Vanessa Baird

The law boosts deforestation and endangers land defenders, but resistance is growing writes Vanessa Baird.

New Internationalist celebrated its 50th anniversary last weekend. Contributing editor Vanessa Baird, who co-edited the magazine from 1986 to 2021, looks back over five decades of campaigning journalism and inspiration.

Prices getting you down? Spare a thought for the rich, says Vanessa Baird – those booming profits won’t count themselves.

Vanessa Baird traces how Peru’s political turmoil swiftly tipped into bloody state violence.

Vanessa Baird explores an episode of political suicide and high drama, extraordinary even by Peru’s standards.

Vanessa Baird on a simple but bold measure to reverse roaring income inequality.

We must be able to see the secret, algorithmic methods of Google, Facebook and other digital titans if we are to tackle disinformation and toxic polarization, says propaganda expert Peter Pomerantsev.

More fragile than we thought, liberal democracy seems to be under attack from many sides. Are these death throes – or growing pains? Vanessa Baird explores.

Women in war zones are the best peace-makers, yet they rarely get a place at negotiation tables dominated by men. Iranian gender activist and senior adviser to the UN Sanam Naraghi-Anderlini is working to change that.

Ditching the UN’s way of measuring it might be a good start, finds Vanessa Baird.

Under the cover of Covid-19, Turkey is hammering the Kurds. Again. Should the world care? Vanessa Baird offers several good reasons why it should.

Exploitation by tech firms is not inevitable, suggests Vanessa Baird.

NI editor Vanessa Baird looks at the many reasons why this is the only option that makes sense.

Refugees are welcome here – seize the moment!  New Internationalist

Could Brexiteers Johnson, Gove, Farage be prosecuted for lies?

Does it matter that these titans are so successful? Vanessa Baird examines what their domination means for all of us.

Vanessa Baird discovers why the Asháninka people of the River Ene are taking a hard line against dam builders – and others.