Issue 465

September 2013 - "Piracy"

From this month's magazine:

• How the war on piracy became big business

• Argument: should 16-year-olds vote?

• Making people move out for sport in Rio

• Working like a horse

• Chile's 9/11

• Reporting the news from Syria: can the international media be honest?

Web exclusive:

• "Seeds of change" - fighting against global hunger

• Syria - things are going faster but where are they going?

A selection from the blogs this month:

• Occupy DSEI shows how with selling arms the British government says one thing but does another

• Colombian strikers see violence from the police

• Pollution and tax justice: podcast, video and Prezi

• Responsibility for rape is for men to think about

• Why do people donate to victims of natural disasters, but not of wars?

• Living on One Dollar a Day - the reality

Ready lesson from this month's articles:

• READY LESSON FOR UPPER INTERMEDIATE LEARNERS: IMPROVE YOUR READING AND VOCABULARY