OPINION
View from Brazil Just what kind of democracy do Brazilians support, wonders Leonardo Sakamoto.
Plus: Marc Roberts’ Only Planet
57 View from Africa
Reflecting on Kenya’s general election, Nanjala Nyabola reminds us of the need to view democracy with a critical eye.
Plus: Polyp‘s Big Bad World
73 View from India
| Nilanjana Bhowmick’s thoughts on the long shadow of caste. | Plus: Kate Evans’ Thoughts from a Broad |
48 Muzzling the media in Zimbabwe
- As elections loom, the government clampdown on press freedom gathers pace. Busani Bafana reports from Bulawayo.
Pushed back and pushed on Asylum-seekers in Lithuania are caught in a political crossfire. Severia Bel reports on the human impact.
64 The Long Read – Hear us roar
- Denise Laura Baker speaks to veterans of the Greenham Common and Faslane peace camps, and assesses their legacy 40 years on.
70 Correction: Jem Bendell
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MIXED MEDIA
| 74 | Spotlight | Sudanese graffiti artist Assil Diab’s political awakening, as told to Subi Shah. | 76 | Book Reviews | Our Share of Night by Mariana Enriquez, translated by Megan McDowell; Wake Me Up at Nine in the Morning by A Yi, translated by Nicky Harman; Xi Jinping: The Most Powerful Man in the World by Stefan Aust and Adrian Geiges, translated by Daniel Steuer; Stranger in My Own Land by Fida Jiryis. | 78 | Film Reviews | Return to Dust directed and written by Li Ruijun; Tori and Lokita directed and written by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne. | 79 | Music Reviews | The Sorrow Songs: Folk Songs of Black British Experience by Angeline Morrison; $/He Who Feeds You… Owns You by The Brother Moves On. |
ONLINE FEATURES newint.org
08.09.22 Lizz Truss’ bosses bailout won’t solve the energy crisis – but people power still can
In Glasgow, a new campaign has gas and electricity providers in its sights – and is taking on the regulator too. Coll McCail explains how the group intends to win.
06.09.22 ‘We’re on the edge of cultures’
| Zdob și Zdub represented Moldova at Eurovision | this year for the third time. The band’s lead singer | Roman Iagupov tells Conrad Landin how they | came from hardcore rock to a song celebrating | the train journey from Chișinău to Bucharest. |
Cancel the debt, or let the Bretton Woods group profit from climate disaster, writes Farooq Tariq.
