GUIDE TO THIS MONTH'S ARTICLES - March 2017

From this month's magazine:

Find out more about the 500 editions of New Internationalist:

• The facts about the 500 New Internationalist magazines

This month, the magazine is about brave people, people who use their courage to fight for change.

But what is courage? What does it mean to be brave? How are some people braver than others? And what makes them do brave things? Read about it here:

• What is courage?

Alicia Cawiya is an activist from Ecuador. She protested against the big oil companies to save Ecuador’s Yasuní people. Read about how other women followed her and did what the men did not want to do:

• One woman against the Big Oil Companies

Another very brave person:

• Everybody against him: Palestinian-Syrian activist Abdullah Al Khateeb

Read about Tatiana Vivienne, who is helping people who have no help in the Central African Republic:

• A brave Central African woman

How much do you know about the new President of Brazil? Why did they get rid of the last president?:

• Worldbeaters: Michel Temer, President of Brazil

Read the interview with this writer / punk singer from Finland:

• Interview with Kati Hiekkapelto: nature, racist bullying and punk

From this month's blogs:

Read about how the women's movement in India is helping to protest against control by men and the upper castes:

• Chalo Nagpur: India’s women march against fascism and caste

Ready lessons this month:

• 'WHAT IS COURAGE?' - a 2-hr lesson for Intermediate learners: vocabulary, reading, speaking + grammar ('I wonder ...')

• INDIA'S WOMEN MARCH a 2-hr lesson for Pre-Intermediate learners: vocabulary, reading, speaking + writing