2013

Articles

• 1 December 2013, by Bradley Castelli

  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 2013, by Michel (Mikado) Warschawski

  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 2013, by Zvi Bar’el

  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 2013, by Pablo Solon

  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 2013, by Michael Klare

  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 2013, by Michel LAMBERT

  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 2013, by Idil Isse

  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 2013, by Sergio Yahni

  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 2013, by Pervez Hoodbhoy

  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 2013

  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 (…)
• 1 November 2013, by Bradley Castelli

  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 2013, by Ian Smillie

  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 (…)
• 1 November 2013, by Alain Deneault

  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 2013, by Immanuel Wallerstein

  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 2013, by Naomi Klein

  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 October 2013, by Feroz Mehdi

  Vinod Raina: A Personal Tribute

  It is very difficult for me to believe that Vinod Raina is no more with us. Rarely I have come across a person with so much energy and drive. Four years ago he knew that he had cancer. In those (…)
• 1 October 2013, by Bipasha Sultana

  Gay Hate Over Gay Pride

  The various global movements that have been sparked in defense of LGBTI rights during the past century can be charted according to a series of victories, including increasing decriminalization of (…)
• 1 October 2013, by Bradley Castelli

  Syria, Intervention and the Anti-war Movement

  When Barack Obama first warned Syria that its use of chemical weapons would facilitate the US decision toward military intervention in the Syrian conflict, it almost seemed like the President was (…)
• 1 October 2013, by Ailisha Macharia

  Post-racial America

  August 28, 2013 marked the 50th anniversary of the Great March on Washington and notably, Dr. Martin Luther King’s “I have a dream” speech. This momentous occasion calls upon deep societal (…)
• 1 October 2013, by Idil Isse

  Fragile Progress: Somali Government Marks One Year in Office

  Following an historic election on September 10, 2012, the current Somali government took ownership of one of the arguably most difficult set of circumstances a newly elected government could (…)
• 1 October 2013, by Bipasha Sultana

  Exploring the Responsibility of Our Privilege: On Independent Filmmaking, Ecological Crisis and Human Extinction with Filmmaker Bérangère Maïa N. Parizeau

  Environmental catastrophes are scattered across the globe. As they vary in source, scale and impact and are sprouting at an unprecedented frequency, the contentious notion of climate catastrophe (…)
• 1 October 2013, by Cameron Fenton

  Why I’m Standing With First Nations to Stop Climate Change

  This week, the fifth assessment report of the Inter-Governmental Panel on Climate Change was released. Like the four before it, it confirms what we’ve known for decades, that climate change is (…)
• 1 October 2013, by Amit Sengupta

  Remembering Vinod Raina

  Forty years back a young scholar with a fresh PhD in Physics from Delhi University took a train to Hoshangabad in Madhya Pradesh. It was to be a turning point in the life of Vinod Raina, for this (…)
• 1 October 2013, by Billy Batware

  Pakrac+20: A Post-war Revisit and Field Mission

  On July 8 2013, I embarked on a trip to Croatia, a land of history and beauty at the Mediterranean Sea. I was on a post-war field mission to learn and experience first-hand what had happened (…)
• 1 October 2013, by Nassar Ibrahim

  Oslo Failed, Long Live Oslo

  This September marks the twentieth anniversary of the Oslo Accords. The Oslo I Accord represented the most comprehensive first step in the resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, as it has (…)
• 1 October 2013, by Levent Basturk

  Norman G. Finkelstein is a well-known...

  Norman G. Finkelstein is a well-known American writer of Jewish origin, and has gained particular recognition for his works on the Israel-Palestine conflict. He has replied the questions of the (…)
• 1 September 2013, by Bradley Castelli

  Syria and Western Intervention

  The alleged August 21 chemical attack near Damascus might very well serve as the tipping point in the debate over Western intervention in Syria. The use of chemical weapons has justified the (…)
• 1 September 2013, by Peter Certo

  The Suffering Grasses: Remembering the Other Syria

  Iara Lee’s "The Suffering Grasses" beautifully captures Syrians explaining their struggle in their own words, giving a place of privilege to those nonviolent activists whose voices have long been (…)
• 1 September 2013, by Conn Hallinan

  The Kurdish Moment: Opportunity and Peril

  Turmoil in Iraq and Syria, along with political developments in Turkey, has created unprecedented opportunity for the Middle East’s long-suffering Kurds. For almost a century, the Kurds—one of (…)
• 1 September 2013, by Uri Avnery

  Poor Obama

  POOR OBAMA. I pity him. Right at the start of his meeting with history, he made The Speech in Cairo. A great speech. An uplifting speech. An edifying speech. He talked to the educated youth (…)
• 1 September 2013, by Rob Prince and Ibrahim Kazerooni

  An Obama Attack on Syria Will Backfire

  False Flag Operations for Dummies. While the US, UK and France (the old and the new colonial powers) debate their response to the suspected chemical weapons use in Syria, the Syrian government (…)
• 1 September 2013, by Hans Blix

