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Stories making the news this month 8 Dying for oil in Pakistan 8 Our land, our lives 9 Birth of Sollywood 9 Introducing Bidzina Ivanishvili 9 Act against hunger 10 Allahu Akbar misunderstood 10 People power in India 11 Botswana: sisters’ victory 11 Biofuels rush PLUS: 15 years ago in the New Internationalist,

Dr Manzoor Hussain Khattak

Scratchy Lines by Simon Kneebone, and Reasons to be cheerful.

The Big Story – Digital freedom i s i d a k

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12 Don’t get mad, get open

Hazel Healy meets the tech pioneers fighting for civil liberties in a digital world. 17 How to be free Charlie Harvey outlines 10 steps to software liberation. 18 Don’t worry, we’re from the internet

Quinn Norton looks behind the mask of Anonymous, charting its evolution into a global activist force. 20 Privacy shouldn’t scare you

Nadim Kobeissi tells us about ways to protect our communication from prying eyes. 22 This is for everyone

Chris Thorpe gives his take on the impact of open-source tech on governance and manufacturing. 24 Digital freedoms – an INFOGRAPHIC

Facts and figures on privacy, censorship, piracy and access.

Feature 32 How the US has been sponsoring terrorism in the Sahara Jeremy Keenan uncovers the shocking, murky background to the current conflict in Mali.

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Mixed Media 38 Film reviews The Hunt directed by Thomas Vinterberg;

and The Pool directed by Chris Smith. 39 Music reviews Allelujah! Don’t Bend! Ascend! by

Godspeed You! Black Emperor; and DESH by Jocelyn Pook. 40 Book reviews The Black Lake by Hella S Haasse; Where

I Left My Soul by Jérôme Ferrari; The Oil Road by James Marriott and Mika MinioPaluello; and Classroom portraits 20042012 by Julian Germain. 41 Also out there – other music, film and book highlights this month, including the rumbustious Bellowhead, Victor Gama and Fidel Castro’s Childhood – the Untold Story.

Opinion 28 Argument – Should hate speech be a crime? Feminist Joyce Arthur and gay rights activist Peter Tatchell weigh up the pros and cons. PLUS: Open Window, with Aristedes Hernandez, from Cuba. 31 Mark Engler In the wake of the most significant strikes in

Wal-Mart’s 50-year history, it's high time for a union. 43 Anna Chen

Here comes the end of the Enlightenment. PLUS: Polyp’s Big Bad World cartoon.

Regular Features 6 Letters Taking responsibility for inequality;

why youth must adapt to a new reality; Australia's depleted uranium shame; and an unimpressed reader takes a catnap. 7 Letter from Botswana When it comes to weddings, it’s important to do things right, says Wame Molefhe. 26 Country Profile: Peru

Peru is said to be booming but the poor would never know it. Stephanie Boyd reports. 42 Making Waves Iraqi campaigner Khanim Latif on her lifelong fight for feminism. 44 Southern Exposure Tibetan calm and karma, photographed by

Zhuang Wubin. 45 Puzzle Page PLUS: Marc Roberts’ Only Planet cartoon. 46 And Finally... Soul and the city – graffiti artist

Mohammed Ali on his inspirations, his fears and being drawn to Birmingham.

Front cover: AJ Korkidakis. Magazine designed by Alan Hughes and Ian Nixon. All monetary values are expressed in US dollars unless otherwise noted.

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