Issue 506 of New Internationalist
Reader-owned global journalism
October 2017
Brazil’s soft coup
Rebranding dictatorship in Latin America.
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Brazil’s soft coup hardens
Vanessa Baird reports on Brazil’s unfolding rightwing takeover. Can it be stopped?
What is Brazil’s ‘Operation Car Wash’?
Is it the world’s biggest corruption scandal? By Vanessa Baird.
Marcela’s recipe: how to make a soft coup
This dish may seem challenging at first, but is guaranteed to impress your guests!
‘We have a lot to teach the city’
Favela dwellers speak to Vanessa Baird about police violence and creative resistance.
Agribusiness seizes Brazilian power
Vanessa Baird writes on how agribusiness has mounted a coup against rural Brazilians.
What’s sex got to do with it?
Womens’ and minority rights are disappearing since the soft coup in Brazil, reports Vanessa Baird.
The persistence of patriarchy
The roots of patriarchy, how it is sustained, and how to go about challenging it. By Cynthia Enloe.
‘Life is about how we can enhance society’
Mahatma Gandhi’s grandson, Arun Gandhi, speaks to Danielle Batist about technology, Trump, and anger as a gift.
No celebration of colonization
Why First Nations people boycotted Canada’s 150th anniversary of confederation. Sian Griffiths reports.
Down with America’s racist monuments
It should not be controversial to take down statues of defenders of slavery, writes Mark Engler.
From friends to foes: South Sudan’s power pair
Richard Swift profiles president Mayardit and former vice-president Machar.