Dalit women speak out against human rights abuses and discrimination at an international conference in The Hague, Netherlands.
December 2006's Issue
‘Make corruption history,’ said leading British politician Gordon Brown. His comments were principally directed towards African leaders. But are Western politicians and commentators going the right way about stopping the rot? Isn’t there something missing in their analysis that the problem is mainly one of ‘poor governance’ in developing nations?
This month’s issue of the New Internationalist digs a little deeper.
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Polyp's Big Bad World - December 2006
There is a suitably festive theme to Polyp’s December cartoon.
A visit to my hometown
A return to his hometown for a funeral brings Ike Oguine face to face with ancient ceremonies and certainties that make the world of politics seem like another country.
- Ike Oguine
- 1 Dec 2006
- 0
Queer Noises: From the Closet to the Charts 1961-1978
Queer Noises: From the Closet to the Charts 1961-1978 by various artists
- Louise Gray
- 1 Dec 2006
- 0
Robert Kocharian
Armenian leader Robert Kocharian could give lessons in how to flirt with dictatorship but pull back just enough to maintain European good will – despite listing one of his hobbies as ‘War’.
- New Internationalist Editorial
- 1 Dec 2006
- 0
Costing climate change
George Monbiot explains why action on climate change has to be driven by morality, not dollar estimates
- George Monbiot
- 1 Dec 2006
- 2
Anatomy of a scam
Whistleblower John Githongo speaks to Vanessa Baird; plus extracts from his explosive dossier.
- Vanessa Baird
- 1 Dec 2006
- 0
Bordering on ridiculous
Plan to build fence along the US-Mexico border gets go-ahead
More scary
Anti-corruption isn’t always what it says on the label. Anna Winterbottom sounds a note of caution.
- Anna Winterbottom
- 1 Dec 2006
- 0
Mozambique
Those with money adapt well to the new Mozambique, which over 16 years ago dropped a Marxist/Leninist regime in favour of a free-market economy.
- 1 Dec 2006
- 0
Where the streets have no shame
Posters used to be protest space. Now they’re eaten up by glossy ads, laments Lindsey Collen.
- Lindsey Collen
- 1 Dec 2006
- 0
Lunatic beetroot
Fury of HIV/AIDS campaigners at the South African Government.
- Patrick Burnett
- 1 Dec 2006
- 0
Interview with Vandana Gopikumar
Mental illness is still taboo in India, and many women end up shunned and destitute as a result. But Vandana Gopikumar has been pioneering ways of reaching out to them.
- Dheepthi Namasivayam
- 1 Dec 2006
- 0
Sandra Sebastian
A bullethole in shattered glass: an image of everyday violence in Guatemala City, by local photographer Sandra Sebastian.
- Sandra Sebastian
- 1 Dec 2006
- 0
Corruption's big funder – or how to ‘lose’ $100 billion without really trying
Tainted projects brought to you by the World Bank
- Vanessa Baird
- 1 Dec 2006
- 0
Killer sting
Sandhya Srinivasan takes a closer look at the World Bank’s ‘success’ with malaria in India.
- Sandhya Srinivasan
- 1 Dec 2006
- 0
Action against corruption
Contacts, campaigns and other useful stuff on where to go from here.
- Vanessa Baird
- 1 Dec 2006
- 0
Can the rot be stopped?
Vanessa Baird traces the wily ways of corruption – and the war against it.
- Vanessa Baird
- 1 Dec 2006
- 0
Arms, farts and bribe fairies
Comedian Mark Thomas has a go at defence giant BAE Systems and its cronies.
- Mark Thomas
- 1 Dec 2006
- 1
The Book of Chameleons
The Book of Chameleons by José Eduardo Agualusa translated by Daniel Hahn
- Peter Whittaker
- 1 Dec 2006
- 0
Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait
One to avoid… Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait directed by Douglas Gordon and Philippe Parreno
- Malcolm Lewis
- 1 Dec 2006
- 0
I was a city boy, a soft Asian
Prize-winning novelist MG Vassanji on the psychology of mundane corruption.
- MG Vassanji
- 1 Dec 2006
- 0
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