13 Facts About New Internationalist

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New Internationalist is an international publisher and left-wing magazine based in Oxford, England, owned and run by a worker-run co-operative with a non-hierarchical structure.

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New Internationalist magazine has existed for more than 40 years and as of 2018 was the largest magazine of its type in circulation in the United Kingdom.

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New Internationalist magazine is published by New Internationalist Publications Limited, a co-operative-run publisher based in Oxford, United Kingdom.

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4.

Originally, New Internationalist magazine was co-sponsored by Oxfam, Christian Aid and the Cadbury and Rowntree trusts.

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5.

New Internationalist has produced films, books and other materials for various United Nations agencies and related bodies concerned with world development.

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6.

New Internationalist magazine was launched as a monthly magazine in 1973.

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Early issues of New Internationalist magazine included a feature on the Tan-Zam railway in Tanzania, interviews with President Kaunda of Zambia and Bishop Helder Camara in Brazil, and features on Vietnam, drought in the Sahel, and the legacy of Che Guevara.

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New Internationalist magazine published articles about all of these topics.

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9.

New Internationalist came close to bankruptcy when postal charges almost doubled in 1975.

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10.

In 1974 New Internationalist was commissioned by the United Nations Population Fund to produce a kit of materials to mark World Population Year.

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11.

In 1982, New Internationalist began publishing a One World Calendar, with a number of other organizations.

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12.

In 2017, New Internationalist acquired the Brighton-based publisher Myriad Editions.

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13.

When New Internationalist started, the company operated as a conventional hierarchical organization, albeit with much sharing and teamwork.

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