[Alternatives International] : June-July 2009

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June-July 2009

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Another Day Will Come (June-July 2009)

Poets For Palestine

Tuesday 21 July 2009 by Michael Ryan Wiseman

The AIJ’s MR Wiseman recently summoned the ghosts of bards-past to wax poetic with Remi Kanazi, editor of Poets For Palestine (Al Jisser, 2008), a collection of old- and new-school poetry and artwork for, you guessed it, Palestine. continue

The Economic Crisis and Obama’s Response (June-July 2009)

Part 1 of 2

Tuesday 21 July 2009 by James K. Galbraith

It is a relief to have a new Administration, to be at the start of a new government rather than at the end of one, and to have a President with the talent of President Obama and with the public confidence that he presently enjoys. That said, there is a real question as to whether this (...) continue

On the Roma Again (June-July 2009)

Romani Asylum in Canada

Tuesday 21 July 2009 by Marie-Adele Cassola

During an official visit to the Czech Republic in May, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper warned that the rising number of refugee claimants coming to Canada from that country presented a growing concern for his government. As Immigration Minister Jason Kenney had done a month previously, (...) continue

Impressionist Journalism (June-July 2009)

Tuesday 21 July 2009 by Michael Ryan Wiseman

I impersonated a journalist at two events of citizen-driven activism and the following is my impression of the proceedings as the mucous of apathy and cirrostrati of lassitude that quotidianly cataract my mind’s eye were obliterated by the hot breath of tumult that rides alongside the voice of (...) continue

A History of Violence (June-July 2009)

The Tamil Tigers are gone, but ethnic struggle remains

Tuesday 21 July 2009 by Nachammai Raman

The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) were a fearsome force that controlled a third of Sri Lanka at their peak. They ran a de facto state with their own air force, navy, and infantry. In their final days, they collapsed like a pack of cards after holding out for twenty-six years. The (...) continue

The Rise of the (fallen) Machines (June-July 2009)

Electronic waste management in Kenya

Tuesday 21 July 2009 by Muriuki Mureithi

Moore’s Law, meet Murphy’s. E-waste is an unknown phenomenon hardly making the headlines, but with the increasing volumes of e-waste generated and the poor means of disposal, it is a disaster waiting to happen. continue

Protests and the Global City (June-July 2009)

Taking it to the… highways.

Tuesday 21 July 2009 by Judy REBICK

One-Way Traffic. Over the last months in Toronto and Montreal, we have experienced the global city as never before. continue

Good News

Let My People Go (June-July 2009)

SOS ESCLAVES Wins the 2009 Anti Slavery Award

Tuesday 21 July 2009 by Pınar Hoşafçı

SOS Esclaves (SOS Slaves), a Mauritanian NGO run by the son of slaves, received this year’s Anti Slavery International Award. “I, for my part, together with a number of my friends realized that slavery was unjust, and that we could not accept the traditional law of Mauritanian society”, says (...) continue