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1 December, by
Iran: A Lesson in Diplomacy
It’s being hailed as a historic agreement by some and a historic mistake by others. Whatever hindsight may reveal, for now, Iran and a handful of world powers have come to an agreement to limit (...) -
1 December, by
Netanyahu Against The Whole World
Western governments are fed up with the Israeli angry reactions to the agreement between them and the Iranian government. “It is done, and there is no way back”: this is the message they are (...) -
1 December, by
Iran’s Nuclear Program Has Already Achieved Its Goal
Here’s a new and tempting investment opportunity: The exchange rate of the Iranian rial jumped 2 percent in one day and it is expected that the currency, which lost over half of its value during (...) -
1 December, by
Moving Forward From the Climate Negotiation Madness in Warsaw
Since the beginning there was almost no expectations on the 19th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP19) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Warsaw, (...) -
1 December, by
Surviving Climate Change: Towards a Climate Revolution
A week after the most powerful “super typhoon” ever recorded pummeled the Philippines, killing thousands in a single province, and three weeks after the northern Chinese city of Harbin suffered a (...) -
1 December, by
In Front of Pipelines, I Will Support the Mohawks
With hundreds of others, I participated on November 16 in an unprecedented mobilization in Kanehsatà:ke (Oka), Mohawk Territory. Twenty-three years after the terrible Oka crisis, Mohawks this time (...) -
1 December, by
Central African Republic: Retaliatory Violence Creating Atmosphere Of Insecurity
French foreign minister Laurent Fabius’ recent declaration that the Central African Republic (CAR) was “on the verge of genocide” brought some much needed attention to the ongoing conflict in the (...) -
1 December, by
Israel Plays With Fire at Al Aqsa Compound
MK Miri Regev (Likud), chairwoman of the Knesset Interior Committee, instructed police on Monday to ensure that Jewish visitors to the Al Aqsa compound (Temple Mount) are able to visit the site (...) -
1 December, by
I Am Malala: Book Review
How can one read this marvelous book and remain unmoved? It is a good-humored tale of grit, courage, and determination. A 14-year old girl, passionate about education being every child’s right, is (...) -
1 November
Israel Guilty of Apartheid
Discussion on the Verdict of Russell Tribunal on Palestine With Frank Barat Coordinator of Russell Tribunal on Palestine Thursday 21 November 7 PM Alternatives 3720 avenue du Parc (...) -
1 November, by
US-Iran Rapprochement: Obama’s Lagacy?
Assuming leadership of a military and economic superpower is anything but easy, especially when the only real certainty in the matter is the fact that you can’t please all of the people all of the (...) -
1 November, by
How To Hijack An Aid Program
Dear Tony Abbott, The day after you led your Liberal/National Coalition to a landslide victory in September, you announced that AusAID, the Australian government’s aid agency, will be integrated (...) -
1 November, by
The Canadian Mining Industry Has Now Targeted the European Market
By Alain Deneault, author, with William Sacher of "Paradise Under the Earth, How Canada Has Become a Hub for the Global Mining Industry," Montreal/Paris, Ecosociete/Rue de l’echiquier, 2012, and (...) -
1 November, by
Consequences of U.S. Decline
I have long argued that U.S. decline as a hegemonic power began circa 1970 and that a slow decline became a precipitate one during the presidency of George W. Bush. I first started writing about (...) -
1 November, 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 (...)
