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Regulation Top Trumps

TTIP is a very dangerous game, writes Chris Coltrane.

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NI 492 - Technology justice - May, 2016
492 - May, 2016

Our shadowy corporate overlords

TTIP is both ludicrous and frightening, writes Chris Coltrane.

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NI 490 - Blood brothers - Saudi Arabia and the West - March, 2016
490 - March, 2016

Doing grief properly

Compulsory grief is both pointless and grotesque, writes Kate Smurthwaite.

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NI 489 - Humanity adrift: why refugees deserve better - January, 2016
489 - January, 2016

Down with love

Love is a dangerous concept, argues Kate Smurthwaite.

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NI 486 - The transgender revolution - October, 2015
486 - October, 2015

The delicious taste of irony

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NI 484 - Capitalism is spinning out of control - July, 2015
484 - July, 2015

Cosying up to the Saudis

Our government has a charmingly cosy relationship with Saudi Arabia, writes Chris Coltrane.

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NI 481 - Total control - is Monsanto unstoppable? - April, 2015
481 - April, 2015

Foreigners are human too

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NI 478 - NGOs - Do they help? - December, 2014
478 - December, 2014
Kate Smurthwaite

Cupcakes can fuck off

By Kate Smurthwaite.

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NI 474 - Feminism fights back - July, 2014
474 - July, 2014

Big Bad World - Climate Change

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NI 462 - Land grabs - May, 2013
462 - May, 2013
Saad Murtadha, from Iraq, with ‘Freedom in the middle’.

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NI 462 - Land grabs - May, 2013
462 - May, 2013

Big Bad World - QR Code

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NI 461 - Demolition job - April, 2013
461 - April, 2013

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NI 461 - Demolition job - April, 2013
461 - April, 2013
INDIA: A supporter of Indian yoga guru Baba Ramdev performs sarvangasana (shoulder stand) at an anti-corruption protest in New Delhi in August. Ramdev, a controversial figure whose trusts have allegedly evaded tax themselves and who ‘detests homosexuals’, said he would expand his protest nationwide if the government did not act decisively to bring back the $500 billion that Indians have illegally deposited in overseas tax havens.Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP Photo

The Unreported Year 2012

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NI 459 - The feral rich - January, 2013
459 - January, 2013
This month: Emilio Agra, from Venezuela, with ‘Evolution’. The cost of civilization: waste Emilio Agra lives in the Venezuelan city of Maracay, where he has made his living since 1970 both as a sculptor and as a cartoonist.Emilio Agra

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With guest cartoonist Emilio Agra from Venezuela.

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NI 459 - The feral rich - January, 2013
459 - January, 2013
Rosia Montana's last stand Atilla Szocs

Rosia Montana's last stand

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NI 457 - Bad medicine - November, 2012
457 - November, 2012
Not seeing the funny side

Not seeing the funny side

Josie Long on putting her world view into practice.

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NI 454 - Co-operatives - July, 2012
454 - July, 2012
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Being nice and doing good

Having opinions on social justice may seem like common sense so why does it incite people to shout in your face? wonders Josie Long.

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NI 451 - Adapt or die - April, 2012
451 - April, 2012
Josie LongIdil Sukan

Going to Glastonbury is NOT political activism!

Our superb new columnist, comedian and writer Josie Long, on her political awakening and not having a smock.

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NI 450 - Time for a fair economy - March, 2012
450 - March, 2012
Cartoon Corner Special Takver Under a CC Licence

Cartoon Corner Special

Big Bad World, Only Planet plus guest cartoonist Mohammad Saba’aneh from Palestine.

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NI 449 - Haiti two years on - January, 2012
449 - January, 2012
Interview with Arundhati Roy Stuart Freedman/Panos

Interview with Arundhati Roy

Arundhati Roy speaks out: on the moral police of India's anti-corruption campaign, on the silence surrounding civil wars, and on despotism and democracy.

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NI 445 - Pakistan - daring to hope - September, 2011
445 - September, 2011

Articles in this category displayed as a table:

Article title From magazine Publication date
Technology justice May, 2016
Blood brothers - Saudi Arabia and the West March, 2016
Humanity adrift: why refugees deserve better January, 2016
The transgender revolution October, 2015
Capitalism is spinning out of control July, 2015
Total control - is Monsanto unstoppable? April, 2015
NGOs - Do they help? December, 2014
Feminism fights back July, 2014
Land grabs May, 2013
Land grabs May, 2013
Demolition job April, 2013
Demolition job April, 2013
The feral rich January, 2013
The feral rich January, 2013
Bad medicine November, 2012
Co-operatives July, 2012
Adapt or die April, 2012
Time for a fair economy March, 2012
Haiti two years on January, 2012
Pakistan - daring to hope September, 2011
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