81 Agony Uncle

Does international ‘voluntourism’ do more harm than good? Our Agony Uncle weighs in.

82 What if…

Armed forces were abolished? Symon Hill plots a path to peace.

OPINION

51 View from Africa

Exasperated at politicians, Nanjala Nyabola reflects on the disastrous consequences of poor leadership in a pandemic. Plus: Kate Evans’ Thoughts from a Broad

61 View from Brazil

From slavery to mass deforestation, Leonardo Sakamoto highlights the devastating impact of cattle ranching in Brazil. Plus: Marc Roberts’ Only Planet

73 View from India

Nilanjana Bhowmick on oxygen inequity and the price paid by her country’s citizens. Plus: Polyp’s Big Bad World

FEATURES

58 Cuba’s crossroads

Will Miguel Díaz-Canel, the Castros’ hand-picked successor, wield a new broom of change? Wayne Ellwood weighs up the island’s options.

62 The vise tightens

The image-obsessed Indian government is intent on shutting down dissent. Rishika Pardikar examines the ploys in use.

66 The Long Read – Could

money be the ultimate decolonizer? Jason Hickel makes a compelling case for modern monetary theory as a way for countries in the Global South to throw off the shackles of international capital and finally meet their people’s basic needs.

P E T E R E Y N O L D S

SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 2021

MIXED MEDIA 74 Spotlight

Folk music royalty Peggy Seeger speaks to Louise Gray about her life, her music, and her political activism.

76 Book Reviews

Chronicles from the Land of the Happiest People on Earth by Wole Soyinka; Little Brother by Ibrahima Balde and Amets Arzallus Antia, translated by Timberlake Wertenbaker; World Politics since 1989 by Jonathan Holslag; Patriarchy of the Wage by Sylvia Federici.

78 Film Reviews

I’m Your Man directed and co-written by Maria Schrader; Sabaya directed and written by Hogir Hirori.

79 Music Reviews

Drawing Life by Jocelyn Pook; K(no)w Them, K(no)w Us by Xhosa Cole.

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28.07.21 Zuma is still clinging to power, citizens are

paying the price

South Africa’s recent uprisings have revealed how much of a tinderbox the country is, argues Glen Retief.

15.07.21 ‘The road to freedom lies ahead’

As the humanitarian crisis deepens in West Papua, Klas Lundström reports on the continuing struggle for self-determination.

05.07.21 A war against the war

Port workers in Italy are refusing to bloody their hands for wars they don’t support, and their resistance is inspiring others. Futura D’Aprile reports on a burgeoning movement for peace.

17.06.21 The pandemic has worsened Brazil’s hunger

crisis

A recent study suggests that as many as six in ten Brazilians are struggling to put food on the table, reports Beatriz Miranda.

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