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How British colonizers caused the Bengal famine
Jan 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.
10 steps to world peace - New Internationalist
Sep 18, 2018 · A look at the track record of counter-terrorism, the ‘war on drugs’, stabilization and state-building efforts and colonial wars ‘shows a pattern of largely very sobering failure’ says Saferworld’s Larry Attree. Humility and willingness to atone for past aggression on the international stage is essential – as is an end to the self-serving and counter-productive policy in …
Women's agency in the DRC war | New Internationalist
Nov 4, 2024 · Mothers and daughters. In a sprawling displacement camp, not far from where the fighters drink, Jaqueline Uwimana, 35, is seething with anger. Last year, her 15-year-old daughter announced that she would join the Wazalendo.
Sierra Leone's vanishing history | New Internationalist
Standing out amongst the concrete and glass buildings of modern Freetown, the bod ose have become a symbol of Krio identity, serving not only as communal living residencies but heralded as symbols of independence and self-sufficiency.
The Philippines disinformation machine | New Internationalist
Exposés into Twinmark’s cash flows eventually revealed that the ‘trending news agency’ had earned millions of pesos through programmatic ads and by offering their advertising channels, including their social media assets, to any paying client. An investigation by Filipino online news site Rappler, published in February 2021, also showed …
Country Profile: Haiti | New Internationalist
A s dawn breaks over the mountainous terrain of Haiti, the smell of roasting coffee mixes with the morning mist, and the soft chatter of early risers fills the air. Peasants tend to their crops in the cool light, while children in crisp uniforms head to school, their footsteps stomping this rich historical ground.
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‘The record-breaking killings of journalists in Gaza exceeds any ...
Oct 3, 2024 · With Israel’s ban on international media entering Gaza, the decimation of media infrastructure and the elimination of journalists on the ground, we face a dystopian reality where the Israeli military is the only source of information.
Searching for truth in a world of disinformation
November-December 2024. Searching for truth in a world of disinformation. The more we know the less likely we are to tolerate tyranny. Yet it’s only now that the world seems to have woken up to the damage being done to democracy by the way our information ecosystems are increasingly shaped by a desire to make money instead of the desire to connect.