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This edition is about borders, refugees and migrants.
 
This edition is about borders, refugees and migrants.
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First read this article about borders. Borders with their walls and fences are something new in the world. Why do we have them, what terrible problems and suffering do they cause, and what can we do about them?
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*[[Freedom to move – for everyone]]
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Read this article about 3 groups that help support and protect illegal immigrants:
 
Read this article about 3 groups that help support and protect illegal immigrants:
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http://www.newint.org/sites/default/files/u709/solidarity-1260.jpg
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Is it possible that in the future all countries will open their borders? Let's imagine...
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*[[Open borders, 2050]]
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http://www.newint.org/sites/default/files/2019/openborders.jpg
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In the past borders were there for people to cross. Now borders are there to keep people out. Why?
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*[[How fear infected the borders]]
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Extinction Rebellion protest about governments not taking action on the climate emergency. Not everyone agrees with the way they protest and their tactics. Read a discussion about whether they are doing things well or badly:
 
Extinction Rebellion protest about governments not taking action on the climate emergency. Not everyone agrees with the way they protest and their tactics. Read a discussion about whether they are doing things well or badly:
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*[[Australia on fire]]
 
*[[Australia on fire]]
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http://www.newint.org/sites/default/files/2019/2019-12-06T115504Z_75223325_RC2NPD9Z3PI6_RTRMADP_3_AUSTRALIA-BUSHFIRES%20%281%29.jpg
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When we switch on the TV, we see protests everywhere in the world. Why?
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*[[The failed promise of liberal democracy]]
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http://www.newint.org/sites/default/files/u368/2019-12-31T141452Z_85028606_RC2E6E95Y77C_RTRMADP_3_ALGERIA-PROTESTS%20%281%29.jpg
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Waste pickers in India do a difficult job and also help to fight climate change. But they work in terrible conditions. Find out why:
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*[[India’s invisible green warriors]]
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http://www.newint.org/sites/default/files/2019/2014-11-19T120000Z_1020135213_GM1EABJ17AM01_RTRMADP_3_INDIA-DAILYLIFE%20%281%29.jpg
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An architect moved from Cape Town to Johannesburg. He writes about the wonderful and strange city.
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*[[Letter from Johannesburg]]
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http://www.newint.org/sites/default/files/u368/joburg.jpg
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About 369,000 people are modern slaves in Brazil - 1 in 555 of its population Find out why:
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*[[Modern-day slavery in the Amazon]]
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http://www.newint.org/sites/default/files/u368/2019-10-01T192436Z_1_LYNXMPEF903C9_RTROPTP_4_BRAZIL-NIEMEYER%20%281%29.jpg
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*[[A museum for the working class in Brazil]]
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In Rio de Janeiro in Brazil the favelas have a bad name. But now the people in the favelas are telling their own true story of where they live.
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http://www.newint.org/sites/default/files/2019/IMG_3197%20%281%29.jpg
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In Bangladesh the film industry did well in the past but not now. But women who were extras before and want to be extras still come every day to the studios and hope for work:
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*[[Dhallywood dreams in the film industry in Bangladesh]]
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http://www.newint.org/sites/default/files/u368/Bulu%20Bari_Credit%20Alice%20McCool-1.jpg
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Should we fly when flying could make climate change worse?:
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*[[Should we fly in the climate crisis?]]

Latest revision as of 14:10, 23 February 2020

This edition is about borders, refugees and migrants.

First read this article about borders. Borders with their walls and fences are something new in the world. Why do we have them, what terrible problems and suffering do they cause, and what can we do about them?

keynote.jpg

Read this article about 3 groups that help support and protect illegal immigrants:

solidarity-1260.jpg

Is it possible that in the future all countries will open their borders? Let's imagine...

openborders.jpg

In the past borders were there for people to cross. Now borders are there to keep people out. Why?

fearborder.jpg

Extinction Rebellion protest about governments not taking action on the climate emergency. Not everyone agrees with the way they protest and their tactics. Read a discussion about whether they are doing things well or badly:

XR%20top.jpg

Australia is burning. But the cause of the problem started 30 years ago, Read how and why:

2019-12-06T115504Z_75223325_RC2NPD9Z3PI6_RTRMADP_3_AUSTRALIA-BUSHFIRES%20%281%29.jpg

When we switch on the TV, we see protests everywhere in the world. Why?

2019-12-31T141452Z_85028606_RC2E6E95Y77C_RTRMADP_3_ALGERIA-PROTESTS%20%281%29.jpg

Waste pickers in India do a difficult job and also help to fight climate change. But they work in terrible conditions. Find out why:

2014-11-19T120000Z_1020135213_GM1EABJ17AM01_RTRMADP_3_INDIA-DAILYLIFE%20%281%29.jpg

An architect moved from Cape Town to Johannesburg. He writes about the wonderful and strange city.

joburg.jpg

About 369,000 people are modern slaves in Brazil - 1 in 555 of its population Find out why:

2019-10-01T192436Z_1_LYNXMPEF903C9_RTROPTP_4_BRAZIL-NIEMEYER%20%281%29.jpg

In Rio de Janeiro in Brazil the favelas have a bad name. But now the people in the favelas are telling their own true story of where they live.

IMG_3197%20%281%29.jpg

In Bangladesh the film industry did well in the past but not now. But women who were extras before and want to be extras still come every day to the studios and hope for work:

Bulu%20Bari_Credit%20Alice%20McCool-1.jpg

Should we fly when flying could make climate change worse?: