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The World Unspun

New Internationalist's award-winning, in-depth journalism, now in a podcast!

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  1. Why we must back the Kurds, and Syria's political future post-Assad, with Matt Broomfield and Leila Al-Shami

    FEB 11

    Why we must back the Kurds, and Syria's political future post-Assad, with Matt Broomfield and Leila Al-Shami

    In the years since Syria’s civil war began in 2011, the country has been slowly drifting away from the mainstream media spotlight. But on 8 December, everything changed. Turkish-backed opposition forces declared Syria liberated from the 24-year rule of President Bashar al-Assad, capturing the capital Damascus in what seemed like the blink of an eye. So what does the future hold for religious and ethnic minorities in Syria? Will the Kurds realize their dream of self-governance under the defacto HTS authority? What remains of the country's political opposition and labour movements, and how can the international community support a fair and equal redistribution of power for Syrians? Matt Broomfield and Leila Al-Shami provide some answers. Guests: Leila Al-Shami and Matt Broomfield Host: Maxine Betteridge-Moes Credits: Maxine Betteridge-Moes (Producer), Amy Hall, Bethany Rielly, Conrad Landin, Nick Dowson (Co-editors), Paula Lacey (Editorial assistant), Samuel Raffnell-Williams (Theme music), Nazik Hamza (Audio Editor), Mari Fouz (Logo Design) Further reading: The war isn't over (Matt Broomfield, in our forthcoming March/April 2025 issue - subscribe here) Where to now for Syria’s women? (Zaina Erhaim in New Internationalist) Riad al-Turk’s Lifelong Struggle for a Free and Democratic Syria (Leila Al-Shami in New Internationalist) Read NI 526 The Kurds: Betrayed again (New Internationalist, 2020) Start your 30 day FREE trial of Currents to receive bi-weekly dispatches from the frontlines of progressive movements. No billionaires. No media moguls. No corporate ads. Just truly independent, co-operative media. Subscribe today and use the code THEWORLDUNSPUN for 20% off your first year of a print or digital subscription.

    35 min
  2. Why the West picks guns over diplomacy, with Vijay Prashad

    JAN 14

    Why the West picks guns over diplomacy, with Vijay Prashad

    The West may be losing control over the world’s resources but it still dominates weapons systems and information. Vijay Prashad explains why some world leaders are effectively arms dealers and how this influences diplomacy. Read NI553: The Arms Trade Host: Maxine Betteridge-Moes Credits: Maxine Betteridge-Moes (Producer, Digital Editor), Amy Hall, Bethany Rielly, Conrad Landin, Nick Dowson (Co-Editors), Paula Lacey (Editorial Assistant), Samuel Rafanell-Williams (Sound Design), Nazik Hamza (Audio Editor), Mari Fouz (Logo Design), Thomas Barlow, Impress (Media Consultant) Guest: Vijay Prashad Further Reading from this Episode: How to dismantle the deadly arms trade (Amy Hall, New Internationalist) Guns or Diplomacy? An interview with Vijay Prashad (Amy Hall, New Internationalist) Genocide in Gaza: Western Moral Collapse in the Age of Hyper-Imperialism (Palestine Deep Dive interview with Vijay Prashad) No billionaires. No media moguls. No corporate ads. Just truly independent, co-operative media. Subscribe today and use the code THEWORLDUNSPUN for 20% off your first year of a print or digital subscription. Sign up to Currents for dispatches from the frontlines of global progressive movements. 30 days FREE then £3/month. Learn more

    34 min
  3. Showing up for Palestine with Samar Alkhdour

    12/17/2024

    Showing up for Palestine with Samar Alkhdour

    For this week’s #TheWorldUnspun, we met with Samar Alkhdour, a Palestinian activist in Montreal whose campaign against the obstructive and discriminatory Canadian immigration system has been met with nothing but police repression and silence from the government. #NI554 Palestine: From Occupation to Uprising #NI546 Surveillance: Spying on Dissent Host: Paula Lacey Credits: Paula Lacey (Producer, Editorial Assistant), Maxine Betteridge-Moes, Amy Hall, Bethany Rielly, Conrad Landin, Nick Dowson (Co-Editors), Samuel Rafanell-Williams (Sound Design), Nazik Hamza (Audio Editor), Mari Fouz (Logo Design), Thomas Barlow, Impress (Media Consultant) Guest: Samar Alkhdour Further reading: How one Gazan mother’s tragedy has fuelled a sit-in action by Nelly Bassily (Disability Visibility Project) Long waits for Canadian visas leave Gazans in limbo by Anna Mehler Paperny (Reuters) Joint letter: Urgent changes needed to Canada’s Temporary Residence Visa Program for Gazans Amnesty International Canada Intended to Fail: Systemic Anti-Palestinian Racism and Canada’s Gaza Temporary Resident Visa Program by Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East Coalition for No Over Policing Palestine/Police Pas la Palestine No billionaires. No media moguls. No corporate ads. Just truly independent, co-operative media. Subscribe today and use the code THEWORLDUNSPUN for 20% off your first year of a print or digital subscription.

