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Global banking（銀行危機はどこへ）

【Agenda】
Stories making the news this month
6 Nicaragua’s canal controversy
6 Leviathan challenged in Israel
7 Violence flares in West Papua
7 Introducing Arvind Kejriwal
7 US girls get radical
8 Bangladesh: a death allowed
8 Paranoid empire
9 Dancing with big oil in Peru
9 Life-saving rats
PLUS: Scratchy Lines by cartoonist Simon Kneebone and Reasons to be Cheerful.

【The Big Story】The Banks
10 The big bank boondoggle
Big private banks have been resurrected by the crisis they caused. David Ransom suggests there’s no greater folly than repeating the same mistake and expecting a different outcome.

12 Jargon Buster
Some terms you’d maybe rather not need to know.

16 The FACTS - Banks

18 Shadow over China
Jack Rasmus reports on the world’s creditor, increasingly engulfed by ‘shadow’ banks.

20 Rachel’s rocket and the risk factory
A cautionary tale, illustrated by Kate Charlesworth.

22 Too big to jail
Whistleblower Ian Taplin wonders what became of the rule of law.

23 Tipping the TTIP
The financial lobby plugging the latest free-trade deal, discussed with Kenneth Haar.

24 Getting away with murder
Susan George tells a story that’s beyond belief.

27 ACTION – What you can do

【Features】
32 War nerves
Daiva Repeckaite reports on the rise of all things military in Lithuanian society.

【Mixed Media】
34 Music reviews
Ghosts & Graffiti by Thea Gilmore; and Never Were the Way She Was by Colin Stetson and Sarah Neufeld.

35 Film reviews
Phoenix, directed by Christian Petzold; and The Falling, directed by Carol Morley.

36 Book reviews
My Documents by Alejandro Zambra; Artwash by Mel Evans; Can Non-Europeans Think? by Hamid Dabashi; Chasing the Scream by Johann Hari.
PLUS: Also out there…

【Opinion】
31 Mark engler
Can the world endure another Bush - or Clinton?

【Regulars】
4 Letters
Irrational hopes, unintelligent science and why wind turbines aren’t all good.

5 Letter from Bangui
The role and influence of traditional leaders is often underestimated by international agencies, writes Ruby Diamonde.

28 Country Profile: Cote D’Ivoire

30 Big Bad World
Gaia laments her children’s shortsightedness in a one-page cartoon special from Polyp.

38 And Finally
Human rights activist Peter Tatchell has seen - and suffered - a lot in his decades of campaigning. But, he tells Cristiana Moisescu, he still believes in forgiveness.