Illustrations: Raven

‘Life is at a turning point’

Inside the resistance - four people on the frontlines of the anti-coup movement tell Preeti Jha why they are not giving up. Illustrations by Raven.

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NI 532 - Courage and terror in Myanmar - July, 2021
Citizens take part in the high-profile 2020 French climate assembly, whose proposals should help shape their country’s policies towards a zero-carbon future.Photo: Katrin Baumann

Defibrillating democracy

Rich Wilson and Claire Mellier explain how citizens’ assemblies have the potential to restart the beating heart of democracy.

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NI 530 - Democracy on the edge - March, 2021
Women in Qamishlo, the de facto capital of Rojava, protest against a Turkish-Russian deal that threatens them and the gains of their revolution.Photo: Delil Souleiman/AFP/Getty

Unbowed

Turkey wants to undo the revolution in North and East Syria. But the women of Rojava are resisting, writes Dilar Dirik.

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NI 526 - The Kurds - betrayed again - July, 2020
Protestors celebrate the removal of a statue of Cecil Rhodes from the University of Cape Town, April 2015.Photo: Desmond Bowles under a CC licence

Over the rainbow

A new generation of black activists in South Africa don’t have the ‘patience’ of their parents. Chris Webb looks at how the education system has become a flashpoint of struggle.

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NI 509 - What's left for the young? - January, 2018

Indonesian flight-path farmers pushed out

After five years of resistance, Indonesia began the construction of an international airport set to destroy the sand-dune ecosystem and houses of residents already forced out of the area, writes Pramilla Deva

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NI 506 - Brazil's soft coup - October, 2017
The spirit of creative resistence is strong in the Rio favela of Maré. But Brazil is suffering a ‘genocide’ of black youth.Photo: Vanessa Baird

‘We have a lot to teach the city’

What does ‘the state’ mean to you if you are poor or black or both? Vanessa Baird reports on life down-and-out in post-coup São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro

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NI 506 - Brazil's soft coup - October, 2017
Photo: Brian D. Bumby/Alamy Stock Photo

Trump can be beaten because he is the Establishment

We must respond with a genuine vision for ending the corrupt politics of privilege, writes Mark Engler.

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NI 499 - African village - January, 2017
Bitter grapes sweeten in South Africa

Bitter grapes sweeten in South Africa

Peter Kenworthy on a striking success for wine workers.

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NI 499 - African village - January, 2017
Photo: Daniel Gluskoter/Associated Press

Acts of conscience on bended knee

Mark Engler reflects on how one man's protest made waves around the US.

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NI 498 - The coming war on China - December, 2016
Photo: Seth Wenig/AP/Press Association Images

A word with Gloria Steinem

The feminist pioneer talks to Graeme Green about travel, change and the road ahead.

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NI 492 - Technology justice - May, 2016

Regulation Top Trumps

TTIP is a very dangerous game, writes Chris Coltrane.

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NI 492 - Technology justice - May, 2016
Banished Petroleum

Banished Petroleum

Jess Worth reports on a victory for campaigners wanting BP out of the arts.

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NI 492 - Technology justice - May, 2016
Moving mountains: in March, trucks began clearing nine months' worth of accumulated rubbish.Photo: Bilal Hussein/AP/Press Association Images

Government garbage U-turn in Lebanon

The sanitation crisis is over, but the government faces further challenges, writes Habib Battah.

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NI 492 - Technology justice - May, 2016
Seattle, home of the 1999 WTO protests, campaigning for internet freedom in 2015.Photo: Backbone Campaign under a CC Licence

Claiming our victories

Don't listen to the cynics - Mark Engler thinks activists should pat themselves on the back.

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NI 491 - Last stand - Saving the world's forests - April, 2016
Photo: Signe Vest/Right to Movement

Run for your life

Giedre Steikunaite considers the importance of the Palestine Marathon.

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NI 491 - Last stand - Saving the world's forests - April, 2016
Don’t even think about it: a sign in Mondulkiri province in eastern Cambodia warns against illegal logging. Photo: Bjorn Svensson/Alamy

Logging louts

Forest communities are under siege in Cambodia, says Fran Lambrick.

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NI 491 - Last stand - Saving the world's forests - April, 2016
Photo: Rochelle Hartman under a Creative Commons Licence

‘Acts of solidarity are what make us human’

Though facing overwhelming struggles of their own, teachers at the NUT conference in Brighton have been showing a true spirit of internationalism, writes Jo Lateu.

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NI 490 - Blood brothers - Saudi Arabia and the West - March, 2016
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
Image: Ron Mader under a Creative Commons Licence

What’s hot and what’s not at Paris #COP21

Things and people that made us smile - and that raised our ire during the Paris climate talks.

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NI 21 - Paris Climate Talks - COP21 - December, 2015
Photo: Andy Clark/Backbone Campaign under a CC Licence

#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

Articles in this category displayed as a table:

Article title From magazine Publication date
Courage and terror in Myanmar July, 2021
Democracy on the edge March, 2021
The Kurds - betrayed again July, 2020
What's left for the young? January, 2018
Brazil's soft coup October, 2017
Brazil's soft coup October, 2017
African village January, 2017
African village January, 2017
The coming war on China December, 2016
Technology justice May, 2016
Technology justice May, 2016
Technology justice May, 2016
Technology justice May, 2016
Last stand - Saving the world's forests April, 2016
Last stand - Saving the world's forests April, 2016
Last stand - Saving the world's forests April, 2016
Blood brothers - Saudi Arabia and the West March, 2016
Humanity adrift: why refugees deserve better January, 2016
Paris Climate Talks - COP21 December, 2015
10 economic myths December, 2015
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