  Even if Asad Used Chemical Weapons, the Wset has no Mandate to Act as a Global Policeman

  George Bush, the then US president, waves to US navy personnel at Mayport Naval Station, in Jacksonville, Florida, 13 February 2003, after urging the United Nations to uphold its relevance by (…)
• 1 September 2013, by Patrick Cockburn

  Only a Peace Conference, Not Air Strikes, Can Stop Further Bloodshed

  Governments in Washington, London and Paris should realise that in one respect the slaughter by chemical weapons of hundreds of people in Damascus on 21 August is an opportunity as well as a (…)
• 1 August 2013, by Bipasha Sultana

  Can a Moderate President Entail a Moderate Future for Iran?

  Following the end of the presidential legacy of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad during June 2013 elections, the Islamic Republic of Iran will welcome the moderate cleric Hassan Rowhani as its new president. (…)
• 1 August 2013, by Bradley Castelli

  Egypt and Democracy

  Democracy is a fully loaded word, open to a broad spectrum of interpretations and used to justify what sometimes amounts to contradictory political realities. Indexes that rank countries by the (…)
• 1 August 2013, by Kathryn Rockwell

  Oil in Canada

  The construction of the Keystone pipeline and the exploitation of the Alberta oil sands mark a drastic change in Canadian environmental policy. Once an example of moral leadership on ozone, clean (…)
• 1 August 2013, by Bipasha Sultana

  Academic Democracy and the Boycott of Israel: A Question of Ethics

  Among the series of calls for academic boycott that have taken place in the past few years as a consequence to one of the most volatile geopolitical conflicts at present – Israel’s occupation of (…)
• 1 August 2013, by Geneviève Lavoie-Mathieu

  Beyond Land Grabs: The Need for a New Approach

  The controversy surrounding land grabbing in Africa has sparked debates worldwide, but according to Dr. Lorenzo Cotula, who is a researcher at the International Institute for Environment and (…)
• 1 August 2013, by Kathryn Rockwell

  "The administration is getting ever more...

  "The administration is getting ever more angry and doing everything they can to break our hunger strike. Honestly, I wish I was dead." Judging from the harrowing Guardian interview with (…)
• 1 August 2013, by Olivia Zeydler

  Violence Begets Violence: Finding An Alternative Solution to the Maoist Insurgency

  Agreements made between corporations and governments on natural resource extraction go further than economic ties, as they fundamentally affect the lives of the local people that live on the land. (…)
• 2 July 2013, by Bradley Castelli

  The Mussalaha International Peace Delegation to Syria

  This past May the Mussalaha International Peace Delegation traveled to Lebanon and Syria to speak with Syrians immediately affected by the ongoing conflict, and to discuss the competing discourses (…)
• 2 July 2013, by Suzanna Khoshabi

  Whistleblowers: Heroes or Heretics?

  One year ago this June, Julian Assange was granted political asylum at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London. However, the anniversary of his stay at the embassy had to share headline space with Edward (…)
• 2 July 2013, by Michael Sabelli

  Turkey Protests

  I love Istanbul. It’s a city without comparison. A city spread across two continents, a grandeur that is fitting of its culture, history and mega metropolis geography. I also love Turkey (…)
• 2 July 2013, by Sta Kuzviwanza

  Rapid HIV Self-Tests

  According to the 2012 UNAID report on the AIDS epidemic, about 34 million people are living with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS – with 2.5 million new infections each year and 50 percent of those (…)
• 2 July 2013, by Tariqa Tandon

  The Palace of Illusions: A Book Review

  Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni’s bestselling novel, The Palace of Illusions, is an interpretation of the events of the Hindu epic Mahabharata through the lens of the woman married to the five Pandava (…)
• 2 July 2013, by Steve Fake

  When Will Dirty Wars End?

  Director Rick Rowley and journalist Jeremy Scahill’s much talked about docu-thriller Dirty Wars: The World Is a Battlefield opened on June 7 to strong positive reviews. A companion piece to (…)
• 2 July 2013, by Jessica Newfield

  Homosexuality in West African Countries

  If the Anti-Homosexuality Bill (also known as the “Kill the gays”) proposed by Ugandan parliament member David Bahati in 2009, imposed the death penalty or life imprisonment of HIV-positive (…)
• 2 July 2013, by Wendy Papakostandini

  The Game Changer

  “And the white smoke is out!” tweeted Vlora Citaku, Kosovo’s minister for European integration, “Habemus Pactum!” What Citaku was referring to was a deal struck this past April between the nations (…)
• 2 June 2013, by Suzanna Khoshabi

  Neo-Fascism: The Beginning of a New Chapter in Europe’s History?

  Scattered across seven years, seven cities, and seven professions, nine of the victims of the ‘Doener murders’ had one thing in common: a shared status as immigrants in Germany. It took the (…)
• 2 June 2013, by Kathryn Rockwell

  Crossing the Line: Will the United States Intervene in Syria?

