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    Chris Richards meets Capi-communism — the Chinese version of capitalism that’s plundering Papua New Guinea.

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I predict a riot cop

I'm standing in front of a line of riot cops, arms raised to demonstrate my non-violent intentions, chanting peaceful protest, peaceful protest as their batons twitch menacingly two feet from my face. The 2,000 people around me are doing likewise well, apart from those busy staffing the compost toilets, powering the bicycles that make the microphones work, running the communal kitchen and being interviewed live on the BBC. It must be another climate camp.

All Our Mothers Deserve a Little Peace and Justice

When my wife looked at me this past Monday with fear in her eyes and exclaimed. What day is Mother's Day? I had a good chuckle. About once a year we each have that moment: stricken with the thought that we've forgotten Mother's Day and will forever live in bad child purgatory.

So you think young people don't care about politics?

I went on the Put People First protest with my Dad, the oldest rocker in town, last month. He turned to me at one point, with genuine surprise in his voice, and said: 'There are loads of young people here!' I wasn’t surprised: I'm young and I was there.

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Made in China

The mango tree spreads large and lush. Standing at the centre of this village, it has pride of place. Huts on stilts surround it. Under its branches, protected from the sun, the villagers of Lalok in Papua New Guinea (PNG) collect to talk and make decisions together. Like the tree, their community is strong – democracy is growing.

It looks like paradise here. Children run across the beach laughing to greet our six-metre dinghy after its sea-crossing. Tall palm trees swaying softly on the edge of the beach rim the rainforest. Yet living in paradise has its price.

Peace offerings

Members of citizens’ groups for peace that attempt to bridge the Israeli-Palestinian divide talk with Hadani Ditmars about why working together brings its own rewards.

No room for bigots

Canadian multiculturalism is in rude health and has licked the kinds of problems that crop up in other countries. Haroon Siddiqui explains how.

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