Issue 494

July / August 2016 - "Smiley-faced monopolists"

• GUIDE TO THIS MONTH'S ARTICLES - July / August 2016

From this month's magazine:

• QUIZ: Internet giants

• How Google, Facebook and Amazon won the world

• The Sharing Economy: Uber and AirBnB

• No Mr Zuckerberg: India's fight against Facebook

• Helping in two clicks: technology and charity

• Country profile: The Bahamas

• I will never give up my land

From the web:

• Refugee families stuck at Hungary's border

• Photo story: the Zapatista’s CompArte art festival

• Corruption in Nigeria

• Turkey: after the 'coup' attempt

From the blogs:

• Sacked for reading a book during break

• Climate change and colonial history: a toxic combination

• The ISA must protect ocean ecosystems, not exploit them

• The miracle of water

• 3 short videos about the lives of refugees

Ready lessons this month:

• FACEBOOK, GOOGLE AND AMAZON - for Intermediate learners: jigsaw reading / quiz + infographic / writing tweets - 1.5 hrs

• WATER - for Pre-Intermediate learners: speaking/vocabulary/reading/grammar - 1 hr