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Issue 419 of New Internationalist

Reader-owned global journalism

January-February 2009

Climate Justice

The impending climate crisis will make the financial meltdown look like a teddy bear's picnic - and it's the world's poor and marginalized who will suffer the most. We know what's coming, and we have the means to prevent it. And yet we're just staring climate oblivion in the face. As the world continues to belch out greenhouse gases, and governments and corporations champion false solutions, a movement for climate justice is building.

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Bertolt Brecht

Bertolt Brecht

*Bertolt Brecht*, German poet, playwright and theatre director.

Belarus

A country at the edge of Europe home to wolves, bears, lynx and Europe's last dictator.
Diamonds are for never

Diamonds are for never

Swiss mining company grabs Sierra Leone gems

A million mutinies

*Sunita Narain* looks to the environmentalism of the poor for answers.

No place like home

Cairo's poor show a peculiar brand of camaraderie.
Degrees of delusion

Degrees of delusion

*Yang Ailun* and *David Spratt* on why politicians are failing.
Concrete dreams

Concrete dreams

India's middle class is becoming more antagonistic to the urban poor, says *Jeremy Seabrook*.
The Other

The Other

*The Other* by *Ryzard Kapuscinski*
Four principles for climate justice

Four principles for climate justice

Social movements around the world are calling for urgent and radical action, broadly based on four main principles.
Meltdown South

Meltdown South

*David Ransom* examines the impact so far on the Majority World.

The White Tiger

The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga
Power politics

Power politics

Stopping climate change will involve reversing some fundamental injustices, argues *Jess Worth.*

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