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1 April, by
2014 People’s Social Forum Takes Aim At Austerity And The Right
The first ever pan-Canadian social forum will be held this year in Ottawa from August 21 to 24. More than 10,000 participants from all over Canada are expected to come to the University of Ottawa (...) -
1 April, by
Palestinians Must Resist Israel’s Efforts To Foment Sectarianism
On 24 February, Israel’s parliament, the Knesset, approved a controversial law aimed at de-Arabizing Palestinian Christians. The new law identifies them as a non-Arab minority group. The (...) -
1 April, by
The Western Devil Wears Prada
The annexation of Crimea may be problematic, but it is less problematic than the occupation of the Palestinian territories by Israel. Saddam Hussein has already been executed, and so has Osama (...) -
1 April, by
Harper Government Attacks Non-Profits To Muzzle Dissent
When you donate to a Canadian non-profit organization, with or without charitable status, did you know that your donor dollars may be used in the latest attack by the Harper government against (...) -
1 April, by
Why I Must Speak Out On Israel, Palestine And BDS
After more than two decades of negotiations, the vulnerable Palestinian population still lives under occupation, while more land is taken, more illegal settlements built, and more Palestinians (...) -
1 April, by
Israel’s Nation-State Talk Means the Return of The Yellow Star
Israelis are judging people by their ancestors and withdrawing into a ghetto-state whose nature will be determined by its purity. This kind of talk could only take place in darkness; in beer (...) -
1 April, by
How Vladimir Putin Became Evil
The US and UK condemn him for Crimea but supported him over the war in Chechnya. Why? Because now he refuses to play ball. Once again, it seems that Russia and the United States are finding it (...) -
1 March, by
Exhausting Means of Resolution in Syria
Many were relieved when Western powers relented in their haste to intervene militarily in Syria back in September 2013. It was a chemical attack just outside of Damascus that served as the (...) -
1 March, by
Ukraine: Out of the Frying Pan
The very fact that Ukrainian protesters can oust their leader and plunge their country into political uncertainty testifies to the diminished influence of the major international players trying (...) -
1 March, by
The New Constitution: The Text and the Old Biases
After a delay of fifteen months and intense controversies between Islamists on the one hand, and other liberal groups and civil society associations on the other, over several issues such as, the (...) -
1 March, by
How Science is Telling us All to Revolt
In December 2012, a pink-haired complex systems researcher named Brad Werner made his way through the throng of 24,000 earth and space scientists at the Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical (...) -
1 March, by
Remembering Stéphane Hessel
Stephane Hessel, died a year ago today. I wrote this about him at the time, won’t change a word today. Mon cher Stéphane, Wherever you are, I know you are well and at peace. I am also sure of (...) -
1 March, by
Totalising History, Silencing Dissent
The agreement by Penguin Books India to destroy all existing copies of Wendy Doniger’s book represents the destruction of the very fabric of Indian culture The agreement by Penguin Books India, a (...) -
1 February, by
Three years after the Tunisian Revolution
14 January 2014 marked three years after ousting Ben Aly and his family and announcing the breakdown of the despotic regime under the pressure of an unprecedented insurrection that burst out in (...) -
1 February, by
A Time to Live, A Time to Die
I can’t remember my first Pete Seeger concert. But I do vividly recall that in my mid-20s I became a Pete Seeger groupie. I probably went to one of Pete’s concerts every month. He was (...)
