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30 March 2012, by
Preview: The People’s Summit for Social and Environmental Justice
The People’s Summit for Social and Environmental Justice will be held on June 15-23 in Rio de Janeiro this year, running parallel to Rio+20, the United Nations Conference on Environment and (...) -
30 March 2012, by
Green school initiatives: Saving money, resources and student health
Green Schools, education institutions that promote interaction with nature as a learning tool while fostering an environmentally friendly campus predicated on healthy living, are now receiving (...) -
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Social Licence: Cultural Complicity in the Age of Extraction
At first glance, there might not seem to be an obvious common ground between indigenous activists in Canada, performance artists in the UK, and climate activists in both countries. However, the (...) -
30 March 2012, by
The face of transcendence in Palestine
We spent Wednesday morning discussing and aligning around our own theory of change, our underlying beliefs and hypotheses as to the way in which it can be encouraged and facilitated for (...) -
30 March 2012, by
Declaration of the Forum of Civil Society Organisations
Bamako, on March 22, 2012. Following the events that occurred in the night of March 21, 2012 in Bamako and in the regions, the Forum of Civil Society Organisations of Mali has held a meeting at (...) -
30 March 2012, by
US defeat won’t be Afghan victory
Ever since US Sergeant Robert Bales surrendered after calmly massacring Afghan women and children, he has been depicted as a man under unusual personal circumstances. A high-ranking US official (...) -
30 March 2012, by
What Pakistan Should Do In Afghanistan
Many Pakistanis living and working in Kabul say they feel a palpable hostility towards them once their nationality becomes known. Some occasionally pretend to be Indians, which brings more (...) -
28 March 2012, by
Why only Africans?
March 28, 2012 The first conviction at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in the tenth year of its functioning is a good time to take stock of how well an institution that was designed to (...) -
20 March 2012, by
Madness is not the reason for this massacre
I’m getting a bit tired of the "deranged" soldier story. It was predictable, of course. The 38-year-old staff sergeant who massacred 16 Afghan civilians, including nine children, near Kandahar (...) -
2 March 2012, by
International Involvement in Syria
The Syrian revolution is now an urban war. Following similar demonstrations in Tunisia, Egypt, and Libya, Syrians took to the streets last year to demand democratic rights and a regime change. (...) -
29 February 2012, by
Islam and the Liberated Egyptian Woman: An interview with Shahinaz Ahmed
The Western media tends to view women in Islamic societies through a lazy and paternalistic eye. Bound by the Burqa and silenced by patriarchy, the women of the Middle East are objects of pity in (...) -
29 February 2012, by
Project Briefs
Stop Online Spying Alternatives is in support of stopspying.ca. The Canadian government and Minister Vic Toews are currently trying to ram through an anti-Internet set of electronic (...) -
29 February 2012, by
The Shafia Trial: A Question of Assimilation
The Shafia family honor killings in Kingston, Ontario are yet another instance of cultural conservativeness taken to the extreme, with tragic outcomes. The killings also showcase a less (...) -
29 February 2012, by
Debunking "Condoned" Honor Killings in Islam
Faced with a rising number of reported cases of honor killings in Western countries, there is an increasing need to clearly understand the nature, motivation and rationale behind these crimes. (...) -
29 February 2012, by
Remembering Canada’s Missing and Murdered Women
Across the world, Valentine’s Day is celebrated with love; in Canada, it is also a day when people march to remember hundreds of missing and murdered Aboriginal women. Following the first march (...)
