Vanessa Baird
New Internationalist
United Kingdom
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Past articles by Vanessa:
‘Self-coup’ backfires for Peru’s Pedro Castillo
Vanessa Baird explores an episode of political suicide and high drama, extraordinary even by Peru’s standards. → Read More
What if…we said ‘no’ to concrete?
The world is turning grey as more and more concrete is poured. Vanessa Baird posits an alternative. → Read More
Ukraine – what can internationalists do?
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine requires urgent action. Vanessa Baird asks what we can do. → Read More
Afghanistan – what can I do?
The question so many of us are asking. Vanessa Baird has a few suggestions. → Read More
What if…we all got paid the same
Vanessa Baird on a simple but bold measure to reverse roaring income inequality. → Read More
How to talk with conspiracy theorists
Vanessa Baird offers some nifty tips in tackling a growing problem. → Read More
How we are gulled
We must be able to see the secret, algorithmic methods of Google, Facebook and other digital titans if we are to tackle disinformation and toxic polarization, says propaganda expert Peter Pomerantsev. → Read More
Trump’s ‘coup’ is not a US first
The storming of the US Capitol sent shock waves around the world. But democracy-subverting, coup-fomenting US presidents are nothing new, writes Vanessa Baird. → Read More
What if…exporting waste were banned?
Time to face our own rubbish, Vanessa Baird suggests. → Read More
Covid-19: lessons from the pandemic
How can we transform the calamity that has befallen us and create healing? Vanessa Baird on the change we can be. → Read More
What if....we had binding quotas for women in politics?
Vanessa Baird looks at what gender parity can do. → Read More
What if…we got our attention back?
Vanessa Baird makes the case for being true to our brains. → Read More
What if...cities became car-free?
Vanessa Baird on how to turn a toxic bane into a liberating blessing. → Read More
‘A very British coup’
Boris Johnson’s shutdown of parliament could spark an early general election, but that’s nothing to feel sanguine about, writes Vanessa Baird. → Read More
What if…: ...we scrapped the gender binary on official documents?
Many, probably most, of us don’t give a second thought about how often we are asked to declare whether we are male or female. To travel abroad, to open a bank account, to access healthcare, apply for a job, even just to buy stuff online. At the same time, science tells us that our biology is complex. That our hormones, chromosomes, genitals and mind do not necessarily combine to make us… → Read More
Whatever you think of Maduro, ‘regime change’ is up to Venezuelans – not the US
Venezuela’s a mess, but that gives no right to interfere writes Vanessa Baird. . → Read More
What if…: ...social media firms paid us?
Exploitation by social media firms is not inevitable, suggests Vanessa Baird. Perhaps there's a way we can be paid for our data? → Read More
A better media is possible
Trust in tatters. Business model busted. And journalism under attack from all sides. So why does Vanessa Baird think that the news media has a bright future? . → Read More
Blueprint for a better media
11 strategies for a better media. Vanessa Baird writes. → Read More
They’ve killed Marielle Franco – for doing good
She was a young, black, city councillor – and a beacon of hope in her Rio favela and for Brazil. Vanessa Baird writes about the gunning down of hope . → Read More