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Offshore secrecy is a long-established phenomenon; bankers in Geneva and Zurich were catering to wealthy French and German elites long before the creation of the Swiss federal state in 1848. Delaware started to function as a tax haven in the late 19th century.

19 Apr 2020 7 minute read

Who’s the thief?

Tax havens in the Global North enable the systematic looting of the Global South. John Christensen explains...

For the world to witness: weary and homeless, this woman rests by a busy thoroughfare in São Paulo. Davidsonluna/Unsplash

19 Apr 2020 6 minute read

Can cash hand-outs cure poverty?

Vanessa Martina Silva considers the track record of Brazil’s flagship Bolsa Família, the world’s largest...

19 Apr 2020 8 minute read

For a few cents more

The globalized garment industry is as ruthless as they come, creaming off huge profits while paying workers a pittance....

19 Apr 2020 7 minute read

We can’t grow our way out of poverty

In an era of planet-wide ecological breakdown, the conventional wisdom of the growth model is crashing to an end. ...

The Ashaninka are an indigenous people living in the State of Acre, Brazil. © Pedro França/MinC

16 Apr 2020 3 minute read

View from Brazil

Leonardo Sakamoto on the war against indigenous people.

18 Apr 2020 4 minute read

The radical book review

Jo Lateu, Peter Whittaker, and JP O’Malley on the latest releases in Left...

18 Apr 2019 3 minute read

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Mixed media: film

Malcolm Lewis on the latest in alternative cinema.

18 Apr 2020 2 minute read

Mixed media: music

Louise Gray and Malcolm Lewis weigh up the eclectic sounds of Wild Wild East and...

16 Apr 2020 3 minute read

Race and the city

Yewande Omotoso reflects on why no-nonsense Johannesburg is the place that suits her best.

16 Apr 2020 3 minute read

What if we got our attention back?

Vanessa Baird makes the case for being true to our brains.

15 Apr 2020 3 minute read

Should I let my daughter pursue ‘girlish’ glamour?

Ethical and political dilemmas abound these days. Seems like we’re all in need of a New Internationalist perspective. Enter...

Healthcare workers in Kerala are pictured wearing personal protective equipment. Credit: Javed Anees/Wikicommons

14 Apr 2020 1 minute read

‘Our colleagues are dying, we need PPE now’

Healthworker Coronavirus Activist Group issue an urgent call for personal protective equipment – and for...

People from the various villages in Baram district demonstrate against the proposed dam. SAMBAN TUGANG

13 Apr 2020 4 minute read

Saving rivers, saving lives

An epic struggle has been playing out between islanders defending their land, rivers and livelihoods and the Malaysian...

A family uses tarps taken from a refugee camp to get shelter from the sun, with bricks for rebuilding their homes all around them in the PK5 neighborhood of Bangui, Central African Republic, a nation with just three ventilators. Feb. 2017. (Z. Baddorf/VOA)

5 Apr 2020 6 minute read

Only internationalism can beat Covid-19

Competition and chauvinism kills. We must save lives with international action and solidarity, urges Vanessa Baird...

The entrance graffiti of the Ex-Caserma Livorno. Credit: Stefania D'Ignoti

2 Apr 2020 6 minute read

‘Socially dangerous’ for having fought off ISIS

Stefania D’ignoti speaks to a group of volunteers met with hostility and legal persecution after returning...

29 Mar 2020 4 minute read

Profiting from crisis

The UK’s coronavirus healthcare policy exposes the farce at the core of the privatization project, writes Ellen Lees...

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