April 2001's Issue
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Jamming the global media
From hip hop in Nairobi to Indymedia in Chiapas, the grassroots get a voice.
- 1 Apr 2001
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The Dragon and the Phoenix
Liberalized is not quite the same as liberated. Yun Ding takes a close look at what’s happening to the media in China.
- 1 Apr 2001
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Ultra Concentrated Media - Facts
Of monopoly and monoculture: the top six global media firms, with their cosy family of brands.
- New Internationalist Editorial
- 1 Apr 2001
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Multimedia dreaming
Aboriginal Australian writer Christine Morris on boring home videos and why culture is not a commodity.
- Christine Morris
- 1 Apr 2001
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Summit in sight
The ‘Summit of the Americas’ is drawing all sorts to Quebec City.
- CLAC (Anti-Capitalist Convergence)
- 1 Apr 2001
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Pain without gain
Some US medical researchers have been engaging in some unethical practices in Africa.
Cultural homicide, ayoh!
Ziauddin Sardar watches television in Singapore.
- Ziauddin Sardar
- 1 Apr 2001
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Every breath they take
A toxic legacy of industrial pollution is the reason why Sumgait in Azerbaijan has the highest infant mortality rate in the world.
- Alex Smailes
- 1 Apr 2001
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Burmese daze
Despite a woeful human rights record and an international boycott, foreign investment in Burma continues to surge.
- Burma Issues
- 1 Apr 2001
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René, what have you wrought?
The ghost of Descartes appears to John Gough during the trial of British Greenpeace activists.
- John Gough
- 1 Apr 2001
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The crusaders
Western media propaganda has a hidden history. John Pilger uncovers it.
- John Pilger
- 1 Apr 2001
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Shallow river
China’s famous Yellow River may soon dry up entirely scientists warn.
- Down to Earth
- 1 Apr 2001
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The wrong cloth
Once an iconic symbol of the Indian struggle against colonialism, the Gandhi-inspired homespun cotton movement is on the wane as Western values take hold on the sub-continent.
- Sarah Elton
- 1 Apr 2001
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And all the jokes are cruel
Ama Ata Aidoo on God, Ghana and the cruellest of jokes.
- Ama Ata Aidoo
- 1 Apr 2001
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Pristine pipeline
A consortium of transnational companies is proposing to build an oil pipeline through pristine cloud forests in Ecuador.
- 1 Apr 2001
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Death for penalty
A growing number of municipalities and organizations in the US have passed resolutions calling for a national death-penalty moratorium.
- The Nation
- 1 Apr 2001
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Mine of inspiration
The NI issue on Landmines (NI 294) inspired a couple of Canadian students to produce an award-winning multimedia project on the subject.
- New Internationalist Editorial
- 1 Apr 2001
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Empires of the senseless
Katharine Ainger unravels the tentacles of the global media machine – and explains why we need to subvert it.
- Katharine Ainger
- 1 Apr 2001
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Julio Etchart
Julio Etchart documents a world of toys and games from the factory to the playground, from rich kids to humble shanty town and rural children.
- Julio Etchart
- 1 Apr 2001
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Jamaica
There was a time not so long ago when outsiders just didn’t go to Trench Town. Until recently, this inner-city Kingston ghetto had such a reputation for violence that even armed police gave it a wide berth.
- James Ferguson
- 1 Apr 2001
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This House has Fallen: Nigeria in Crisis
This House has Fallen: Nigeria in Crisis by Karl Maier
- Okey Ndibe
- 1 Apr 2001
- 1
Message of War
Reem Haddad uncovers Ariel Sharon’s brutal past in Letter from Lebanon.
- Reem Haddad
- 1 Apr 2001
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World’s Worst
This year’s winners of the annual Multinational Monitor ‘Worst Corporation’ awards.
- 1 Apr 2001
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