How British colonizers caused the Bengal famine
网页2022年1月21日 · T he Bengal famine stands as one of the single most horrific atrocities to have occurred under British colonial rule. From 1943 to 1944, more than three million Indians died of starvation and malnutrition, and millions more fell into crushing poverty. For many years, the British blamed the famine on weather conditions and food shortfalls, as if it were an unavoidable natural disaster.
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10 steps to world peace - New Internationalist
网页In contrast, when women participate in peace processes, peace is more likely to endure. 3 Share out wealth fairly. Advert. According to a World Bank survey, 40 per cent of those who join rebel groups do so because of a lack of economic opportunities. Relative poverty is just as important, with more equal societies marked by high levels of trust ...
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Abortion: Why is your body still a battleground?
网页2024年8月27日 · Emboldened by the overturning of Roe v Wade in the United States, an international network of anti-rights actors is expanding its sphere of influence in the Global North and South. At this crucial moment, we look at what’s behind the war on abortion, and hear from activists around the world fighting for feminist futures where abortion is safe ...
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What does internationalism actually mean? | New Internationalist
网页2019年4月3日 · To try to prise open the rich world’s grip on credit and technology, and its domination of newly created institutions like the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the Third World formed the United Nations Committee on Trade and Development and G77 (a grouping of 77 developing nations) in 1964. By the 1970s, the calls for a …
The Drowning Child and the Expanding Circle - New Internationalist
网页1997年4月5日 · The Drowning Child and the Expanding Circle. 5 April 1997. Peter Singer. As the world shrinks, so our capacity for effective moral action grows. Peter Singer indicates how this may change our lives. T o challenge my students to think about the ethics of what we owe to people in need, I ask them to imagine that their route to the university ...
Is pacifism appropriate for today’s world? - New Internationalist
网页2019年7月1日 · We live in a world where there is a growing threat from fascist and ultra-nationalist movements. A blanket rejection of the use of violence for legitimate self-defence risks turning pacifism into passive-ism. Self-defence is a widely accepted principle in international law. For dispossessed people, armed struggle is sometimes the only solution.
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