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.
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.
Could the threat of nuclear war be closer than ever? Amy Hall explores how we got here and the pathways out of the crisis.
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.
Rising costs, Covid-19 and austerity have pushed too many countries – and households – into unmanageable debt. Amy Hall asks how we got here, and finds a movement shaking off the stigma of debt and getting organized.
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.
Bethany Rielly explores the chilling impact of the Spanish state’s intrusive surveillance tactics against Catalan civil society. Is there a chance of justice?
A selection of articles from the New Internationalist magazine archives.
Citizens are coming to the rescue of endangered seagrass meadows.
In Koh Kong province, Cambodia a band of Mother Nature activists have scored a victory in the battle against environmentally destructive sand dredging writes Fran Lambrick.
Dating apps are disrupting traditional customs in Nepal’s capital.
Days of Love and Rage; Pharma Monopoly; The Villain’s Dance; Wilderness of Mirrors.
In the first letter of a new series, Maya Misikir writes about the loss of her citys soul to a new development project thats ripping communities apart.
Veronique Mistiaen meets Afghanistan’s ‘mother of education’, who for more than two decades has been transforming lives through community-based learning.
Ego? Tick. Money? Tick. Power-hungry? Tick. A disaster for the world? Tick.
The bubble; Thirst for data; Ghost workers in the machine.