Issue 533 of New Internationalist
Reader-owned global journalism
September-October 2021
Who gets to eat?
Covid-19 has sent shockwaves through our food system. Hunger is growing throughout the world in communities already battling climate change, conflict and poverty.
Yet we produce more than enough food to feed the world.
This magazine investigates the far-reaching inequalities in our global food system, and asks: who gets to eat – who doesn’t – and how do we fix it?
The edition concludes our year-long Food Justice files.
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The alternative book review
Peter Whittaker, Jo Lateu, Rahila Gupta weigh up recent releases in parallel publishing.
The interview: Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Leo Sakamoto speaks to Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, the former president and favourite to beat Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil’s 2022...
The vice tightens
The image-obsessed Indian government is intent on shutting down dissent. Rishika Pardikar examines ploys in use.
How to achieve full decolonization
Southern governments are captive to the demands of international capital, which stops them from meeting people’s real needs....
Digital dinners
Pat Mooney explores what happens when Big Data meets Big Ag. Interview by Nick Dowson.
Where does all the food go?
There’s more than enough food – if it’s shared out evenly. A data visualization by David McCandless.
‘Food is love’
Urban growers Dee Woods and Stefanie Swanepoel compare notes across continents with Amy Hall.
Taking back the peanut basin
The soil is dying, the water’s running out, and climate change is rendering the future even more uncertain. Hazel Healy speaks...
Chile: at a glance
Despite its modern and prosperous image, Chile’s repressive institutions have remained intact since the Pinochet dictatorship....
Spotlight: Peggy Seeger
Folk music royalty Peggy Seeger speaks to Louise Gray about her life, her music, and her political activism.