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Agenda Stories making the news this month 8 Canada: ‘How did our community survive this?’ 8Jamaica seeks slavery reparations 9 Binning the plastic bag 9 France’s wine rebel 9 Reintroducing Abdelaziz Bouteflika 10 Syria’s electronic battlefield 10Unlikely squatters in Spain 11 Big Tobacco takes a tumble in Senegal 11United States: weed-killing breast milk? PLUS: Scratchy Lines by cartoonist Simon Kneebone and Reasons to be Cheerful.
Features 38 From bins to bellies Lydia James uncovers some novel ways to divert food from landfill. 40 Valeria’s story Anne Hoffman hears about the struggle for reproductive rights in Chile.
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The Big Story – Endangered languages
Mixed media 34 Film reviews Jimmy’s Hall, directed by Ken Loach; Of Horses and Men,
directed and written by Benedikt Erlingsson 35 Music reviews Toumani & Sidiki by Toumani Diabaté and Sidiki
Diabaté; La Tsadika by Mor Karbasi 36 Book reviews I Am China by Xiaolu Guo; Foreign Gods, Inc by Okey
Ndibe; The Hunt for the Golden Mole by Richard Girling; The Secret World of Oil by Ken Silverstein PLUS: Also out there…
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12 Talking about a revolution Jo Lateu explains why the world’s minority languages matter for all of us – and why we should be fighting for their survival. 17 Voices under the ice Musings and memories from poet Nora Marks Dauenhauer,
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who has dedicated her life to preserving the Tlingit language. 18 ‘They nicknamed me Terrorist’ After a century of oppression, is the Kurdish language finally gaining official recognition in Turkey? asks Naila Bozo. 20 Languages big and small – THE FACTS 22 Marni naa pudni Kaurna yarta-ana (Welcome to Kaurna country) In the Adelaide plains, one Aboriginal language is enjoying an unlikely revival, explains Katrina Power. 24 Up and down Winners and losers in the rollercoaster ride of language survival. 25 Of speech and species The ongoing vitality of minority languages is a must if our planet is to survive, argues Suzanne Romaine.
Front cover: Jurgen Ziewe / Alamy Magazine designed by Ian Nixon and Juha Sorsa. All monetary values are expressed in US dollars unless otherwise noted.
Opinion 30 Argument: Are riots good for democracy? Professor and author Stephen D’Arcy and historian and journalist Vijay Prashad go head to head. PLUS: Open Window with guest cartoonist Oleksy
Kustovsky. 33 Mark Engler America after Piketty’s charge. 43 Steve Parry Corporate whore, moi? PLUS: Polyp’s Big Bad World cartoon.
Regulars 6 Letters Western arrogance; Paul Simon; and beyond totalitarianism. 7 Letter from Bangui There is no easy getaway for the tens of thousands of internal refugees camping near the airport, says Ruby Diamonde. 28 Country Profile: Israel 42 Making Waves Hjalmar Jorge Joffre-Eichhorn talks to Lydia James about
Afghanistan’s Theatre of the Oppressed. 44 Southern Exposure Azhar A Rahim captures a moment of play in a mosque in
Kuala Lumpur. 45 Puzzle Page PLUS: Marc Roberts’ Only Planet cartoon. 46 And Finally Award-winning novelist Xiaolu Guo talks to Graeme Green about literature, materialism and growing up in rural China.
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