Issue 533 of New Internationalist

Peter Whittaker, Jo Lateu, Rahila Gupta weigh up recent releases in parallel publishing.

Leo Sakamoto speaks to Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, the former president and favourite to beat Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil’s 2022 election. 

The image-obsessed Indian government is intent on shutting down dissent. Rishika Pardikar examines ploys in use.

Southern governments are captive to the demands of international capital, which stops them from meeting people’s real needs. Modern monetary theory offers a path to true economic sovereignty, says Jason Hickel.

Pat Mooney explores what happens when Big Data meets Big Ag. Interview by Nick Dowson.

Symon Hill envisages a world without the military.

As their inexperienced family member plans a teaching trip to Ghana, a reader turns to our Agony Uncle for advice.

Welcome to the US Congress member’s alternative Far Right universe.

Hazel Healy sheds light on a deeply dysfunctional food chain.

Raj Patel critiques input-heavy agriculture.

There’s more than enough food – if it’s shared out evenly. A data visualization by David McCandless.

Urban growers Dee Woods and Stefanie Swanepoel compare notes across continents with Amy Hall.

The soil is dying, the water’s running out, and climate change is rendering the future even more uncertain. Hazel Healy speaks to farmers in Senegal who are ready for a different system.

1 Put food before trade

Despite its modern and prosperous image, Chile’s repressive institutions have remained intact since the Pinochet dictatorship. Could change be on the horizon, asks Carole Concha Bell?

Folk music royalty Peggy Seeger speaks to Louise Gray about her life, her music, and her political activism. 

The Castros are no longer in charge. Will Miguel Díaz-Canel, their hand-picked successor, wield a new broom of change? Wayne Ellwood weighs up the island’s options.

Fungus, fire and falling prices. Danny Chivers does a round-up of climate news.

Are legal punishments an effective way to tackle domestic violence, or are they failing to go to the heart of the problem? Leigh Goodmark and Stella Nyanzi go head to head.

From slavery to mass deforestation, Leonardo Sakamoto highlights the devastating impact of cattle ranching in Brazil.

Sex worker activists are under attack in Kyrgyzstan, writes Lauren Crosby Medlicott.

Exasperated at politicians, Nanjala Nyabola reflects on the disastrous consequences of poor leadership in a pandemic. 

Nilanjana Bhowmick on oxygen inequity and the price paid by her country’s citizens.

The complications of the vaccine rollout in the Philippines are myriad, Iris Gonzales finds.

Putin piles on the political pressure in Russia.

Carole Concha Bell on Iván Duque’s ‘cosmetic’ police reform.

Richard Swift paints a mixed picture of Peru’s unlikely choice for president.