※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。

The New Cuba─Sell-out to capitalism or socialist update?
（新しいキューバ？─資本主義に負けたのか、最新の社会主義なのか）

【Agenda】
Stories making the news this month
6 Troubled waters in Australia
6 Spain’s homeless fonts
7 Outlobbying the rich in the US
7 Malaysia’s transgender challenge
7 Introducing Pablo Iglesias Turrion
8 Albinism myths persist in Tanzania
8 Protecting pacifism in Japan
9 After the virus in West Africa
9 Encoding language
PLUS: 20 years ago in New Internationalist, Scratchy Lines by cartoonist Simon Kneebone and Reasons to be Cheerful.

【The Big Story】
The New Cuba
10 A new Cuba in the making
The communist island is opening up for business. Vanessa Baird begins an investigation into what’s going on – and what it means.

12 Winners and losers
The streets are alive with micro-enterprise. Who benefits?

15 Making space
Inching towards a free media and political choice – or not.

17 The ‘shame’ of pale and male
Sexism and racism get official recognition.

19 ‘Sex is too important to me’
How life has changed for LGBT people.

20 Cuba’s big bet
It sounds perverse, but in the shadow of the US embargo Cuba is building a gigantic port and free trade zone…

23 ‘Our main crop is hope’
Meet Cuba’s highly successful organic farmers. Why are they getting short shrift, when the country needs more home-grown food?

26 Future conditional
Expect the unexpected. Concluding thoughts – and a look ahead.

【Feature】
30 Madness on the Mekong
A series of proposed dams in Southeast Asia could trigger a food crisis, reports Tom Fawthrop.

【Mixed Media】
34 Film reviews
Pride, directed by Matthew Warchus; Still the Enemy Within, directed by Owen Gower.

35 Music reviews
Film of Life by Tony Allen; Voice + Vision by Various Artists.

36 Book reviews
The Jihadis Return by Patrick Cockburn; The Establishment by Owen Jones; The Last Wave by Pankaj Sekhsaria; Lila by Marilynne Robinson.

【Opinion】
33 Steve Parry
Swimming with Tories.
PLUS: Polyp’s Big Bad World cartoon.

【Regulars】
4 Letters
Sensationalist headlines; perpetuating the ‘blame the victim’ syndrome; and too much testosterone?
PLUS: I’m a New Internationalist.

5 Letter from Bangui
Are aid workers actually improving things in CAR? wonders Ruby Diamonde.

28 Country Profile: Mexico

38 And Finally
Kenyan author Okwiri Oduor talks to Chris Brazier about winning
this year’s Caine Prize for African Writing.