    29 min
  4. How Haiti became the 'poster child' for reparations, with Harold Isaac

    11/28/2024

    How Haiti became the 'poster child' for reparations, with Harold Isaac

    Haiti, the land of the only successful slave uprising in history, was also an experiment in neocolonialism. As the country once again makes global news headlines for all the wrong reasons, we spoke to independent journalist Harold Isaac to better understand how Haiti's complex history of colonization, slavery and its crippling ‘independence debt’ to France contributed to the crisis we’re seeing play out on our screens today. Host: Maxine Betteridge-Moes Credits: Maxine Betteridge-Moes (Producer), Amy Hall, Bethany Rielly, Conrad Landin, Nick Dowson (Co-editors), Paula Lacey (Editorial assistant), Samuel Raffnell-Williams (Sound design), Nazik Hamza (Audio Editor), Mari Fouz (Logo Design), Thomas Barlow, Impress (Media consultant) Guest: Harold Isaac (@haroldisaac) Further reading from this episode: Held to ransom: Haiti's cycle of violence (Harold Isaac in New Internationalist) Country Profile: Haiti (New Internationalist) Haiti's Lost Billions (Lazaro Gamio etl a. in The New York Times) #NI554 Debt: Which way out? #NI545 Decolonize Now For up-to-date and accurate reporting on the unfolding crisis in Haiti, Harold recommends following Jacqueline Charles (@jacquiecharles), Frantz Duval (@frantzduval) and Radio RFM (@maradiofm) No billionaires. No media moguls. No corporate ads. Just truly independent, co-operative media. Subscribe today and use the code THEWORLDUNSPUN for 20% off your first year of a print or digital subscription.

    38 min
  5. The fascist face of neoliberalism with Ece Temelkuran

    11/15/2024

    The fascist face of neoliberalism with Ece Temelkuran

    Fascism is a popular term in political discourse today. For the Turkish journalist and writer Ece Temelkuran, that’s a good thing — except that it comes too late. So how can we recognize a country's descent from democracy into fascism and what does resistance look like? Host: Maxine Betteridge-Moes Credits: Maxine Betteridge-Moes (Producer), Amy Hall, Bethany Rielly, Conrad Landin, Nick Dowson (Co-editors), Paula Lacey (Editorial assistant), Samuel Raffnell-Williams (Sound design), Nazik Hamza (Audio Editor), Mari Fouz (Logo Design), Thomas Barlow, Impress (Media consultant) Guest: Ece Temelkuran Further reading from this episode: #NI551 Political Parties How to Lose a Country: The 7 Steps from Democracy to Fascism by Ece Temelkuran Together: A Manifesto Against the Heartless World by Ece Temelkuran Women who Blow on Knots by Ece Temelkuran (or if you’re in London, go see the stage production at the Arcola Theatre) Independents’ Day (Conrad Landin in New Internationalist) Radicalism Jettisoned (Coll McCail in New Internationalist) How do we continue building international solidarity for Palestine? #NI552 Disinformation No billionaires. No media moguls. No corporate ads. Just truly independent, co-operative media. Subscribe today and use the code THEWORLDUNSPUN for 20% off your first year of a print or digital subscription.

    33 min
  6. Entering the matrix of misinformation with Nanjala Nyabola

    11/04/2024

    Entering the matrix of misinformation with Nanjala Nyabola

    There's a lot of money to be made in the internet. People with good intentions and bad intentions are being driven by profit. So how does this shape our information ecosystem and where does the scope for action lie? Read #NI552: Disinformation Host: Maxine Betteridge-Moes Credits: Maxine Betteridge-Moes (Producer), Nazik Hamza (Audio Editor), Mari Fouz (Logo Design), Amy Hall, Bethany Rielly, Conrad Landin, Nick Dowson (Co-editors), Paula Lacey (Editorial assistant), Samuel Raffnell-Williams (Sound design), Thomas Barlow, Impress (Media consultant) Guest: Nanjala Nyabola Further reading from this episode: Strange and Difficult Times: Notes on a Global Pandemic by Nanjala Nyabola Entering the Matrix of Misinformation Red Letter Day (Conrad Landin in New Internationalist. Subscribe to read) The Philippines Disinformation Machine (Don Kevin Hapal in New Internationalist. Subscribe to read) Fact-checkers to the rescue? (Samira Sawlani in New Internationalist. Subscribe to read) How Kiswahili tech terms are pushing for digital rights in East Africa (Maxine Betteridge-Moes in Quartz Africa) No billionaires. No media moguls. No corporate ads. Just truly independent, co-operative media. Subscribe today and use the code THEWORLDUNSPUN for 20% off your first year of a print or digital subscription.

    36 min
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    2024 - 2025
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