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.
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 ...
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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.
What if…drug patents were scrapped? | New Internationalist
WEBJun 24, 2020 · Salk’s choice to make the vaccine patent free ultimately beat back the US polio epidemic by 1962. The pharmaceuticals industry has ballooned in size since then, reaching an estimated value of $1.2 trillion in 2018, made possible by a patents system that grants firms at least 20 years’ exclusive rights to manufacture, sell and market new drugs.
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 ...
A Short History Of Corporations | New Internationalist
WEBJul 5, 2002 · History shows a repetitive cycle of corporations over-reaching, causing such social turmoil that the state is forced to reign them back in through regulation. Prior to the 17th century, the first corporations were created in Europe as not-for-profit entities to build institutions, such as hospitals and universities, for the public good.
Progress and its discontents | New Internationalist
WEBJul 1, 2019 · Six times higher than the 730 million Gates and Pinker would have us believe. Those 4.2 billion people make up 58 per cent of the world’s population, which is a staggering proportion. That is down from 71 per cent in 1981 – a welcome decline, but a far cry from the dramatic plunge that the New Optimists claim.
The story of Kian - New Internationalist
WEBAug 25, 2017 · C hurch bells rang at exactly 8pm and will ring again tomorrow night, and every other night thereafter. And at 8:24pm, every night, there will be a minute of silence. It was at that hour that Kian Loyd Delos Santos, 17, a grade 11 student, was last seen alive before policemen killed him in a drug operation in Caloocan City, in the northeastern part of Metropolitan Manila.
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.