December 2009's Issue

Hunger-striking human rights activist arrives home in Western Sahara. Jeremy Corbyn and Stefan Simanowitz report.

Even global warming is being used for economic gain. But we can’t buy ourselves out of ruin, argues Jeremy Seabrook.

A new US bill is aiming for tough screening of toxic chemicals. Roxana Olivera reports.

Hiphop fans make a virtue of telling it how it is. Well, there’s no-one out there who tells it better than Sister Fa.

Tulpan is the daughter of the only nearby family and Asa thinks he’s in love with her. Sadly for him, she doesn’t fancy Asa, whose ears, she says, are too big.

The NI guide to how you can take action for climate justice, whether you’re in Copenhagen, in a major city or online.

Polyp’s climate change-o-meter.

Weather patterns across the West African country have become increasingly hard to predict as a result of climate change.

Cartoonist Marc Roberts beams his inquisitive aliens down to commentate on ‘a night of bone-crushing, planet-trashing, wrestling mayhem’.

Victims of ‘India’s Hiroshima’ still seek justice

Copenhagen is not the only game in town. There are other ideas for how to keep fossil fuels in the ground. The NI catches up with one of the boldest: Ecuador’s Yasuní initiative.

The country, once one of Italy’s few colonial possessions, covers an 800-kilometre strip along Africa’s Red Sea coast, stretching from Sudan in the north to Djibouti in the south.

A red-green revival is possible, argues Jeremy Seabrook.

GMB Akash photographs children being children at a dump yard in Bangladesh.

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

L’affaire Tarnac is a story little-followed outside of France. Horatio Morpurgo tracks down the collective – whose members have been accused by the police of terrorist activity – and explains why we should all be paying more attention.