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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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Lydia Noon

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

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Mahwish Qayyum

Freelance award winning journalist. Bylines in Al Jazeera, Vice Media, Newsweek, Christian Science Monitor, Equal Times, Earth Island Journal, The Express Tribune, OCCRP and others. Open to remote assignments

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Mira Galanova

A freelance investigative journalist covering human rights and security in Latin America

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Jody Ray

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Dario Sabaghi

Freelance journalist interested in international news and cannabis.

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Darren Loucaides

Writer in Barcelona/London. WIRED, Financial Times, the Guardian, Slate

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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