Agenda
8 Eurovision re-opens old wounds in the Caucasus 9 Eritrea is a cynic’s paradise 10 Happy Meals™ for victims of stop and search 11 Tuaregs hard hit by Mali conflict 12 News in brief this month PLUS – Open Window guest cartoonist
Mohamed Sabra from Egypt 13 Coal? No thanks PLUS – Reasons to be cheerful
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The Big Story – Mental Health
14 A healthy mind in a healthy society Mental health shouldn’t just be about individuals; we need strong communities too. Dinyar Godrej makes the case. 18 Mental Health – THE
FACTS 20 Tears are good medicine Young First Nations people
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Harvey Photography in Manitoba tackle their number one problem – suicide among their peers. Janet Nicol reports.
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24 Our trauma is not your trauma
The past is always present for Burmese refugees in
Thailand. Nick Harvey witnesses health workers adapt their approach to this reality. 26 Unbound Liberating communities from prejudice in Ghana, by Peter Yaro. 28 Utopia or bust Consumer culture is collective insanity,
says John F Schumaker.
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Features 44 Xstrata's killing fields Look at Peru if you think mining giant Xstrata should merge with Glencore. Stephanie Boyd reports. 54 Muddy waters Big business sees water scarcity as a profit opportunity. Joyce Nelson uncovers the Aqueduct Alliance’s dodgy dealings. 58 Gone for soldiers The reality of conflict, from World
War One to Afghanistan, has had a terrible impact on Joe Glenton and his family.
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Mixed Media 39 Indian skin, Albion voice With Britain approaching Jubilee June,
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a reinterpretation of ‘Englishness’ from musician Bishi is timely, says Louise Gray.
PLUS: Solomon Islands band Narasirato introduce us to the thong-o-phone; a quiet revolution in the making in Money as Debt III; and Escape from Camp 14 – a remarkable insight into life in a North Korean labour camp.
Opinion 34 Argument – should India still receive foreign aid? Praful Bidwai and Jamal Kidwai go head to head. PLUS: Your feedback on last month’s debate: ‘Should donor nations give aid to countries with poor human rights records?’ PLUS: Polyp’s Big Bad World cartoon. 48 Letter from Botswana
Football fever gives Lauri Kubuitsile reason to hope. 53 Mark Engler Now is not the time to hate the state. 57 View From Peshawar Journalist Manzoor Ali on his dangerous profession. 61 Steve Parry
Not in front of the children!
Regular Features 6 Letters PLUS: Scratchy Lines by Simon Kneebone. 32 Country Profile: Guatemala 49 Puzzle Page 50 Southern Exposure Syrian political cartoonist Ali Ferzat.
56 Making Waves
Tom Kocherry, fisher for justice.
62 And finally...
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange on being, rather than making, the news.
Front cover: iStockphoto / Thinkstock Magazine designed by Alan Hughes, Andrew Kokotka and Ian Nixon. All monetary values are expressed in US dollars unless otherwise noted.
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