Building a new internationalism

A timeline of modern internationalism from 1810 to 2018.

Eight ways to live out your principles, suggests Yohann Koshy.

As news comes of the withdrawal of 11,000 Cuban doctors from Bolsonaro’s Brazil, Sujatha Fernandes asks how viable the Cuban model of global solidarity is in the 21st century.

The prospect of a British government headed up by Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn – a veteran internationalist – should be a source of hope. But how would his government break from the past when the global economy is hardwired to extract profit from the Global South? Barnaby Raine proposes four ideas to help square the circle.

Internationalists should pay attention to the way modern capitalism is increasingly dependent on transnational supply chains and migrant workers. Notes from Below explain why.

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.

In 1984, President of Burkina Faso Thomas Sankara addressed the United Nations General Assembly. Sankara was perhaps the last ‘Third World’ politician, a revolutionary Marxist who felt a ‘special solidarity uniting the three continents of Asia, Latin America and Africa’.

A radical proposal to redefine and extend service provision to all those in need without breaking the bank has the potential to spark something truly transformative. Nick Dowson takes a closer look.

The stories of women migrants making the desperate Mediterranean crossing to Europe are different from those of the men, marked by a higher level of exploitation and abuse. Lucia Benavides reports from Spain.

With the release of New Daughters of Africa, editor Margaret Busby explains why the collection – 25 years after Daughters of Africa was published – could not have come at a better time and introduces three stories from the anthology.

Nanjala Nyabola comments on the fluctuating, and often unaffordable, cost of local staples in Madagascar.

Nilanjana Bhowmick weighs up Modi's chances in the coming elections in India.

Mark Engler on the US's Green New Deal. What does it mean for for America, and beyond?

Sally Hayden reports on a fully independent, refugee-run news outlet in the Kakuma refugee camp in Kenya

Who is Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez?

New developments in the Belizean–Guatemalan territorial dispute.

The Kurdish MP has been on hunger strike since November.

The Museum of Black Civilizations has opened in Dakar yet many of its galleries remain empty.

Coalminers in treacherous ‘rat-hole’ mines work without safety equipment or rescue protocols in northeast India.

Marta Vidal talks to Maria Augusta, 85, who lives in fear of eviction since her building was sold to a company planning to invest in short-term rentals.

Netanyahu's right-wing Likud party still leads the polls despite the ongoing investigation into corruption allegations against him.

R Kelly finally dropped; waking up for sleep sickness sufferers; free to love in Angola.

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Parsa Sanjana Sajid shines a light on the stigma faced by single men looking for housing.

A look at a study that shows how photos of migrants can influence the political behaviour of those who view them.

The world now has child influencers.

Jeff Bezos’ fortune vs Ethiopia’s health budget

Frack off!

Green resistance by Schlorian (Switzerland)

...we scrapped the gender binary on official documents? Vanessa Baird suggests a world beyond M or F.

Bosnian Co-President from Republika Srpska.

Though the conflict in Syria is often described as a civil war, most of the forces at play are exogenous. Zoe Holman writes.

The story of Filipino elder Macli-ing Dulag, who led the struggle against the Chico Dam, as told by ILYA (with Yohann Koshy).

Is challenging members of the public with the reality of animal suffering and slaughter counterproductive? Vegans Chris Saltmarsh and Hannah Short agree to disagree.

Cartoon by Marc Roberts.

As opposition to fossil-fuel sponsorship grows, arts institutions funded by big oil are looking increasingly out of touch. Danny Chivers reports.

Highlighting the work of artists and photographers from the Majority World.

Cartoon by P J Polyp.

The Slovenian philosopher, sociologist and cultural critic speaks to Graeme Green about losing control, Twitter, Trump and a new approach.

Age, circumstance, exploitative behaviour?

Woman of the Ashes; Death Register; The New Faces of Fascism; The Long Honduran Night.

3 Faces; H is for Harry.

Songs of Our Native Daughters; Doko Mien.

The first Black woman director of a Hollywood movie.