Issue 483

June 2015 - "Fundamentalism: Power, politics and persuasion"

• GUIDE TO THIS MONTH'S ARTICLES - June 2015

From this month's magazine:

• Why is fundamentalism attractive to many?

• Choose your fundamentalism in Pakistan

• Hindu fundamentalism

• Education and fundamentalism

• The anti-gay church in Uganda

• Oil and European Games in Azerbaijan

• Argument: can eating meat and dairy products be sustainable?

• Interview with Bahraini activist Maryam Abdulhadi al-Khawaja

• Country profile: Burma

From the web this month:

• Basque Country camp to fight against fracking

• Africa: a continent of wealth, a continent of poverty

• A win - money for Rana Plaza

• Photo story: Rohingya refugees in Malaysia

• Death in the Mediterranean

From the blogs this month:

• A revolution for fathers

• Women in Japan

• 10 signs that climate change success is coming

• Namaste from Nepal

• It’s time to take oil away from our arts and culture

• Maggi noodles banned in India

• Gay rights group wins in court in Kenya

• Mad Max and water scarcity

READY LESSONS FROM THIS MONTH'S ARTICLES:

• READY LESSON (for Upper Intermediate learners) : FUNDAMENTALISM

• READY LESSON (for Pre-intermediate learners) : FUNDAMENTALISM and the UK

• READY LESSON (for Pre-intermediate learners: OTHER COUNTRIES

• QUIZ - AFRICA - SO RICH, BUT SO POOR