Features
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Liberating the world from development
In 1992 New Internationalist published Wolfgang Sachs’ seminal series of essays Development: A Guide to the Ruins. Two decades on, he looks at how globalization gave the concept of ‘development’ an unexpected new lease of life – and argues that the 21st century needs to outgrow the idea for the sake of both the poor and the planet.
Where are they now? Aminatou Haidar
The nonviolent resistance activist on what she has been doing since she was featured in our 1997 issue.
Stitched up
Cambodia, a ‘sweatshop-free nation’? Try telling that to its expolited workers, writes Heather Stilwell.
Falling in love with tax
Some rich people are all for it. Nick Harvey reports on the growing desire for tax justice.
That's rich - The FACTS
In spite of global financial crisis, the numbers of super-rich people in the world has grown - and so have their fortunes.
Showdown in the Amazon
Why are indigenous leaders at odds with their communities in the struggle to conserve their forest homes? Jane Monahan travels to Ecuador to find out.
The feral rich
How do they get away with it? Vanessa Baird investigates.
The feral rich - how can we help them?
A 10-point action plan for policymakers, illustrated by Kate Charlesworth.
Laying into the poor
From the US to China, Owen Jones documents how the demonization of the have-nots is going global.
India's elites have a ferocious sense of entitlement
A revealing set of US studies has got Urvashi Butalia thinking about how the rich behave in Dehli.
Greece: what the potato movement did next
From direct deals with farmers to guerilla parks and suicide prevention, Alexandra Saliba documents grassroots solutions to the financial crisis.
Colombia - the riven land
Brian Fitzpatrick and Michael Norby reveal the real key to lasting peace in the war-torn country.
This is for everyone
"Chris Thorpe gives his take on the impact of open-source tech on governance and manufacturing."
Privacy shouldn’t scare you
Nadim Kobeissi tells us about ways to protect our communication from prying eyes.
Digital freedoms – THE FACTS
Who’s online where, who has your data and how much are they spending to get it?
When Anonymous got into politics
"Quinn Norton looks behind the mask of Anonymous, charting its evolution into a global activist force."
How the US has been sponsoring terrorism in the Sahara
Jeremy Keenan uncovers the shocking, murky background to the current conflict in Mali.
10 steps to software freedom
Charlie Harvey outlines the righteous path to internet liberation
Internet showdown: why digital freedom matters - to us all
New Internationalist co-editor Hazel Healy meets the free software hackers protecting your bits from cybersnooping governments and marketers.
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