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Digital technologies may promise a host of new channels and activities, but the stranglehold of big business is set to tighten, says leading media commentator Robert McChesney [*] Do you [...]

Europe's governments are struggling to stem the flow of migrants from poor countries while opening the gates wide for the best of the world's workers. Is their policy tenable? When [...]

Is it possible to gauge the influence of globalization and mass migration on the future of racist thought? Alberto Burgio [*], a leading Italian analyst of racism, examines the ethnic [...]

Do we really need our flesh and blood? Ray Kurzweil, guru of Artificial Intelligence, believes that the conscious machine is only decades away--so get ready to download How close is [...]

The hottest theory of cosmology in the last 20 years is that of cosmic 'inflation'--a burst of force in the very early universe that expanded a dot into almost boundless [...]

Do the secrets of the universe lie within the atom? Could a 27-kilometre tunnel reveal the deep truth? Reverse the film of our universe's history, and things seems to get [...]

Access to medicines in poor countries has become a critical issue with the spread of AIDS and re-emergence of illnesses once thought to have been beaten. Can the profit-driven pharmaceutical [...]

Galloping advances in information technology promise to give us instant access to all the world's knowledge. But how will human memory fare against the rise of the super-machine? If the [...]

On the eve of the U.S. presidential elections, the death penalty--repudiated by almost all democratic nations--is notable only for its absence from debate. Abolitionists are changing their tactics to 'win [...]

Despite their vastly different agendas, NGOs stand united in their plea for stemming the power of transnational corporations through more plural global structures As protest movements go, the mass gatherings [...]

Father Thomas Kocherry has been catapulted into leading India's 10-million-strong fishing community in its campaign against industrial fleets, shrimp farms and coastal pollution 'The life of the planet and the [...]

That veteran of Yanqui-baiting, Daniel Ortega, will regain Nicaragua's presidential sash on 10 January under the approving gaze of Latin America's new generation of left-wing leaders. And he may even [...]

Somewhere between the oil riches gurgling from the earth and the desperate poverty of the people who live on it, something has gone terribly wrong in Venezuela. This, at least, […]

Argentine workers have found a much better way of taking control of their factories than going on strike... going to work. Ivan Briscoe describes a revolution in the making. As [...]

SENILE dementia gave General Pinochet the excuse he needed to escape trial in a Spanish court, only for the former dictator to make a miraculous recovery once he was safely [...]

MAINLAND Spain--the promised land. Although it is visible from their hideouts, thousands of Africans--who have set up camp deep in a forest on the coast of northern Morocco--have learnt to [...]

Since December 2002, the NI has reported on the battles by the Brukman textile workers to keep working in the Buenos Aires factory that their employers walked away from. After [...]

IN December 2001 workers took over the Brukman clothing factory in central Buenos Aires in an effort to preserve their livelihoods. Having survived two eviction orders, fended off countless police [...]

Ponders on the relationship between science and theology. Remarks from scientist Georges Lemaitre; Relevance of scientific ideas to religion; Creation in the theological sense.

Describes the discovery of the bodies of three Inca children at the summit of Mount Llullaillaco, Argentina. Idea that the children were part of a ritual sacrifice; Work of Johan Reinhard sponsored by the National Geographic Society; Value of the bodies and the artifacts with them for research; Children likely from the Incan social elite; Study of Incan physiology.

Focuses on the condition of West African immigrants in Spain. Deportation of immigrants to Nigeria; Victims of illegal immigration; Harassments experienced by immigrants.

Reviews the television program `Big Brother.'

The article focuses on the re-election of the President of Nicaragua, Daniel Ortega. The article discusses the United States' concerns that Ortega may be part of an expanding regional power block including Hugo Chávez in Venezula and Fidel Castro in Cuba. Details of Ortega's campaign are also discussed.

Reports on the control of workers over the Brukman clothing factory in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Involvement of political interest in the timing of the police raid; Executive orders for the police guards not to use violence against workers; Fundamental changes in the country.

Interviews media commentator Robert McChesny, about the role of big business in digital technology. Opinion on digital convergence; Trend in ownership of the technology; Effect of concentration on the media consumed by the public.

Discusses some suggestions to remain healthy and live longer. Highly recommended vitamins to prevent oxidative damage; Information on the hormone, dehydroepiandrosterone or DHEA.

Analyzes the contribution of team manager Daniel Passarella to the improvement in the performance of the Argentinean football team. Imposition of a Prussian standard of discipline and morality on his players; Termination of football players with attitude problems; Requirement for Argentine team members to cut their hair regularly and submit to nasal examinations.