India’s brothels are full of young girls who serve as sex slaves. The Rescue Founwdation tries to liberate them.
June 2006's Issue
President Hugo Chávez and oil - from the outside you get the general impression there’s nothing else much worth knowing about Venezuela. You would never suppose that a sea change has been sweeping through this extraordinary place for more than seven years, throwing up awkward questions as it goes. Is peaceful revolution a contradiction in terms? Does the term ‘Bolivarian’ mean anything at all? Can economic orthodoxy and the American Empire be successfully defied? The NI reports from a country where ordinary people are living through far from ordinary times.
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Dam lies
Hunger strikes on both sides as India raises its Narmada Dam still higher.
- Dionne Bunsha
- 1 Jun 2006
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Polyp's Big Bad World – June 2006
Vegan gruel and global warming: a cautionary cartoon by Polyp.
Haunted mornings, sleepless nights
Jean Baptiste Kayigama describes how he survived the genocide in Rwanda.
- Jean Baptiste Kayigamba
- 1 Jun 2006
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The hive
Perched in The Valley, a Caracas barrio plays host to David Ransom.
- David Ransom
- 1 Jun 2006
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Apartheid versus sumud
The Israeli election made it plainer than ever, according to Jeff Halper: what most Israelis want is apartheid.
- Jeff Halper
- 1 Jun 2006
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Subhankar Banerjee
Photographic evidence of the melting Arctic ice, shot by Subhankar Banerjee.
- Subhankar Banerjee
- 1 Jun 2006
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Double vision
Old and new forms of democracy still run along parallel lines, says Michael Albert.
- Michael Albert
- 1 Jun 2006
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After The Neocons: America at the Crossroads
After The Neocons by Francis Fukuyama
- Peter Whittaker
- 1 Jun 2006
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Civil soldiers
The civilization of the military – or the militarization of civilians? Elizabeth Núñez looks for answers.
- Elizabeth Núñez
- 1 Jun 2006
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The spoils of oil
Ivan Briscoe visits Maracaibo, source of ‘the black curse’ and a Hollywood all of its own.
- Ivan Briscoe
- 1 Jun 2006
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Afroreggae Special: Culture Is Our Weapon & Favela Rising
AFROREGGAE SPECIAL: Culture Is Our Weapon by Patrick Neate and Damian Platt; Favela Rising directed by Jeff Zimbalist.
- Malcolm Lewis
- 1 Jun 2006
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‘The Cuban stays!’
Watched by Vanessa Davies, primary healthcare finally arrives, courtesy of Cuban doctors.
- Vanessa Davies
- 1 Jun 2006
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Live in Ramallah
Live in Ramallah by West-Eastern Divan Orchestra/Daniel Barenboim.
- Louise Gray
- 1 Jun 2006
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Meles Zenawi
When Ethiopia’s Dergue dictatorship was swept away, former guerrilla leader Meles Zenawi seemed to embody new hope for Africa’s second most populous country. Where did it all go wrong?
- 1 Jun 2006
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Inside the Venezuelan Revolution
David Ransom discovers a democratic change in the making.
- David Ransom
- 1 Jun 2006
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Maldives
The distinctive topography of the Maldives – an archipelago of more than 1,200 small islands – allows for a strict demarcation of function. One for the capital, another for rubbish, 80 or so for tourist resorts, and one for torturing political prisoners.
- Mary Warren
- 1 Jun 2006
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‘I see a human being’
Mauritius goes to bizarre lengths to classify people by ethnicity or religion, as Lindsey Collen explains.
- Lindsey Collen
- 1 Jun 2006
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