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View from India
Hijab – how far can the state dictate a woman’s choice?
Structural adjustment 2.0
Debt crises are back with a vengeance as the dollar goes from strength to strength and interest rates rise. As the International Monetary Fund keeps pushing austerity, Zambian journalist Zanji Valerie Sinkala explores whether that’s really a solution to her country’s economic woes.
The threats and promises game
Leonardo Sakamoto on Brazil’s vote-buying scandals.
Heat the rich? Part five: E.ON
As part of its investigative deep dive into energy firms cashing in on the cost of living crisis, Corporate Watch investigates E.ON, the second-largest energy supplier in the UK.
‘Self-coup’ backfires for Peru’s Pedro Castillo
Vanessa Baird explores an episode of political suicide and high drama, extraordinary even by Peru’s standards.
Country profile: South Korea
Hailey Maxwell profiles the East Asian nation and its flourishing soft power.
A new era under Lula?
From an increase in religious freedom to protection of the Amazon, there are high hopes for Brazil’s returning president. Raphael Tsavkko Garcia speaks to activists about their dreams for the future.
Is England sliding further towards authoritarianism?
Stronger policing powers, harsher sentences and higher fines. Democratic protest is under threat from Westminster, as the sentencing of a Just Stop Oil activist this week shows. Andrea Brock and Nathan Stephens-Griffin write.
Kanaval: keeping Haiti’s history alive
Cinematic in its style, offbeat in its storytelling, the BBC’s Kanaval – a documentary portrayal of Haiti’s annual carnival – showcases the island’s left-field and grassroots tales of revolution. Husna Ara speaks to co-director Leah Gordon.
Free Alaa!
The activists of the Arab Spring have faced a devastating backlash. We must support them, writes Nanjala Nyabola.
Does Brazil support democracy?
Authoritarians have been embraced in a country where public opinion is in favour of democracy. Leonardo Sakamoto argues for politics to be revitalized.
#EndSARS: Remembering a massacre
Two years on from the Lekki toll gate shooting, Obiora Ikoku, reflects on the legacy of Nigeria’s youth-led movement against police brutality and speaks to survivors about their quest for justice.
Spotlight: The Critics
Starting from humble DIY beginnings, Nigerian special effects posse The Critics are making waves. By Subi Shah.
Commemorating Hong Kong’s lost youth
Husna Ara finds Blue Island a confused documentary, bogged down by form and lacking in political nuance.
Cashing in on energy
In the first of its new series, Heat the Rich, Corporate Watch takes a critical look at Scottish Power.
An Indian tale of inter-species solidarity
All That Breathes is a strangely beautiful tale of India’s climate and political struggles. Husna Ara writes.
Liz Truss’s bosses’ bailout won’t solve the energy crisis – but people power still can
In Glasgow, a new campaign has gas and electricity providers in its sights – and is taking on the regulator too. Coll McCail explains how the group intends to win.
‘We’re on the edge of cultures’
Moldovan Eurovision veterans Zdob și Zdub have been on quite the musical journey. Conrad Landin speaks to their lead singer.
After the floods, Pakistan needs reparations, not charity
Cancel the debt, or let the Bretton Woods group profit from climate disaster, writes Farooq Tariq.
Country profile: Angola
Joana Ramiro summarizes the Southern African nation’s recent history of ‘European encroachment and African reinvention’.
Hall of Infamy: Naftali Bennett
The recently-departed Israeli PM was not so skilled in maneuvers as his supporters had hoped.
The violence of Brazil's 'wildcat' gold mining
Indigenous activist Mauricio Ye’kuana speaks on the dangerous fight to protect his people’s land.
Will Bolsonaro’s spending spree leave any winners?
With an election looming, Jair Bolsonaro has set an economic timebomb for Brazil, writes Leonardo Sakamoto.
Pushed out
A renewed crackdown on refugee camps in Kashmir is forcing Rohingya refugees out of India and back to Bangladesh and Myanmar. Mubashir Naik reports.
Conservation from behind the lens
Shadrack Omuka meets the Maasai women using photography as a way to preserve Kenya's Loita forest.
Tears for fears
Nilanjana Bhowmick on the routine communal violence that is a state-sponsored blot on India’s democracy.
A family affair: how Gotabaya Rajapaksa ruled Sri Lanka through fear and favour
With the Sri Lankan president fleeing to the Maldives, New Internationalist examines his modus operandi – and how he rose to the top of a powerful dynasty
The interview: Ndongo Samba Sylla
Senegalese development economist Ndongo Samba Sylla speaks to Hazel Healy about why he thinks ‘neo-colonialism’ is an outdated term.
Shooting the messenger
Leonardo Sakamoto on the journalists the Brazilian establishment loves to hate.
Who are you calling a nazi?
Richard Swift and Conrad Landin examine Vladimir Putin’s bogus claims of ‘de-nazification’ in Ukraine.
‘Stop the poison’
Peruvian women call on Anglo-Swiss mining giant Glencore, investors and UK and EU parliamentarians to take action on toxic drinking water. Vanessa Baird reports.
A new chapter for Colombia?
Colombia’s first leftwing president-elect, Gustavo Petro, is riding a wave of hope. But, as Nick MacWilliam outlines, many challenges that need to be met head-on lie ahead.
A global just transition
How can we phase out fossil fuels in a way that works for people everywhere? The historic Cochabamba People’s Agreement offers a way forward, argues Max Ajl.
Standing firm against fracking
The Mapuche people in Argentina are saying no to an influx of transnationals trying to frack their lands. Grace Livingstone reports.
