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Born behind bars

By Caroline Bennett Print/Scribd April 25, 2011

Children growing up in a prison in the Santa Martha Acatitla prison in Mexico City.

Radiationland

By Benoît Balança Print/Scribd April 25, 2011

A trip to the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, Ukraine: “Nine people, one driver, and a guide in a ghost city.”

War school

By Arpad Kurucz Print/Scribd April 25, 2011

A military camp for children in Hungary: “The taste of military adventure and discipline.”

Prison country

By Lalon Sander Print/Scribd April 25, 2011

Eritrea: Under the brutal rule of Issaias Afwerki, forced conscription is the new slavery.

The future of fine arts

By Peter Ekström Print/Scribd April 25, 2011

Past, present, and future trends in ﬁne arts: Return of religion and nationalism.

How do we become good again?

By Joshua F Leach Print/Scribd April 25, 2011

In Because it is wrong, Charles Fried and Gregory Fried open the moral debate over torture, but it can not be said that they close it. They put the ﬁnger on an essential need – to start at the beginning and ask what it is to be good or bad.

Sketches from Jenin

By Mohammad Sabaaneh Print/Scribd April 25, 2011

Struggle for freedom in the Middle East; children in prison: Seven cartoons from the portfolio of Palestinian cartoonist Mohammad Sabaaneh.

Cartoons for freedom

By Mana Neyestani Print/Scribd September 25, 2010

Portfolio of award-winning Iranian cartoonist Mana Neyestani, illustrating the struggle for rights and liberties in Iran.

The rise and fall of Mikhail Khodorkovsky

By Dixie Eriksson Print/Scribd September 25, 2010

A good read with all the qualities of a well-written political thriller. Review of Putin’s oil: The Yukos affair and the struggle for Russia/Martin Sixsmith.

The deity of globalisation

By Joshua F Leach Print/Scribd September 25, 2010

Neoliberalism, economic growth and the rise of religiosity in India. Review of The God market: How globalization is making India more Hindu/Meera Nanda.