital with its clanking docks, braying s...
That is the enduring lesson of the 1926 general strike. As we mark its centenary, we are reminded that today’s labour movement has inherited both the opportunities and the challenges forged by those who came before us.
From the power of the state – used then to break the strike, and now in restrictive anti-u...
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?
In an age of crisis, despair is the currency of the global far right. How, asks Bethany Rielly, can we turn this reactionary tide?
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.
People across the world are standing up to the power of the arms trade. Amy Hall explores its threat to life and democracy.
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.
We don’t just need solutions – we need the courage to imagine they will succeed. Conrad Landin makes the case for collective action to secure a just future.
A selection of articles from the New Internationalist magazine archives.
Norwegian activists are challenging ‘white-saviour’ attitudes that over-simplify poverty writes Tom Lawson.
Two years since the murder of an Italian student in Cairo, the Egyptian regime has yet to acknowledge the nature of its involvement writes Yohann Koshy.
A veteran economist lifts the lid on the perils of international aid. By Graeme Green.
As Addis changes rapidly beneath her feet, Maya Misikir discovers a community of artists working to document its disappearing history.
A profile of Afghan campaigner for women’s education and rights Jamila Afghani, who started by persuading the imams. Beena Nadeem talks to the unassuming trailblazer
Who has what? Nukenomics, toxic testing, and atomic opinions.