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10 steps to world peace - New Internationalist
WEBIn contrast, when women participate in peace processes, peace is more likely to endure. 3 Share out wealth fairly. Advert. According to a World Bank survey, 40 per cent of those who join rebel groups do so because of a lack of economic opportunities. Relative poverty is just as important, with more equal societies marked by high levels of trust ...
This is what it takes to stand up: the essence of courage
WEBMar 1, 2017 · It’s an ongoing, dynamic process, that will never be completed and that is essential for making change happen, in the individual and in the world. Of course, bravery does not always involve virtuous action. It can be violent, militaristic, macho, tribal. ‘This is the paradox of courage,’ according to Avramenko.
How British colonizers caused the Bengal famine
WEBJan 21, 2022 · T he Bengal famine stands as one of the single most horrific atrocities to have occurred under British colonial rule. From 1943 to 1944, more than three million Indians died of starvation and malnutrition, and millions more fell into crushing poverty. For many years, the British blamed the famine on weather conditions and food shortfalls, as if it were an unavoidable natural disaster.
The interview: Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva - New Internationalist
WEBNov 10, 2021 · Brazil’s former leader is the frontrunner in polls for the 2022 presidential election, well ahead of Jair Bolsonaro. Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva would have run in 2018 had he not had his political rights withdrawn and been imprisoned for 580 days. This year, Brazil’s Supreme Court ruled that the lawsuits that led to his conviction were illegal and that former judge Sergio Moro had been ...
Who owns the sea? - New Internationalist
WEBAug 14, 2019 · A recent report on modern slavery at sea showed that it was ‘endemic’ in the Pacific, the source of most of the world’s tuna. Only 4 out of 35 leading brands surveyed had systems in place to detect slavery in their supply chains, which are complex and opaque. Plastics pollution in the seas is now headline news.
Should prisons be abolished? - New Internationalist
WEBMar 4, 2020 · Kelsey Mohamed and Andrew Neilson go head to head. Prisons disproportionately incarcerate survivors of state violence and neglect; 24 per cent of adults in prison grew up in the care system and 29 per cent are survivors of childhood abuse. Credit: Tom Blackout/Unsplash. Arguing YES is Kelsey Mohamed is a member of Cradle Community, a grassroots ...
The Drowning Child and the Expanding Circle - New Internationalist
WEBApr 5, 1997 · The Drowning Child and the Expanding Circle. 5 April 1997. Peter Singer. As the world shrinks, so our capacity for effective moral action grows. Peter Singer indicates how this may change our lives. T o challenge my students to think about the ethics of what we owe to people in need, I ask them to imagine that their route to the university ...
Is pacifism appropriate for today’s world? - New Internationalist
WEBJul 1, 2019 · We live in a world where there is a growing threat from fascist and ultra-nationalist movements. A blanket rejection of the use of violence for legitimate self-defence risks turning pacifism into passive-ism. Self-defence is a widely accepted principle in international law. For dispossessed people, armed struggle is sometimes the only solution.
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