Country profile: St Vincent and the Grenadines
James Schneider profiles the Caribbean nation, close to the Hugo Chávez-founded ALBA alliance but also to the UK, US and Taiwan.
Beyond the tourist trail
Conservationists in the Global South are seeking sustainable pathways, finds Graeme Green.
A Green New Deal for the US and beyond
Can this much lauded proposal help advance internationalist aims? Mark Engler argues that it could.
Just, open and green
Vanessa Baird concludes with 14 ways – at least – towards a better global trade.
Whatever you think of Maduro, ‘regime change’ is up to Venezuelans – not the US
Venezuela’s a mess, but that gives no right to interfere writes Vanessa Baird
Africa’s military coups are climate coups
Abdoulie Ceesay, Gambian representative to COP28, argues that the West must take climate action – not militarization.
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
Uber drivers of the world, unite!
Internationalists should pay attention to the way modern capitalism is increasingly dependent on transnational supply chains and migrant workers. Notes from Below explain why.
Country profile: Namibia
Last profiled in 1991, Namibia’s now younger electorate is calling for jobs and land justice amid a Covid-19-induced recession.
The war in Ukraine has hit Africa’s food security
Russia’s invasion has triggered cost rises and staple shortages. Ugochi Anyaka-Oluigbo examines the crisis faced by low-income countries.
The scandal that was Zuma’s downfall
How corruption in South Africa continues to cost taxpayers billions of rand, by Neil Thompson.
The interview: Slavoj Žižek
The Slovenian philosopher, sociologist and cultural critic speaks to Graeme Green about losing control, Twitter, Trump and a new approach.
Will Bolsonaro’s spending spree leave any winners?
With an election looming, Jair Bolsonaro has set an economic timebomb for Brazil, writes Leonardo Sakamoto.
Coronavirus could reshape politics as we know it
Even in times of social distancing, building a collective, social response to the pandemic is our only salvation, argues Paul Engler.
The age of disruption
The vision of the future we are fed will leave many of us reeling, writes Dinyar Godrej. For what?
Zuma is still clinging to power, citizens are paying the price
South Africa’s recent uprisings have revealed how much of a tinderbox the country is, argues Glen Retief.
Zimbabwe’s coup that isn’t a coup
With tanks on the streets and rumours in newspapers, Nhau Mangirazi reports from Zimbabwe.
If we all became vegan tomorrow
The Guardian repeats the myth that becoming vegan is the ‘single biggest way’ to reduce your impact on Earth. Chris Saltmarsh and Harpreet Kaur Paul disagree.
Country profile: Jamaica
First came the Spanish, then the British, and then the austerity measures of the IMF. Christina Ivey on the Caribbean nation caught in a post-colonial predicament.
Holding platforms accountable to digital workers’ rights
There is an urgent need to improve the welfare and job quality of digital workers, write Mark Graham, Sai Englert and Jamie Woodcock.
¿Hasta siempre?
After Bolsonaro's withdrawal of 11,000 Cuban doctors from Brazil, Sujatha Fernandes asks how viable the Cuban model of global solidarity is in the 21st century.
