Standing firm against BP sponsorship of the British Museum’s ‘Troy’ exhibition on 8 February 2020. Hundreds of activists were also joined by a giant Trojan horse.Photo: Imageplotter/Alamy

Temperature Check

Ending the artwash. Words by Danny Chivers.

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NI 545 - Decolonize now - September, 2023
Wind and solar generation at Phan Rang, Ninh Thuan province, Vietnam.Photo: Quang Ngoc Nguyen/Alamy

Beyond big oil

We cannot let the ever-expanding oil and gas industry stand in the way of urgently needed climate action. Nick Dowson lays out a path to change.

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NI 537 - How we stop big oil - May, 2022
Plastic has made a comeback thanks to Covid-19.Photo: Edward Howell/Unsplash

5 polluters making the pandemic pay

As Covid-19 spread across the world, greenhouse-gas emissions plummeted, thanks to a reduction in human activity. But meanwhile, writes Amy Hall, some of the world’s most polluting companies and industries have been using the pandemic to maintain and even ramp up their environmentally ruinous activities.

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NI 527 - Covid-19 lessons from the pandemic - September, 2020
What if…

What if…

Drug patents were scrapped? Husna Rizvi makes a vital suggestion.

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NI 526 - The Kurds - betrayed again - July, 2020
Illustration: Steve Munday

Brexit and the dark arts

Lobbyists, chlorinated chicken and tricksy business in the fog of Brexit.

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NI 517 - Trade in Turmoil - January, 2019

The almighty investor

Trying to take back failing privatized public services exposes governments to the risk of being sued for gargantuan amounts by foreign corporations. Lavinia Steinfort reports.

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NI 512 - Public ownership rises again - May, 2018
Education by e-book? A teacher and her class at low-cost private school  Bridge in Mpigi, Uganda.Photo: Jon Rosenthal/Alamy

Between a shark and the deep sea

Can a US chain of profit-making schools really help the poor? Patience Akumu reports on the impact of Bridge academies in Uganda.

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NI 505 - Bad Education - September, 2017
Illustration: Marc Nipp

Will Google take over the classroom?

Silicon Valley types say that with enough data, they can ‘fix’ education. Where are the teachers in this grand plan? asks Tamasin Cave.

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NI 505 - Bad Education - September, 2017
Beware the slippery language of 'sustainable branding'

Beware the slippery language of 'sustainable branding'

Corporations that care? Don’t believe the spin, writes Dale Lately.

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NI 494 - Smiley-faced monopolists - July, 2016
Photo: David Shankbone under a CC licence

What's not for sale in branded America?

Mark Engler bemoans the corporate colonization of public space.

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NI 494 - Smiley-faced monopolists - July, 2016
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg  (centre) and friends play with virtual reality gear at a high-level gathering earlier this year.Photo: Kay Nietfield/Reuters

Smiley-faced monopolists

Does it matter that Google, Facebook and Amazon are so successful? Vanessa Baird examines what their domination means for all of us.

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NI 494 - Smiley-faced monopolists - July, 2016
In a world where transnationals have more clout than many countries, the David and Goliath story has been turned on its head and power rests with companies.

Illustration: Fanatic Studio/Alamy Stock Photo

Big Davids, small Goliaths

How new trade deals – and Investor-State Dispute Settlements in particular – are giving more power to companies to sue countries for lost profits.

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NI 493 - Love in the time of Ebola - June, 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
Semantically engineered crops

Semantically engineered crops

Louise Sales reports on word games in the GMO industry.

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NI 492 - Technology justice - May, 2016
BP is loath to admit that campaigners have won the art sponsorship PR battle.Photo © Andrew Perry

Artful dodging

Five reasons not to buy BP’s story about the end of its sponsorship deals.

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NI 492 - Technology justice - May, 2016

Male baldness v malaria?

Simon Trace on the skewed priorities of medical research.

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NI 492 - Technology justice - May, 2016
Numbers game: edu-businesses are keen to exploit the profit potential of schools around the world.Photo: Jake Lyell/Water Aid/Alamy Stock Photo

PISA-envy, Pearson and Starbucks-style schools

Good for corporations, but what about the pupils? Adam Unwin and John Yandell consider the impact of edu-businesses.

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NI 491 - Last stand - Saving the world's forests - April, 2016

Our shadowy corporate overlords

TTIP is both ludicrous and frightening, writes Chris Coltrane.

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NI 490 - Blood brothers - Saudi Arabia and the West - March, 2016
Listen up! Amazon employees in Germany have been demanding recognition of a collective wage agreement.Photo: Roland Weihrauch/DPA/Press Association Images

Act against Amazon!

We need to push back against unacceptable corporate behaviour, writes Mark Engler.

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NI 487 - Paris climate summit - November, 2015
Drowned out by big oil: 13-year-old Laurel from Children Against Global Warming performs inside the BP-sponsored British Museum in September 2015, as part of the growing movement against oil sponsorship.Photo: Natasha Quarmby / Art Not Oil

Still biting

Big Oil's history of denial, delay and distortion is laid bare by Greg Muttitt.

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NI 487 - Paris climate summit - November, 2015

Articles in this category displayed as a table:

Article title From magazine Publication date
Decolonize now September, 2023
How we stop big oil May, 2022
Covid-19 lessons from the pandemic September, 2020
The Kurds - betrayed again July, 2020
Trade in Turmoil January, 2019
Public ownership rises again May, 2018
Bad Education September, 2017
Bad Education September, 2017
Smiley-faced monopolists July, 2016
Smiley-faced monopolists July, 2016
Smiley-faced monopolists July, 2016
Love in the time of Ebola June, 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
Blood brothers - Saudi Arabia and the West March, 2016
Paris climate summit November, 2015
Paris climate summit November, 2015
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