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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?

Take me to the United Nations,’ Cary Grant’s character Roger Thornhill tells his taxi driver in Alfred Hitchcock’s 1959 film North by Northwest. ‘The General Assembl...

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Conrad Landin

Conrad Landin

Dis-United Nations

26 June marks the 80th anniversary of the UN Charter. Yet given devastating wars in Palestine, Ukraine, Sudan and elsewhere, celebrations are likely to be muted.

The group of countries that formed the UN – a smaller group than today, for much of the world was still colonized – did so from the ashes of World Wa...

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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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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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Protestors in Panama City in July 2022 demand the government puts a ceiling on the price of fuel, food and medicines. Photo: Erick Marciscano/Reuters/Alamy

Whodunnit?

As the cost of living crisis becomes entrenched, Nick Dowson examines the scene of the crime, tracks down the culprits and proposes a route to resolution.

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Wind and solar generation at Phan Rang, Ninh Thuan province, Vietnam. Photo: Quang Ngoc Nguyen/Alamy

Beyond big oil

We cannot let the ever-expanding oil and gas industry stand in the way of urgently needed climate action. Nick Dowson lays out a path to change.

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Making friends at the Bomana Prison, in Port Moresby City, Papua New Guinea in December 2017. Photo: Marc Dozier/Hemis/Alamy

Beyond punishment

Can we create a world where we don’t turn to police and prisons for justice? Amy Hall explores the movement offering a different vision for the future.

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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.

Reasons to be cheerful

Reasons to be cheerful

A highland welcome; Rhino forensics; Good sex in Rwanda.

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Introducing... Emmerson Mnangagwa

Richard Swift profiles Zimbabwe’s new leader.

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Justice for Giulio

Justice for Giulio

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.

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Hot Docs

Hot Docs

Highlights from the 2024 Toronto Festival, reviewed by Richard Swift.

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Mixed Media: Books

Mixed Media: Books

Safety Through Solidarity; We Need To Talk About Climate; The Newsmongers; World Without End.

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 Illustration: Sarah John

A city of archivists

As Addis changes rapidly beneath her feet, Maya Misikir discovers a community of artists working to document its disappearing history.

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Making Waves: Catherine Shovlin

Thanks to the efforts of Catherine Shovlin, a Syrian refugee camp is building a community spirit. Florence Derrick meets her.

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Worldbeaters: Rodrigo Duterte

The president of the Philippines he may be, but his reputation is as a Dirty Harry of vigilante politics.

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Disinformation - The Facts

Disinformation - The Facts

The industry; distrust in the news; laws and regulations; key terms; term usage over time.

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Country Profile: Sierra Leone

Country Profile: Sierra Leone

The photos, facts, and politics of Sierra Leone.

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Thoughts from a Broad

USAID, illustrated by Kate Evans.

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