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The New Internationalist workers’ co-operative (NI) exists to report on the issues of world poverty and inequality; to focus attention on the unjust relationship between the powerful and powerless worldwide; to debate and campaign for the radical changes necessary to meet the basic needs of all.

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Featured Writers

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Alexi Demetriadi

Journalist • Sub-Editor • Copywriter

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Jody Ray

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Alex Blair

Journalist and writer trying to capture the stories that matter. Hard-hitting, multimodal work on geopolitics, human rights, conflict, and Latinoamérica. Featured in the New Internationalist, Army Technology, Verdict, Sportcal, The …

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Lydia Noon

Freelance journalist focusing on activism, the Middle East and refugees.

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Anu Shukla

I am a UK-based journalist with bylines in The Guardian, Al Jazeera, The Telegraph, Reuters, Open Democracy, The New Arab and local news media. I have also written about music …

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Sandra Cuffe

Freelance journalist based in Central America.

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Latest Articles

Political power play leaves Bolivians short of food and fuel

‘The never-ending queues for fuel, the waste and scarcity of food, the rising prices — the bloqueos are affecting the lives of all Bolivians,’ says Carla Torres, a café worker from the capital city of La Paz. Torres' words reflect the increasingly dire situation across the Andean country marred by …
By Alex Blair
• New Internationalist

How a London arms fair shields the war on Yemen

How a London arms fair shields the war on Yemen At the invitation of the UK government, this week Saudi representatives are buying bombs in London at DSEI, the world’s largest weapons fair, and the state-owned arms company, Saudi Arabian Military Industries (SAMI), is exhibiting its equipment to equally unscrupulous …
By Lydia Noon
• New Internationalist

Stansted15: ‘To be found guilty of a terror-related charge is devastating’

Today is Human Rights Day and fifteen migrant rights campaigners, dubbed the Stansted15, have just been found guilty of a terror-related charge by a jury. After a nine-week trial at Chelmsford Crown Court for preventing a chartered immigration removal flight from taking off on 28 March last year, the protesters …
By Lydia Noon
• New Internationalist

Community leaders, politicians and business owners: are women leading a cultural shift in Nepal?

These brilliant women are defying cultural traditions in Nepal, and are becoming community leaders, environmentalists politicians and business owners. Lucy EJ Woods reports. After decades of turmoil, 22 governing coalitions in 26 years, a royal massacre and a merry-go-round of impermanent heads of state, Nepal has started to do things …
By Lucy EJ Woods
• New Internationalist

‘Women’s contributions to peace are essential’

Years of threats from the Taliban only strengthened Shawana Shah’s resolve to bring peace to Pakistan During the ‘Talibanization era’ and its consequential military operations, Pakistan witnessed the killings of tens of thousands of people, a mass exodus and vast human rights violations. Human rights activists were particularly targeted and …
By Mahwish Qayyum
• New Internationalist

‘Women’s contributions to peace are essential’

Years of threats from the Taliban only strengthened Shawana Shah’s resolve to bring peace to Pakistan During the ‘Talibanization era’ and its consequential military operations, Pakistan witnessed the killings of tens of thousands of people, a mass exodus and vast human rights violations. Human rights activists were particularly targeted and …
By Mahwish Qayyum
• New Internationalist

‘The borderless Republic’: Sheffield celebrates migration

Britain’s largest festival about refugees and sanctuary is more relevant than ever. It is lunchtime on 21 June, the hottest day of the year so far. Two drummers signal the start of an outdoor African Fusion Dance Workshop. Dancing is not compulsory but participation is – the beat is infectious.
By Lydia Noon
• New Internationalist