Issue 530 of New Internationalist
Reader-owned global journalism
March-April 2021
Democracy on the edge
Disinformation. Polarization. And flat denial of election results. Democracy seems to be in trouble today. But are these death throes - or perhaps growing pains?
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Country profile: Nigeria
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It twists and corrupts democracy in hidden ways. Peter Geoghegan explores the murky world of think tanks and billionaire...
How we are gulled
Propaganda and media expert Peter Pomerantsev on tackling disinformation and the power of the digital platforms.
The interview: Michael Fakhri
Michael Fakhri, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, has a bold vision for a trade system that reflects how people...
Saving the Sundarbans
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