Issue 453 of New Internationalist

June 2012

The Rio+20 earth summit

Black pearls, cruise ships and lively politics: Mary Warren gives the lowdown on the South Pacific atolls.

Warren Clark is unimpressed by governments forcing citizens to 'donate' their labour to big business.

Ahead of the Rio +20 Earth Summit, Danny Chivers exposes the canny, crafty and plain deceitful claims of corporations co-opting '...

With the Earth Summit just days away, Danny Chivers chronicles the urgent battle to stop corporates from hijacking the green...

Indian activist Bunker Roy is bringing electric light to rural villages by training up grandmothers as solar engineers, reports...

Nick Harvey reports on a campaign to expose sportswear firms who exploit women workers while boasting Olympic values.

Outspoken scholar Norman Finkelstein speaks to Hazel Healy about his latest book Knowing Too Much.

Maina Waruru celebrates payouts for persecuted activists on the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture.

A new birth offers a sign of hope for Lauri Kubuitsile.

South Korean villagers are campaigning to keep a military base off the pristine Jeju island, reports Chloe Simons.

Britain's counter-terrorism policy is undermining the rule of law, argues Simon Crowther.