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🚨 NEW ISSUE 🚨 Globally, activists standing up for climate justice, racial equality or against genocide are being targeted under ‘counter-terror’ legislation. How did protest become equated with terrorism – and how can citizens reclaim the right to resist? Subscribe at www.newint.org

Japan’s first female prime minister Sanae Takaichi holds a black belt in karate, a penchant for heavy metal and a Kawasaki Z400GP motorcycle. Deeply traditional and ultra-conservative, Taikachi has presided over a rightward turn, pushing to revise Japan’s pacifist constitution and expand its army.

From deadly accidents to power outages affecting millions, Brazil’s failing essential services raise urgent questions about the risks of privatization. @leosakamoto.bsky.social says people are losing trust in the companies responsible for providing their basic rights to water and electricity.

The May 2025 India-Pakistan conflict was the most severe military confrontation between the two countries in decades. More than a year on, Tarushi Aswani speaks to border residents living at the sharp end of a 70-year-old dispute between the two nuclear-armed nations.

Three years on, the genocide in Palestine continues. Our 2025 issue, ‘Gaza: Genocide and Resistance’, traces a history of resistance to apartheid and occupation, and examines the complicity of Western powers and the global arms trade. Access our full digital archive — subscribe.newint.org

International legal systems are failing to deliver justice for war crimes. From Uganda to Sudan and the Sahel, survivors are still waiting for accountability. Read @rosebellk.bsky.social's latest View From Africa.👇

Human rights lawyer Mark Stephens talks to Subi Shah about how online platforms are enabling and encouraging devastating drug-enabled sexual violence around the world. Read the full interview now.

If meeting obscene military spending targets means cutting hospitals and welfare, it’s time to reassess NATO membership, argues Kevin Cashman of the @transitionsec.bsky.social.

Get the facts on the global crackdown on #ACTIVISM in our latest issue. Available now at newint.org – subscribe for instant digital access, or purchase a single print issue from our very own Ethical Shop.

As a new international force promises to crush Haiti’s gangs, Harold Isaac argues that the country’s deepest crisis is not criminal violence, but the long collapse of the state, and follows Roselaine and her 17-year-old daughter Sasha as they navigate its consequences.

Israeli settlers are unleashing a campaign of fear in the West Bank. ‘The language of “settler-violence”, which inundates policy briefs and UN documents, suggests isolated attacks, despite the fact that they are now constant.’ Read the latest ‘Letter from Ramallah’ by Mariam Barghouti.

Navigating today’s complicated world can feel like a moral minefield. But our Agony Uncle is here to help. Send us the ethical dilemmas that are weighing on your mind, and he might just have the answer. Got a tricky question? Send your dilemma to advice@newint.org.

Marwan Baghouti has been given many labels over the years: the Palestinian Mandela, a freedom fighter, Israel’s most dangerous prisoner, a terrorist. But to Arab Barghouti, he also has another label: Dad. Arab tells Bethany Rielly what it was like growing up under the label of ‘terrorism’.

Very proud of this issue of @newint.bsky.social that I edited on the increasing use of terrorism laws to police protest, featuring pieces from Arab Barghouti, @berglundoscar.bsky.social, Julia Damphouse, Iris Gonzales and @bencsmoke.bsky.social. Preview the issue here: newint.org/issues/2026/...

When does protest become ‘terrorism’? Govt's across the world are using counter-terrorism powers against activists. Decca Muldowney traces the colonial history of this dangerous practice. Keep reading this story for free 👇

A reader wonders whether they are right to judge a neighbour who crowdfunded for her rent. Our Agony Uncle weighs in. 👇

From Sri Lanka to France, Iran to Lebanon, uprisings have shaken cities and challenged regimes across the world. But what happens when the streets win? Our latest issue’s Long Read is an extract from Revolutions of Our Times: An Internationalist Manifesto by @thepeopleswant.bsky.social

Rising gold prices, criminal networks and weak protections are putting communities and human rights defenders at risk in the Peruvian Amazon. Read ‘The people resisting Peru’s illegal goldrush’ at newint.org/mining/2026/...

Palestinian writer and journalist Mariam Barghouti, based in occupied Ramallah, explores how Israel’s occupation is transforming the sights and sounds of the West Bank. “At any given moment, the skies of the West Bank rumble with the mechanical sounds of Israeli drones.”

‘When the miners come in, they destroy everything.’ Illegal gold mining is devastating lives, ecosystems and Indigenous territories in the Peruvian Amazon. Read Vanessa Baird’s full report, ‘The people resisting Peru’s illegal goldrush’ now at newint.org/mining/2026/...

Since 2014, cow-related violence in India has intensified, as Muslim communities are increasingly targeted with accusations of cow slaughter and ‘cow vigilante’ attacks, Tarushi Aswani reports.

A traditional potter in Cappadocia, Turkey, pours water onto the pot he's crafting to keep the clay soft while he shapes it. This photograph by F. Dilek Yurdakul is featured in our latest issue, a regular feature highlighting the work of artists and photographers from the Majority World.

Africa’s struggle for true sovereignty is being challenged not only by foreign exploitation of its resources, but also by leaders who invoke ‘national values’ to silence opposition, restrict rights and protect their own power. @rosebellk.bsky.social reports in the latest View From Africa.

Forget space exploration, global powers and private interests are racing to militarize space. William J. Astore, retired professor of history and former Lieutenant Colonel in the US Air Force, explores how space is becoming the next battlefield. Read now. 👇

It is reported that 46% of Brazilians who use gambling platforms and online casinos do so to earn extra income and pay bills, pushing many deeper into debt, while a powerful betting lobby resists reforms, writes Leonardo Sakamoto in the latest edition of the View From Brazil.

The new space race promises a future among the stars, but as billionaires pursue dreams of Mars, profit and power, are they creating a future for humanity, or sacrificing the only planet we have? Astronomer Lucian Walkowicz (@notnotrocketscience.com) writes for New Internationalist.

Trump and his oil-hungry allies may have slipped up. The energy crisis they helped fuel is pushing countries and individuals around the world to accelerate the shift towards more sustainable and reliable energy options.

Get the facts on the New #SpaceRace from our latest issue. Subscribe for instant digital access, or purchase a single print issue from our very own Ethical Shop. newint.org/issues/2026/...

🗨️‘The miners buy the conscience of people’. Indigenous Asháninka leader, Diana, on how illegal gold mining is destroying lives and habitats in the Amazon – with help from the international trading system.

On Monday 20th at 5pm New Internationalist launches our latest issue. ‍🚀 The New Space Race: For All Billionaire-kind This in-person event in Newcastle is hosted by co-editor @nickmdowson.bsky.social , with speakers, Q&A and refreshments. Spaces limited - Register now to attend a.nin.tl/launch

As a new space race looks set to worsen global inequality and extend conflict, we have a choice: see space as a place for all humankind, or leave it to the rich and powerful to exploit. From our new magazine, Nick Dowson asks: Who owns the skies? read more at newint.org/corporations...

Billionaire tech titans are spearheading a new space race while they litter Earth’s skies with their debris. As the likes of Elon Musk rake in the dollars, our new magazine examines the privatisation and militarization of space, and what’s at stake for people and the planet. a.nin.tl/spacerace

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