An anti-nuclear demonstration under way in Mumbai. The government considers such movements ‘anti- development’.Photo: Vivek Prakash / Reuters

Contested territory

Accused by the government of stalling development and by critics on the Left of not being radical enough, NGOs in India are facing many challenges. Dionne Bunsha reports.

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NI 478 - NGOs - Do they help? - December, 2014
Prying plumbers

Prying plumbers

Ylenia Gostoli on the British government's latest ploy to spot those 'at risk of radicalization'.

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NI 477 - Big oil RIP? - November, 2014
Photo: Geert Vanden Wijngaert/AP Photo

The lowdown on Viktor Orban

The Hungarian Prime Minister is put under the spotlight.

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NI 477 - Big oil RIP? - November, 2014
Clockwise from top left. A boy releases his racing pigeons from the high walls above the Kurdish city of Diyarbakir; a young shepherd tending his flock near the Iraqi border; a shop on the outskirts of Istanbul selling clothes bearing the logo of ISIS/Islamic State; a passionate moment during the filming of a popular TV drama, with the Bosphorus Bridge illuminated in the background; a demonstrator poses in front of a burning barricade built to stop police reaching Taksim Square during the anti-government demonstrations in Istanbul in 2013.Photos by Guy Martin / Panos Pictures

Country profile: Turkey

Samantha North assesses a country with a volatile mix of cultural, religious and political influences.

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NI 477 - Big oil RIP? - November, 2014
Naomi Klein.Photo: Suzanne DeChillo/The New York Times/Redux

Rocking the boat

Graeme Green talks to author and activist Naomi Klein about why global warming is a political issue.

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NI 477 - Big oil RIP? - November, 2014

Country profile: Mauritania

Facts, figures and photos from Mauritania.

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NI 475 - Gold trouble - September, 2014
YES: Adam Ramsay is co-editor of OurKingdom, the UK section of openDemocracy, and author of the forthcoming ebook 42 reasons to support Scottish independence. Before this, he worked for student activist network People & Planet.

Would Scottish independence be good for radical politics?

Writer and activist Adam Ramsay and professor and author Jim Gallagher go head to head.

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NI 475 - Gold trouble - September, 2014
Photo: Andrew Burton / AP / Press Association Images

Worldbeater: Yahya Jammeh

Paranoid, arrogant, moralistic and intolerant: step forward, Yahya Jammeh.

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NI 472 - Organ trafficking - May, 2014

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Article title From magazine Publication date
NGOs - Do they help? December, 2014
NGOs - Do they help? December, 2014
Big oil RIP? November, 2014
Big oil RIP? November, 2014
Big oil RIP? November, 2014
Big oil RIP? November, 2014
Gold trouble September, 2014
Gold trouble September, 2014
Gold trouble September, 2014
The politics of language loss June, 2014
Organ trafficking May, 2014
Organ trafficking May, 2014
Organ trafficking May, 2014
Organ trafficking May, 2014
The war on whistleblowers April, 2014
The war on whistleblowers April, 2014
The war on whistleblowers April, 2014
Commodities - the pitfalls of resource wealth March, 2014
Commodities - the pitfalls of resource wealth March, 2014
Commodities - the pitfalls of resource wealth March, 2014
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