Issue 421 of New Internationalist
Reader-owned global journalism
April 2009
April 2009
With the global economic system in meltdown, the once booming chorus of ‘Let the Market Decide’ is pretty unconvincing these days. Welcome, the Age of Possibility.
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Tony Manero
The late 1970s. A kitsch television show is looking for a Tony Manero impersonator. Tony who? Horribly, wonderfully real, and...
Making room
Even when the odds are stacked against them, *Maria Golia* observes her neighbour’s family taking life as it comes.
Africa to Appalachia
Sissoko’s warm-toned vocals and fluid kora work, counterpointed by Stone’s banjo-picking make for a wonderfully expansive sound...
Hosni Mubarak
Egypt’s *President Mubarak* may have survived six assassination attempts but does not escape the *NI* treatment.
Abdul Rahman Roslan
A haunting and sensitive glimpse into a Malaysian orphanage by photographer *Abdul Rahman Roslan*.
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