Articles by Jo Lateu

Let us know what themes New Internationalist should cover in the coming year.

The Ethiopian-born, US-based songwriter tells us about her inspirations and her earliest musical memory.

Here’s your chance to tell us what you’d like to see covered in the magazine and on our website.

22 April is Earth Day. Should punishment be made to those personally responsible for destroying our planet?

President and climate movement ally Mohamed Nasheed has been ousted in a military coup. 350.org has set up a petition to put pressure on key international politicians to act.

Add your name to those urging the UK government to support Ecuador’s initiative to keep the oil in the ground.

The recent violence against protesters at the Yanacocha mine has been caught on film. Now campaigners are calling on President Humala to act.

From 13 to 16 September some 25,000 delegates will visit Britain’s largest arms fair. It’s a big, and decidedly dirty, business.

The treatment of asylum seekers and immigrants who reach Europe’s shores is deplorable. Georges Alexandre hopes his 3,000-kilometre odyssey from Tunisia to Brussels will raise awareness - and lead to change.

Residents of Dale Farm, Essex, have been sent eviction notices by Basildon Council. Join the resistance from 9 July.

Iranian bus union hero Mansour Osanloo is released from jail.

Avaaz, the largest global movement on the web, is giving the world a voice.

Indian Supreme Court drops sedition charges against human rights activist.

West Papuan freedom struggle gathers momentum.

We know how important this course is… apparently the university bigwigs don’t.

The Avatar director is planning to visit Lavasa - a ‘private city’ in India at the centre of concerns around urbanization and indigenous rights. Activist Tarsh Thekaekara wants Cameron to change his mind. Here’s why.

Representatives of the International Convention for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) are meeting in France to decide the fate of our favourite fish. We need to make sure that they act now to stop catastrophic overfishing.

A new campaign is launched today urging British Telecommunications to end its partnership with Israeli company Bezeq International, whose parent company supplies phone services to illegal Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories.

16 October is World Food Day – and here’s an invitation to film yourself eating to help raise awareness of food sustainability issues.

A new film promises to demystify the activist movement and inspire us all to get involved. 

Activists hack into the public website of the European Climate Exchange

Deported from Britain on 15 June, Mr A is now struggling to survive in Kabul.

…according to the Home Office - but for a 19-year-old asylum seeker about to be deported, the return could be a death sentence.

A message of hope from a remarkable man: Archbishop Desmond Tutu was in town this week.

A new competition to honour the work and words of US writer and activist Paul Goodman has been launched by documentary-maker Jonathan Lee.

Desmond Tutu speaks out against the wave of homophobia sweeping across many African countries.

What themes should we be covering in the magazine and on-line?

It's big, but it's not clever - the biofuel boom is threatening lives and land.  

19 per cent of US babies have a television in their bedroom... but should we care?

The poorest countries, who contribute the least to climate change and have the most to lose, are the countries with the smallest voice at the negotiation table.

Western Saharan hunger striker refused permission to land in her own country.

Hilary Synnott’s book is a useful introduction to Pakistan’s past, present and possible future.

We're doing something right!

One brave woman has brought the world’s attention back on to the plight of Western Sahara’s people.

Listen to the experts and have your say at an event in Malvern.

Budding photographers, step right this way…

Tomorrow should have been the start of the eagerly anticipated Big Green Gathering. So why isn't it taking place? Rumours abound  

A trip through passport control is enough for Leah Williams to see that all Britons are not treated equally.

The Zero Carbon Caravan sets off for Copenhagen in August. Book your place now...

Our political system doesn’t represent young people’s views.

Vancouver's only working farm is in danger of destruction by developers, writes Canadian journalist Hadani Ditmars, who will soon be joining New Internationalist as a co-editor.

Colombian activist Teófilo Acuña on the danger of confronting paramilitaries.

Brazil’s AIDS fight against Big Pharma continues

Apartheid accomplices Coca-Cola, Barclays, BP et al are heading for court

Burma’s rebels on the line