Fortress nation

Fortress nation

South Africa is experiencing a wave of vigilante violence against poor Black migrants, mostly from the African continent. Musawenkosi Cabe reports.

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NI 548 - South Africa 30 years later - March, 2024
Illustration: Emma Peer

Agony Uncle

Ethical and political dilemmas abound these days. This month: Racist family.

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NI 547 - Climate capitalism - January, 2024
Photo: Matt Writtle

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
Borderlines

Borderlines

Racist excuses by Alessio Perrone.

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

Agony Uncle: Cultural appropriation

Ethical and political dilemmas abound these days. This month: Is it acceptable for a white child to wear a sari?

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NI 536 - Abolition - March, 2022
Photo: Avid Art Agency

Spotlight: Saif Osmani

Artist Saif Osmani talks to Subi Shah about urban culture, gentrification and Brexit.

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NI 531 - Vaccine equality - May, 2021
Illustration: Emma Peer

Agony Uncle: Is my daughter harbouring antisemitic views?

Ethical and political dilemmas abound these days. Seems like we’re all in need of a New Internationalist perspective. Enter stage: Agony Uncle.

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NI 531 - Vaccine equality - May, 2021
Libertad Gómez, who crossed the gender barrier to become adept in the traditional Zoque decorative artform of  making ceremonial offerings with mango leaves and flowers.Photo: Changiz M Varzi

Cresting the wave

Changiz M Varzi meets Mexican indigenous women artists who are defying convention.

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NI 531 - Vaccine equality - May, 2021
At a Black Lives Matter protest in London, following the killing of George Floyd by police in Minneapolis, US, in June 2020. The demonstrator is standing in front of a monument to the women of World War Two.Photo: Dylan Martinez/Reuters

Why Black matters

Rahila Gupta examines the history of the contested idea of ‘political blackness’ and makes the case for retaining it in today’s ongoing fight against racism.

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NI 528 - A caring economy - November, 2020
Inequality Watch

Inequality Watch

Black boys and police violence.

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NI 527 - Covid-19 lessons from the pandemic - September, 2020
Photo: Roberto Ourgant

Grand designs

Architecture is never neutral, explains Laith Kharus Whitwham. But can it be made to truly serve the public?

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NI 520 - The right to the city - July, 2019

The far-right international

It is not only the Left that makes use of internationalism. From fascists in the street to heads of state, the Right is showing a willingness and enthusiasm to co-ordinate across borders. Simon Childs finds out more.

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NI 518 - Building a new internationalism - March, 2019
Crew members celebrate the Thai festival of Songkran with the Moken.Photo: Julian Sayarer

Do we fetishize indigenous people?

Working on a documentary in the Andaman Sea prompted questions for Julian Sayarer about the way indigenous and nomadic peoples are represented in the West.

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NI 517 - Trade in Turmoil - January, 2019

Between the devil and the deep blue sea

In 1987, the British government contracted a passenger ferry to act as a floating immigration detention centre for Tamil refugees. Later that year a storm set the ship loose from its moorings. Felix Bazalgette reports on the the little-known story of exodus and empire that paved the way for the Windrush scandal.

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NI 516 - The dirt on waste - November, 2018

The new far-right

GI – a rising far-right group that originated in 2003 in France.

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NI 515 - Making peace in a world at war - September, 2018
A vigil is held in front of a statue of Confederate general Albert Pike in Washington, DC on 13 August 2017.Photo: Salwan Georges/The Washington Post/Getty Images

Down with America’s racist monuments

Taking down monuments to people who fought to defend slavery should not be controversial at all. Yet in the US today, it is, writes Mark Engler

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NI 506 - Brazil's soft coup - October, 2017

Articles in this category displayed as a table:

Article title From magazine Publication date
South Africa 30 years later March, 2024
Climate capitalism January, 2024
Decolonize now September, 2023
A world to win March, 2023
Abolition March, 2022
Vaccine equality May, 2021
Vaccine equality May, 2021
Vaccine equality May, 2021
A caring economy November, 2020
Covid-19 lessons from the pandemic September, 2020
The right to the city July, 2019
Building a new internationalism March, 2019
Trade in Turmoil January, 2019
The dirt on waste November, 2018
Making peace in a world at war September, 2018
Brazil's soft coup October, 2017
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