Ides of March 2011

Articles

1 June 2011, by Nassar Ibrahim
Palestinian Reconciliation: Conditions Required for Success

The signing of the Palestinian reconciliation agreement is just the beginning of the internal reconciliation process on the national, political, strategic and tactical levels. Nassar Ibrahim (...)
11 May 2011, by Mostafa Henaway
Students, labour, academics: Growing Pan-Canadian solidarity with Palestine

A series of developments and initiatives across Canada and Quebec underline the growing concern on and around Canadian campuses for issues relating to Palestine and in particular, around (...)
29 April 2011, by Nick Buxton
The Law of Mother Earth: Behind Bolivia’s historic bill

Indigenous and campesino (small-scale farmer) movements in the Andean nation of Bolivia are on the verge of pushing through one of the most radical environmental bills in global history. The (...)
26 April 2011, by Elizabeth Peredo Beltran
Some Reflections On The Way From Cochabamba To Durban

There is a rebellious movement growing across the planet protesting the unfair impacts of climate change and environmental crisis. A global intuition was being formed on the real causes of (...)
26 April 2011, by John Riddell
Montreal Meeting Shows Growing Support for Climate Justice

Conference organizer: “This is the first chance in twenty years for such a political discussion embracing forces from both Quebec and [English] Canada” Bolivia marked Earth Day (April 22) this (...)
19 April 2011, by Christian Nadeau
We are not alone: Resistance before and after the elections

Since the publication of my book Rogue in Power, I have called the attention of my readers to two main points. First, I wanted to underline the significance of a mass vote against the (...)
14 April 2011, by Nipa Banerjee
LETTER FROM KABUL

I board a plane from Frankfurt, bound for Dubai on the way to one of my innumerable trips to Afghanistan. I muse about my journey over the years in the land of the Kabuliwallahs, the fruits and (...)
5 April 2011, by Stefan Christoff
Elections 2011 and criminalization of dissent

As election ads fill the airwaves and campaign buses travel Canada’s thawing highways over the next month, the national media-driven debate has shifted toward the possibility of the Conservatives (...)
15 March 2011, by Michael Ryan Wiseman
Then fall, Caesar

“Beware the ides of March.” And with these words the soothsayers stop soothing. This is not good news— not for a Caesar, a dictator, a self-styled demigod. Hope, ever last into the casket, (...)
15 March 2011, by Horace CAMPBELL
Saluting the revolutionary women of Egypt

Honouring the struggles of women all over the world against patriarchy and oppression in the week of the 100th anniversary of International Women’s Day, Horace Campbell focuses on the instrumental (...)
15 March 2011, by Juan Cole
King’s Nixonian Hearings against American Muslims

Rep. Peter T. King (R-NY)’s hearings on the alleged ‘radicalization’ of American Muslims are an affront to the brave Middle Eastern Muslims who have, during the past two months, thrown off (...)
15 March 2011, by Marcus Tan de Bibiana
An Awakened Journey

Manoeuvring through the colourful and busy neighbourhood blocks of Tamale is like stumbling through a marketplace without knowing what exactly you came for; there is something electrifying about (...)
15 March 2011, by Michael Lithgow
ART THREAT !!!

When Banksy offered to pay $133,000 US to get artists Oleg Vorotnikov and Leonid Nikolayev out of a Russian jail, the local court said “nyet!”. But Russians charged with murder are routinely (...)
15 March 2011, by Salima Punjani
Reversing Stereotypes

December saw the end of the incredibly successful first annual Addis Ababa Foto Festival (AFF), but the creative momentum sparked by the festival is omnipresent. AFF was organized by Ethiopian (...)
15 March 2011, by Joel Balsam
Spinning Classes

Carefully placed on a round table in the lobby of the Sheraton Hotel in downtown New Orleans lay a number of special edition Jewish Federations of North America General Assembly (GA) Ha’aretz (...)