Issue 532 of New Internationalist
Reader-owned global journalism
July-August 2021
The world must do more
'You messed with the wrong generation.' This rallying cry against the return of junta rule is still reverberating across Myanmar. The unprecedented resistance, in fact, cuts across society. We look at how the February 2021 coup has united millions to stand up to a ruthless regime and inspired calls for a new democracy that removes the military from politics for good. Featuring people on the frontlines of the struggle, we lay out how the world must take immediate steps to back them.
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Courage and terror in Myanmar
Lives and livelihoods have been laid down for democracy. The economy is on the brink of collapse. The world must support the...
Bangladesh: at a glance
A ‘digital’, growing Bangladesh has not translated to basic rights and freedoms for ordinary citizens, Oliur Sun finds.
The alternative film review
Malcolm Lewis on Mandabi directed and written by Ousmane Sembène, and Sweat directed and written by Magnus von Horn.
The alternative book review
Build Your House Around My Body by Violet Kupersmith; The Art of Losing by Alice Zeniter; Silicon Values by Jillian C York; ...
A taste of hope
With herders under threat from global heating in Somaliland, the government has hatched a plan to move millions to the coast....
Not toeing the Kremlin’s line
Regional media is holding its own against the ‘official version’ put out by the nationals. Could it be a harbinger for change,...
Introducing...Samia Suluhu Hassan
Richard Swift on East Africa’s first woman president, a Zanzibar-based organizer promising to protect Tanzanian workers and...
No place for children
Not even young lives have been spared by the junta. Maung Moe reports on a day of shame.
The cost of inaction
Yanghee Lee, a former UN human rights envoy to Myanmar, offers a warning from the past and outlines the practical steps the...
A chance to rebuild?
Thin Lei Win believes the Myanmar military’s reign of terror might be leading a long-divided nation onto a more inclusive path.
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