Illustration: Emma Peer

Seriously?

Beware the Chinese vaccine.

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NI 551 - Election year - September, 2024
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
A woman walks past the smoking, empty National Penitentiary in Port-au-Prince, Haiti on 14 March 2024.Photo: Odelyn Joseph/AP/Alamy

In the US’ shadow

Report on the multi-prong crisis sweeping Haiti, by Harold Isaac.

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NI 550 - Abortion - July, 2024
An African American midwife carries her medical kit down a dirt road in Georgia, US, in 1941. In the mid-1800s, white physicians campaigned to ban abortion as a means to demonize and restrict their competitors, namely midwives.Photo: Jack Delano/Shutterstock

Racist roots

Renee Bracey Sherman and Regina Mahone trace the secret history of abortion bans in the US and link the legacies of reproductive oppression and racial injustice.

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NI 550 - Abortion - July, 2024
Illustration: Yasmín Flores Montañez

Cartoon History: Federico Fernández Cavada

The story of a Cuban-born US Civil War commander who returned to his homeland to fight Spanish imperialism. By Julio Anta and illustrated by Yasmín Flores Montañez.

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NI 549 - Debt: which way out? - May, 2024
Opposite Page: A visualization of the Skid Row neighbourhood in downtown Los Angeles, one of the most heavily policed areas in the US.

Overwatched and underserved

In Los Angeles, a group of activists are standing up against police surveillance of their neighbourhoods. Bethany Rielly speaks to Hamid Khan and Matyos Kidane of the Stop LAPD Spying Coalition about what it means to take on one of the US’s most powerful forces.

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NI 546 - Spying on dissent - November, 2023
A demonstration in New York City, US, in support of Amazon workers at the Bessemer Warehouse in Alabama, in February 2021. Staff alleged the retail giant was employing union busting tactics including surveilling and interfering with the election process during a union drive by workers.Photo: Ben Von Klemperer/Shutterstock

Under Amazon’s eyes

Taj Ali explores how the retail titan has turned its dystopian systems of surveillance onto striking workers.

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NI 546 - Spying on dissent - November, 2023
First abortion...

First abortion...

Report from the US by James Greig.

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NI 544 - Palestine - July, 2023
Borderlines

Borderlines

Racist excuses by Alessio Perrone.

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NI 542 - A world to win - March, 2023
Illustration: Emma Peer

Introducing... Ron Desantis

There is a ‘new gun’ on the Republican far right.

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NI 542 - A world to win - March, 2023
TIAA member Nancy Romer takes part in a protest outside the company’s headquarters in 2017. ‘TIAA has become a leader in in greenwashing investments that are harmful to the climate and communities, their land deals have exacerbated human rights violations, contributed to environmental destruction and enabled unethical or illegal business practices,’ Doug Hertzler, a senior policy analyst for ActionAid USA, told New Internationalist. ‘We are building on this momentum to continue pushing TIAA to stop buying up farmland and repair the damage they have caused.’Photo: Brandon Wu/ActionAid

Nice little earner

What connects the retirement savings of US teachers with inflating land and food prices in Brazil? Maria Luisa Mendonça and Daniela Stefan explain.

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NI 540 - Land rights - November, 2022
Image created by Julie Flett for We Sang You Home by Richard Van Camp, published by Orca Book Publishers.Illustration: Julie Flett

Land back

For generations, Indigenous-led actions have been pushing for the return of traditional lands across the US and Canada. Riley Yesno explores how that spirit has been turned into a movement – embodied in schemes to redistribute wealth from non-Indigenous hands.

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NI 540 - Land rights - November, 2022
Algae backs up in the reservoir behind the Iron Gate dam on the lower Klamath.Photo: Ecoflight via klamathrenewal.org

Take them down!

A persistent, inspiring campaign to remove dams choking the Klamath River is on the verge of success. From the United States, Bruce Shoemaker recounts what it took to get there.

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NI 538 - Rivers of life - July, 2022
Photo: Allison Bailey/Alamy

Hall of Infamy

Democratic Senator from West Virginia, Joe Manchin.

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NI 537 - How we stop big oil - May, 2022
Jessie jokes with his dad. Jessie wrote to Briarpatch: ‘Growing up, my dad was in prison. When I got a life sentence, he changed his life and stayed out and has been my support. This picture is me mimicking my nieces, who pull on his beard – it’s something I never got to do as a kid…’Photo: Jessie Milo

Healed people, heal people

Writing from a Californian prison, Jessie Milo sets out his vision for a more caring society.

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NI 536 - Abolition - March, 2022
Homecoming

Homecoming

US First Nations people vs colonial boundaries.

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NI 532 - Courage and terror in Myanmar - July, 2021
Illustration: Emma Peer

Introducing... Cori Bush

The 44-year-old Black Lives Matter activist who won Missouri’s Democratic First Congressional District election in 2020.

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NI 530 - Democracy on the edge - March, 2021
Inequality Watch

Inequality Watch

Empty homes vs homeless people in the US.

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NI 529 - The biodiversity emergency - January, 2021
Photo: Michelle Kinney

Spotlight: Maysoon Zayid

US-Palestinian stand-up comedian Maysoon Zayid talks to Subi Shah about acting, politics, race and breaking through as a disabled performer.

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NI 527 - Covid-19 lessons from the pandemic - September, 2020
Illustration: Yeyei Gómez

Who’s the thief?

Tax havens in the Global North enable the systematic looting of the Global South. John Christensen explains how their activities impoverish the world.

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NI 524 - How we make poverty - March, 2020

Articles in this category displayed as a table:

Article title From magazine Publication date
Election year September, 2024
Election year September, 2024
Abortion July, 2024
Abortion July, 2024
Debt: which way out? May, 2024
Spying on dissent November, 2023
Spying on dissent November, 2023
Palestine July, 2023
A world to win March, 2023
A world to win March, 2023
Land rights November, 2022
Land rights November, 2022
Rivers of life July, 2022
How we stop big oil May, 2022
Abolition March, 2022
Courage and terror in Myanmar July, 2021
Democracy on the edge March, 2021
The biodiversity emergency January, 2021
Covid-19 lessons from the pandemic September, 2020
How we make poverty March, 2020
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