Issue 537 of New Internationalist
Reader-owned global journalism
May-June 2022
How we stop Big Oil
If you believed the greenwash you might think the world’s corporates were on the brink of the change needed to save our climate. Yet emissions are still rising, air pollution is still killing, and Big Oil is continuing to trample on communities as it pumps its deadly wares. Meanwhile our pain is CEOs’ gain as energy prices soar. What will it take to build a better energy system?
This magazine explores how we got here, the communities and campaigners at the sharp edge of the struggle, and how we can fight the industry to leave fossil fuels behind.
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Can we banish polluters from billboards?
Is it time we banned ads from greenwashing fossil fuel companies? Danny Chivers has some answers.
What if…we said ‘no’ to concrete?
The world is turning grey as more and more concrete is poured. Vanessa Baird posits an alternative.
War and the attention economy
Why do so many devastating wars quickly disappear from public consciousness? Nanjala Nyabola examines our attention.
Bring on the marriage strike
Some Indian men are threatening a marriage strike for a most dubious reason. Nilanjana Bhowmick tells them to bring it on.
Slapped down
The rich and powerful are using ruinous lawsuits to target journalists and activists who hold them to account. Tina Burrett...
The dragon and the bear on the roof of the world
Cash-strapped but strategically important, Tajikistan is undergoing rapid change with its future increasingly being shaped by a...
‘As long as the world keeps running, we’ll be here’
Branded as terrorists by President Erdoğan’s hardline regime, LGBTQI+ people in Turkey are finding ways to express themselves...
Please continue to not sponsor this child
Kathleen Nolan examines a simplistic non-solution to complex problems.
Is it too late to stop climate collapse?
The theory of ‘deep adaptation’ is rapidly gaining support. Richard Swift assesses how far, if anywhere, it will take us and...
The alternative book review
Peter Whittaker, Jo Lateau and Amy Hall review the latest releases in radical publishing.
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