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MusIc coMeDy rob neWMan bIlal zafar Jonny & the baPtIsts IDeas Campaigner Jack Monroe Craftivist sarah corbett GREENBELT 2017 THE COMMON GOOD neWton faulkner × kate rusby 25 28 AUGUST BOUGHTON HOUSE GREENBELT.ORG.UK eConomist ann PettIfor Journalist Peter oborne baroness sayeeDa WarsI lawyer clIve stafforD sMIth green politiCian nata lIe bennett lIterature novelist chIbunDu onuzo writer & aCtivist khuluD khaMIs Joanne shaW taylor sPeech Debelle × 47soul MahalIa × luke sItal sIngh sk shloMo × WIll varley PerforMIng arts sh!t theatre × lorDs of strut lost Dog Dance × PIf Paf Mary bIJou cabaret & socIal club kat francoIs × bIbI & bIchu Plus chIlDren’s & faMIly festI va l youth PrograMMIng sPIrItualIty × traIls sPorts × WorkshoPs caMPfIre × caMPIng In graDe I-lIsteD ParklanD GBF NI Half Page Ad 8.5.17 Final.indd 1 A Greener Festival Award A Rainbow List Award Attitude is Everything Gold Standard artIstry actIvIsM 08/05/2017 14:43 Fairphone from The Phone Co-op A smarter phone for a better planet We are passionate about fairness in our products and services, which is why we are proud to be the exclusive UK telecoms partner of Fairphone. Fairphone 2, a revolutionary new handset, really is a smarter smartphone. It’s produced to the highest ethical standards and is easy for you to repair and upgrade. And with The Phone Co-op, it’s available on a fantastic monthly contract. Visit www.thephone.coop/newint or call our team on 01608 434 084 quoting ‘New Internationalist’. The Phone Co op. Your voice counts. Full terms and conditions, and returns policy available at www.thephone.coop From £25 a month for handset and tariff
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Agenda Stories making the news this month   8 Colombians put stoppers on mammoth goldmine   8 US migrants show their power   9 Feminist folk in China   9 Introducing Carrie Lam   9 Citizenship win for Makonde people in Kenya 10 Subverting the City worldwide 10 Italians obstruct ‘Europe’s Keystone’ pipeline in Puglia 11 Nigeria court action over Saro-Wiwa memorial 11 Child brings climate law suit against Indian government PLUS: Scratchy Lines by cartoonist Simon Kneebone and Reasons to be Cheerful. The Big Story – Homelessness l a m y S t o c k P h o t o i c k B e e r/A N 12 Finding home With house prices and rents soaring, Wayne Ellwood, searches for a remedy to homelessness. 16 Breaking the cycle Sian Griffiths reports on a practical movement and joined- up thinking. 18 Homelessness – The Facts 20 ‘Smart City’ plan stumbles over slums India’s $15 billion grand project is already in trouble. Nimisha Jaiswal investigates. 22 Homeless voices Personal stories from the Philippines, Britain, Mexico and the US. 24 Escape to the street Catherine Yeomans on how to tackle youth homelessness. 26 Raising the roof A round-up of inspired ideas and practices. Contents newint.org Contents newint.org Features 30 Nigeria dares to hope The battle against polio is also one against violence and mistrust. Laura Jiménez Varo investigates. 34 Shifting sands Rob Harbinson meets those tackling Cambodia’s corrupt and scandalous sand-dredging business. Opinion 33 Mark Engler The right way to rewrite NAFTA 37 Steve Parry Capitalism: the theme park PLUS: Polyp’s Big Bad World cartoon. i l a n o v a i c a r d o G a r c i a V R Mixed media 38 Film reviews Machines, directed by Rahul Jain; The Other Side of Hope, directed by Aki Kaurismäki. 39 Music reviews Rûwâhîne by Ifriqiyya Electrique, The Underside of Power by Algiers. 40 Book reviews Sorry to Disrupt the Peace by Patty Yumi Cottrell; Roots, Radicals and Rockers by Billy Bragg; Breaking Sudan by Jok Maduk Jok; The Island that Disappeared by Tom Feiling. PLUS: Also out there… Regulars   6 Letters Fitting return to West Papua; information pathway; deflating xenophobes.   7 Letter from Cochabamba Amy Booth on lake dwellers in a time of climate change 28 Country Profile: Algeria 42 Making Waves Brave Congolese conservationist Rodrigue Magaruka Katembo talks to Veronique Mistiaen. 43 Southern Exposure Chandan Robert Rebeiro captures a budding Bangladeshi photographer. 44 Worldbeaters: The Kim Family Kim Jong-un’s headline-grabbing aggressive irrationalism takes some beating (though he might have met his match in recent times...) 45 Puzzle page PLUS: Marc Roberts’ Only Planet cartoon. 46 And Finally Author Mohsin Hamid talks to Graeme Green. Coming Soon: Equality • Education Front cover photos under a CC Licence, left to right, top to bottom: SLR Jester, Sasha Fujin, Mission Australia, Adnan Islam, G Rowan, John Ramspott, Bride of Frankenstein, Franco Folini, Santhosh Rajang, Sefi Griever, Mike Kniec. Magazine designed by Ian Nixon and Juha Sorsa. All monetary values are expressed in US dollars unless otherwise noted. N ew I nt er nat io nal ist ● June 2017 ● 5

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MusIc coMeDy rob neWMan bIlal zafar Jonny & the baPtIsts

IDeas Campaigner Jack Monroe Craftivist sarah corbett

GREENBELT 2017 THE COMMON GOOD

neWton faulkner × kate rusby

25 28 AUGUST BOUGHTON HOUSE GREENBELT.ORG.UK

eConomist ann PettIfor Journalist Peter oborne baroness sayeeDa WarsI lawyer clIve stafforD sMIth green politiCian nata lIe bennett lIterature novelist chIbunDu onuzo writer & aCtivist khuluD khaMIs

Joanne shaW taylor sPeech Debelle × 47soul MahalIa × luke sItal sIngh sk shloMo × WIll varley

PerforMIng arts sh!t theatre × lorDs of strut lost Dog Dance × PIf Paf Mary bIJou cabaret & socIal club kat francoIs × bIbI & bIchu

Plus chIlDren’s & faMIly festI va l youth PrograMMIng sPIrItualIty × traIls sPorts × WorkshoPs caMPfIre × caMPIng In graDe I-lIsteD ParklanD

GBF NI Half Page Ad 8.5.17 Final.indd 1

A Greener Festival Award

A Rainbow List Award

Attitude is Everything Gold Standard artIstry actIvIsM

08/05/2017 14:43

Fairphone from The Phone Co-op A smarter phone for a better planet We are passionate about fairness in our products and services, which is why we are proud to be the exclusive UK telecoms partner of Fairphone.

Fairphone 2, a revolutionary new handset, really is a smarter smartphone. It’s produced to the highest ethical standards and is easy for you to repair and upgrade.

And with The Phone Co-op, it’s available on a fantastic monthly contract.

Visit www.thephone.coop/newint or call our team on 01608 434 084 quoting ‘New Internationalist’.

The Phone Co op. Your voice counts.

Full terms and conditions, and returns policy available at www.thephone.coop

From £25 a month for handset and tariff

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