※日本版の休刊に伴い、2012年1/2月合併号より英語版のみ発行しております。


At the service of debt（社会における債務という問題）


【Agenda】
Stories making the news this month
6 Church on the rampage in Georgia
6 Eritrea’s robo-liberators
7 Guilt-free cellphone
7 Introducing Nicolas Maduro
7 Condom wars in Kenya
8 Thailand: We need bats
8 Out of the frying pan in Greece
9 Sexism’s a drag in Iran
9 My hot chilli peppers
PLUS: Scratchy Lines by Simon Kneebone, and Reasons to be Cheerful.


【Mixed Media】
32 Film reviews:
Hot Docs special Narco Cultura, Pussy Riot - A Punk Prayer; Fatal Assistance; American Commune; and The Kill Team.

34 Music reviews: Droit dans la Gueule du Loup by Melissmell; and Stand Up,
People: Gypsy Pop Songs from Tito’s Yugoslavia by Various Artists.

35 Book reviews: Meet Me in Gaza by Louisa B Waugh; A Village Awaits Doomsday by Jaideep Hardikar; Johnson’s Dictionary by David Dabydeen; and The Devil’s Workshop by Jachym Topol.


【Analysis】
The Big Story - Debt

10 Debt - a global scam
The actions of creditors are key to debt crises, argues Dinyar Godrej.

15 Let us prey
The funds that feast on countries in trouble.

16 DEBT - THE FACTS

18 It’s Europe’s turn
The scourge that hobbled development in the Majority World now infects Europe. By Susan George.

22 All together now!
North and South must unite, says campaigner Nick Dearden, now that the debt landscape has widened.

25 Rise up! Action and Resources.


【Regular Features】
4 Letters

5 Letter from Botswana
Wame Molefhe finds hope in the country’s traditional community meetings.

26 Country Profile: Equatorial Guinea

36 Making Waves
Rin Simpson meets eco-village pioneer Paul Wimbush.

38 And Finally
Uruguayan author Eduardo Galeano on dreams, justice, football - and his first teacher’s legs.


【Feature】
28 In the valley of conflict
Sofi Lundin on the seldomreported plight of the Pandit minority in Kashmir.


【Opinion】
37 Chris Coltrane Forget One Direction - we need a new direction.
PLUS: Polyp’s Big Bad World cartoon.