Right to make a scene: activists protest outside Minneapolis police headquarters after the death of Jamar Clark.Photo: Tony Webster under a CC Licence

A good moment to make a scene

Urgent cries for racial justice must not go unheard, writes Mark Engler.

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NI 489 - Humanity adrift: why refugees deserve better - January, 2016
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#ShellNo: the triumph of the Kayaktivists

We do not always win - but sometimes we prevail. Mark Engler celebrates a daring victory.

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NI 488 - 10 economic myths - December, 2015
Painting a pontiff: a New York City office building prepares to welcome Pope Francis.Photo: Mark Lennihan/AP/Press Association Images

A Pope in Washington

Mark Engler hopes that the pontiff will use his US visit to promote a message of social justice.

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NI 486 - The transgender revolution - October, 2015
Secret Agent Orange

Secret Agent Orange

Katie McQue on Agent Orange's toxic legacy.

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NI 486 - The transgender revolution - October, 2015
Racially offensive names and images (as on this Washington Redskins helmet) should be kicked into touch.Photo: Sergei Bachlakov / Xinhua / Alamy

Let’s stop ‘playing Indian’

Racially offensive names and images should be kicked into touch.

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NI 483 - Fundamentalism - Power, politics and persuasion - June, 2015
Girls get radical in the United States

Girls get radical in the United States

Lydia James talks to a young girls' group with a difference.

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NI 482 - Global banking now - May, 2015
Hillary Clinton and Jeb Bush – keen to get their feet under the Oval Office table.DonkeyHotey under a CC Licence

Can the world endure another Bush - or Clinton?

Mark Engler is not inspired by family dynasties ruling over the nation.

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NI 482 - Global banking now - May, 2015

Ending corporate rule

Can we find a way to loosen big business's stranglehold on the US? asks Mark Engler.

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

Mark Engler considers the true extent of US apartheid.

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NI 479 - Democracy in the digital era - January, 2015
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Citizen activism marches on

Mark Engler draws lessons from marches past and present.

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NI 477 - Big oil RIP? - November, 2014
Activist street art in San Francisco.Photo: Franco Folini

Social change is written in the streets

Fifty years ago the Civil Rights Act was passed into law in the US. Movements not governments propel change, believes Mark Engler.

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NI 474 - Feminism fights back - July, 2014
The US is pushing the Afghan government to sign an agreement that would allow US troops to arrest, detain and extradite any Afghan deemed to threaten its security interests.The US Army

Afghanistan: time to move on?

Ewa Jasiewicz wonders what the US troops will be leaving behind.

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NI 471 - The war on whistleblowers - April, 2014

Articles in this category displayed as a table:

Article title From magazine Publication date
Humanity adrift: why refugees deserve better January, 2016
10 economic myths December, 2015
The transgender revolution October, 2015
The transgender revolution October, 2015
Syria’s good guys - Inside a forgotten revolution September, 2015
Capitalism is spinning out of control July, 2015
Fundamentalism - Power, politics and persuasion June, 2015
Global banking now May, 2015
Global banking now May, 2015
Total control - is Monsanto unstoppable? April, 2015
Democracy in the digital era January, 2015
Big oil RIP? November, 2014
Cuba October, 2014
Cuba October, 2014
Gold trouble September, 2014
Feminism fights back July, 2014
The politics of language loss June, 2014
The politics of language loss June, 2014
Organ trafficking May, 2014
The war on whistleblowers April, 2014
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