Issue 431 of New Internationalist
Reader-owned global journalism
April 2010
April 2010
Exposing the severe human and environmental costs of Canada’s dramatic transformation from global good guy to corrupt petro-state, and profiles some of the key figures in what is shaping up to be an iconic struggle in the effort to drag the world back from the brink of a fossil fuel-dependent future.
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Empire and Love
Folk music, as Empire and Love shows so well, is a music that has a grounding in both past and present, both populist and...
A fishy business
European vessels fishing in Western Sahara’s rich waters are in violation of international law, according to the European...
Banning the bomb
Cluster munitions – long condemned by human rights groups for the devastating impact they have on civilians caught up in conflict...
A soldier’s story
*Gopal Mitra* experienced the violence and tragedy of Kashmir firsthand, but is hopeful of a peaceful future, as *Jeremy Seabrook...
I’ll die doing this
*Zoe Cormier* meets two indigenous people for whom this fight couldn’t be more personal.
The fall of King Tuna
The fate of our favourite fish hangs in the balance. *Sara Holden* and *Greg McNevin* explain what needs to be done to give it,...
Canada's curse
Vast reserves of the black stuff are bringing the country nothing but trouble, argues *Andrew Nikiforuk*.