Articles by Amy Hall
How Barbados ditched the Queen
Amy Hall reports from Barbados on abolishing the British monarchy and the legacies of colonialism.Decolonization – the long goodbye
If you want to build a more just world, we need to confront the legacies of empire, argues Amy Hall.Housing is a circus
A new aerial cabaret show explores the housing crisis and the debts of home. Amy Hall reports.
The Ogiek won reparations, now they want results
One year after a court ruling, the Ogiek are still waiting for reparations. Amy Hall reports on a case that could change the lives of Indigenous people across the region.The interview: Vandana Shiva
The Indian physicist and veteran food sovereignty activist speaks to Amy Hall about a lifetime of keeping smiling while fighting the lies of the ‘poison cartel’.Tax Justice Network Africa's historic win
Could a Kenyan court case point the way towards a more just tax system? Amy Hall investigates.
For whose protection?
A target to turn 30 per cent of the world’s land into protected areas for nature by 2030 is set to be agreed by world leaders in December. But not everyone is happy about it, as Amy Hall reports.
Our right to the land
It brings power and wealth to whoever holds it, but land should be treated as a public good, argues Amy Hall.
Introducing... Decolonize How?
New Internationalist launches a one-year series exploring responses to poverty that address the reality of post-independence power dynamics within and between countries.
‘No one goes there, not even dog walkers’
Hundreds of people take part in a ‘mass trespass’ to save an ancient woodland under threat from the development of a Center Parcs holiday resort. Amy Hall reports.
10 steps towards prison abolition
A world without incarceration and police may seem a long way off, but there are plenty of things we can change on the way. Amy Hall examines some of them.
Trapped in wait
The UK’s asylum process consistently fails LGBTQI+ asylum seekers, and it’s only set to get worse as the government pushes through its draconian Nationality and Borders Bill. Amy Hall speaks to someone stuck in the system
Beyond punishment
Amy Hall explores the movement calling time on prisons and the police while offering an alternative vision of the future.
The democratic workplace
In co-operatives, employees can take control of the business. Amy Hall explores the possibilities and challenges.
The interview: Susan Nakyung Lee
Amy Hall speaks to Global Assembly organizer Susan Nakyung Lee about the limits and potential of democracy and how a snapshot of the world’s population will take their message directly to COP26.
‘Food is love’
Urban growers Dee Woods and Stefanie Swanepoel compare notes across continents with Amy Hall.
A silver lining
Immunization expert Christopher Morgan is optimistic that the great push for Covid-19 vaccines will produce other global health benefits. He talks to Amy Hall.
G7 resistance: Harnessing collective power
As the international summit begins in Cornwall, Amy Hall speaks to people showing up to challenge its powerful leaders.
Passing it on
We meet three women bound together across borders by their caring responsibilities and struggles to meet them.
5 reasons why care and the climate are inseparable
Amy Hall on the underappreciated link between the twin crises of our times.
The hidden debt of care
It’s essential work yet it is undervalued across the world. Amy Hall makes the case for putting care front and centre.
‘I cannot accept that there is no accountability’
Amy Hall speaks to Marcia Rigg of the United Families and Friends Campaign about the impact of deaths in state custody and how families in the UK have been fighting for justice.
5 polluters making the pandemic pay
Amy Hall gives a rundown of some of the companies and industries who have ramped up their ruinous activities during Covid-19.
Kids locked up
Amy Hall speaks to the campaigners leading the call against childhood incarceration of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
The interview: Sarojini Nadimpally
Fresh from organizing deliveries of PPE to frontline workers, social scientist Sarojini Nadimpally speaks to Amy Hall about women’s health, the Covid-19 crisis and the inequalities it has exacerbated.
The hidden polluters
Agricultural air pollution seems to be a tough nut to crack. Amy Hall explores the air-pollution problem down on the farm.
Police brutality is not just a US problem
Amy Hall on why the Black Lives Matter movement is once again resonating around the world.
Can’t pay, won’t pay
The Covid-19 crisis has triggered an international rent strike. Amy Hall reports on the housing activists hoping to build strong networks of solidarity as financial crisis and mass evictions loom.
To protect life
Covid-19 has shown us that swift action on global health is possible, even if it still falls short. What could we achieve, asks Amy Hall, if we took an urgent approach to air pollution, another widespread killer?
Covid-19 cannot be an excuse for more toxic air
Air pollution kills millions of people each year. In the post-virus rush to return to ‘business as usual’, we could end up with worse air quality than ever before unless we make radical changes. Amy Hall writes.
Paying for your own eviction
The Sumarins face removal from their own home in East Jerusalem. Amy Hall reports.
Raising voices to stop rape in Bangladesh
The Bangladeshi state is intimidating indigenous human rights defenders. Amy Hall reports.
Young indigenous women block violence in Brazil
Young people in Brazil reconnect with their African roots, by Amy Hall.