January 2006's Issue
For the first time in human history a majority of the world’s people will soon be living in slums in the global South. Already one in six people is a slum dweller – and that number is set to double in the next 30 years.
Scrambling for work, struggling to survive, these poor communities face an uphill battle. This month’s New Internationalist reports on the conditions of slum life around the world.
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A tsunami of demolitions
Africa’s squatters are up against ruthless state power. Andrew Meldrum reports on Harare and beyond.
- Andrew Meldrum
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Prohibited items
Travelling through Honduras, El Salvador, Mexico and the US, Eduardo Galeano is searched for ‘prohibited items’.
- Eduardo Galeano
- 1 Jan 2006
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In hope of justice
In the last of her monthly letters Reem Haddad returns to the murder that has obsessed her nation.
- Reem Haddad
- 1 Jan 2006
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Interview with Aram Aharonian, Director General of teleSUR
The newly launched Latin American TV channel, teleSur, is offering a distinctive Southern perspective on the news – and is already causing consternation in the US Congress as a result. Meet its Director General, Aram Aharonian.
- Sholto Macpherson
- 1 Jan 2006
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Bob Geldof
Does Africa any longer need Bob Geldof as its champion? After Live 8 many people are saying no.
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Empire Left & Right
The idea of empire has certainly made a comeback at both ends of the political spectrum. Richard Swift guides us through the troubled water from Hardt & Negri right through to Niall Ferguson – with a bit of graphic help from Polyp.
- Richard Swift
- 1 Jan 2006
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The lease on life
Richard Swift meets the determined squatters of Bangkok who don’t know the meaning of the word eviction.
- Richard Swift
- 1 Jan 2006
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Architects of our futures
Robert Neuwirth tells what he learned from his two years of living with squatters on three continents.
- Robert Neuwirth
- 1 Jan 2006
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Patterns of Protest; Deadly Consequences
Patterns of Protest by John Crabtree; Deadly Consequences by Jim Shultz
- David Ransom
- 1 Jan 2006
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Head-On/Crossing the Bridge
Head-On/ Crossing the Bridge directed by Fatih Akin
- Malcolm Lewis
- 1 Jan 2006
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Squatter citizens
Profiles from the frontlines: the politics of survival in some of the world’s grittiest slums.
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At the top of the hill
A poet’s view of from Rio’s favelas by Gabriela Tôrres Barbosa.
- Gabriela Tôrres Barbosa
- 1 Jan 2006
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Songs of the Volcano
Songs of the Volcano by Papua New Guinea Stringbands with Bob Brozman
- Louise Gray
- 1 Jan 2006
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Welcome to Squatter Town
By 2030 there will be over two billion squatters worldwide. Richard Swift reports on their attempt to carve out their own piece of urban space.
- Richard Swift
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