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‘Don’t believe everything on TikTok’

Writer, activist and former British Black Panther Farrukh Dhondy reflects with Subi Shah on his inspirations and what we can learn from the current state of world politics.

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NI 556 - United Nations at 80 - July, 2025
The Yangshan Deepwater Port, Shanghai, is the world's busiest container port. Part of China's 'Maritime Silk Road' – a strategic investment initiative, part of the broader Belt and Road project – it is a key hub of the country's vast and growing export trade.Photo: Qilai Shen/Panos Pictures

As the world changes

The Global South is rapidly reducing its reliance on old imperial powers. Vijay Prashad argues this presents an unprecedented opportunity to refashion economies and societies for good.

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NI 556 - United Nations at 80 - July, 2025
Rewarding bullies

Rewarding bullies

Starmer courts Trump at the expense of UK rights and digital protections, by Anita Bhadani.

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NI 556 - United Nations at 80 - July, 2025
US Navy sailors signal all go for launch to a Super Hornet fighter jet off the USS Harry S Truman aircraft carrier, operating in the Red Sea, on 13 March 2025.Photo: MC2 Logan Mcguire/US Navy Photo/Alamy Stock Photo

Britain’s undeclared war on Yemen

Ruth Rohde and Jack Cinamon explain how the US and Britain went from selling bombs for use against Yemen to dropping them themselves.

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NI 556 - United Nations at 80 - July, 2025
A ‘torture room’ where scores of suspected KLFA members were interrogated, on the grounds of the Mweru High School.Photo: Jaclynn Ashly

Memories in the walls

Jaclynn Ashly explores how the haunting legacy of Britain’s internment camps has shaped Kenya, and why it’s important to keep the fading memories alive.

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NI 555 - Critical minerals - May, 2025

Cartoon History: The Suffragettes

Polyp tells the story of the movement that shook up civil rights in Britain – and refused the limitations of respectable politics.

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NI 554 - Indigenous sovereignty in Australia - March, 2025
Spectators observe a F-15E Strike Eagle warplane at RAF Lakenheath, Suffolk, which has hosted US forces since 1949.Photo: Jetphotos/Alamy

The empire never died

So-called RAF bases filled with US military personnel are a tell-tale sign of Britain’s key role in US imperialism – not simply as a willing agent, but as a compliant subject. By Matt Kennard.

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NI 551 - Election year - September, 2024
From left: Leanne Mohamad, who narrowly missed out on unseating senior Labour politician Wes Streeting in Ilford North; Jeremy Corbyn; Andrew Feinstein, New Internationalist contributor and former South African MP who challenged Keir Starmer; and Iqbal Mohamed, who defeated Labour in Dewsbury and Batley.Photo: Zuma Press/Alamy

Political parties Independents’ day

Britain’s general election saw the rightwing Conservatives swept out – and a huge majority for Labour. But the shallowness of the victorious party’s support points to an existential threat to dominant parties across the world, argues Conrad Landin.

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NI 551 - Election year - September, 2024
The Kentish Flats Offshore Wind Farm and Red Sands Maunsell Fort are seen in the mouth of the Thames Estuary, UK, behind walkers enjoying the evening sun.Photo: Avpics/Alamy

Tilting at windmills

Offshore wind will be vital to weaning our economies off fossil fuels. Nick Dowson explores its potential and warns of the circling sharks looking for profit.

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NI 547 - Climate capitalism - January, 2024
Computer says no

Computer says no

Report on the UK’s ‘Online Safety’ Bill by Nick Dowson.

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NI 546 - Spying on dissent - November, 2023
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The Interview: Sofia Karim

The outspoken artist and architect speaks to Subi Shah about what gets her fired up.

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NI 545 - Decolonize now - September, 2023
Protesters wearing t-shirts reading ‘no walls’ play football during a demonstration against a meeting between Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and the former Italian interior minister Matteo Salvini in Milan, Italy, on August 28 2018. The two far-right politicians met to discuss plans for the creation of a pan-European ‘anti-migration alliance’.Photo: Piero Cruciatti/Alamy

No room at the inn

Decades of deadly border policies have transformed the Mediterranean into a watery grave – an inevitable outcome of project ‘Fortress Europe’. In 2002 Yasmin Alibhai-Brown took on the racism behind the anti-refugee sentiment.

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NI 544 - Palestine - July, 2023
The view over London Zoo and Regent’s Park. As part of the ‘Refugia’ project artists have been meeting at the zoo and reflecting on relationships with nature and urban wildlife.Photo: Joe Dunckley/Alamy

Refuge in nature

Report on the ‘Refugia’ project in London by Alice Mccool.

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NI 543 - Loneliness - May, 2023
Nicola Sturgeon has been a central figure in Scottish politics since devolution in 1999. As First Minister since 2014, she has offered an image of stability in contrast to Westminster chaos. Here she is pictured on the campaign trail during the 2015 UK general election, in which the SNP wiped out Scottish Labour and won all but three seats north of the border.Photo: Andrew Wilson/Alamy

Tough love

As Scotland bids farewell to first minister Nicola Sturgeon, Conrad Landin looks at the state of the democracy she leaves behind.

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NI 543 - Loneliness - May, 2023
The Colour of Madness

The Colour of Madness

Husna Ara speaks to Dr Samara Linton about The Colour of Madness, her co-edited anthology that brings to life the varied experiences of alienation for migrants and people of colour in the UK.

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NI 543 - Loneliness - May, 2023
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Remote solidarity

Work from home policies aren’t going anywhere. So, with many workers in the UK feeling the strain of isolation, now is the time to ramp up trade union organizing, writes Eve Livingston.

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NI 543 - Loneliness - May, 2023

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United Nations at 80 July, 2025
United Nations at 80 July, 2025
United Nations at 80 July, 2025
United Nations at 80 July, 2025
Critical minerals May, 2025
Indigenous sovereignty in Australia March, 2025
Election year September, 2024
Election year September, 2024
Debt: which way out? May, 2024
South Africa 30 years later March, 2024
Climate capitalism January, 2024
Spying on dissent November, 2023
Decolonize now September, 2023
Decolonize now September, 2023
Palestine July, 2023
Palestine July, 2023
Loneliness May, 2023
Loneliness May, 2023
Loneliness May, 2023
Loneliness May, 2023
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