  Despite its best efforts, the Obama administration is sliding down a slippery slope towards intervention in Syria. A humanitarian crisis that has cost between 80, 000 and 120, 000 lives, and (…)
• 2 June 2013, by Bradley Castelli

  Muslim Minorities in Myanmar and Sri Lanka

  In the past year, tensions between Buddhists and Muslims have been rising in both Myanmar and Sri Lanka. Both states are home to minority Islamic ethnic groups that have forcibly assumed the role (…)
• 2 June 2013, by Anne Guay

  Kenyan Indemnities and Empire History

  Last October, three Kenyan elders won the right to claim compensation for their torture in British colonial prison camps after bringing their cases to the London High Court. The scale is of an (…)
• 2 June 2013, by Tariqa Tandon

  National Food Security Bill Debated in Indian Parliament

  India’s reports on hunger and malnutrition are abysmal. For a rapidly developing country, showing much promise for the future, it still remains a country with one of the highest rates of (…)
• 2 June 2013, by Sta Kuzviwanza

  The New Scramble for Global Farmland

  A recent article in the Guardian UK reporting land evictions in Laos and Cambodia has brought to attention, once again, the recent phenomena of global land grabs by private investors in Asia, (…)
• 2 June 2013, by Olivia Zeydler

  Avoiding Tragedy: A New Role of Corporate Involvement in the Aftermath of the Bangladesh Factory Collapse

  The April 24 collapse of Bangladesh’s Rana Plaza factory took the lives of 1,127 individuals, and left more than 1000 injured. The tragedy gained significant international attention, shedding (…)
• 2 June 2013, by Bipasha Sultana

  The Endemic of Rape in India: Will the Newly Amended Rape Laws Address the Root of the Problem?

  Nation-wide protests have provoked a re-consideration of existing rape laws in India. These were triggered by the fatal rape incident in New Delhi this past December, in which a 23 year old (…)
• 2 June 2013, by Houda Chergui

  A Violent yet Successful Transition in Civilian Governance in Pakistan

  Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) leader Nawaz Sharif was the victor of Pakistan’s recent National Assembly elections, his party securing 125 of the 137 seats needed to form a majority government. (…)
• 2 June 2013, by Michael Sabelli

  An Interview with Andrés Fontecilla of Québec Solidaire

  I want to start by speaking to you about your nomination as president of Québec Solidaire (QS), and what are you going to do to continue the development/growth of QS? To begin with, I was (…)
• 2 June 2013, by Joanny Bélair

  Is the Harper Government Going too far to Control Information?

  In our digital era, in which the media is so ubiquitous and people are so connected, we tend to think that we are well informed. However, it appears that for the state, it is not very difficult to (…)
• 1 May 2013, by Climate Space Steering Committee

  To Reclaim Our Future, We Must Change the Present

  Our Proposal for Changing the System and not the Climate The capitalist system has exploited and abused nature, pushing the planet to its limits, so much so that the system has accelerated (…)
• 1 May 2013, by Houda Chergui

  Concern Over China’s Environment

  China has been anything but immune to environmental criticisms in the past: from Melamine-tainted milk powder, to exploding watermelons, to pesticide-riddled vegetables and antibiotic-induced (…)
• 1 May 2013, by Suzanna Khoshabi

  Thatcher and Femenism

  Earlier this month the United Kingdom laid its longest-serving Prime Minister of the 20th century to R.I.P. However, the nation is divided over whether this stands for Rest In Peace, or Rest In (…)
• 1 May 2013, by Anne Guay

  An Aggregate Picture of Post-Invasion Iraq

  Since the beginning of the US-led invasion of Iraq in 2003, a total of 189,000 people have died as a direct cause of the war. The numbers include American and allied troops, opposition forces, (…)
• 1 May 2013, by Bradley Castelli

  Canada and the Human Right to Water and Sanitation

  In considering the growing threats of climate change, and the exploitation and mismanagement of natural resources’ impact on the phenomenon, water as a natural resource is often overlooked. While (…)
• 1 May 2013, by Meera Karunananthan

  Water Justice for Tunisia: Regime Change is Not Enough

  From March 26-30, an estimated 50,000 people flocked to Tunisia to participate in the first World Social Forum to take place in the Arab world. The theme was dignity — a term that had become a (…)
• 1 May 2013, by Amira Haas

  Inverse Hasbara: How ’5 Broken Cameras’ Changed Palestinians’ Attitude Toward Nonviolence

  One Palestinian prisoner writes that the bravery in the Oscar-nominated documentary, denounced by the Israeli government as slander, affected even militant inmates, suggesting they could benefit (…)
• 1 May 2013, by Michael Sabelli

  North Korea’s Nuclear Craze

  I’m just going to come out and say it: North Korea is bad. It’s true. They’re really bad. Like trouble making children. But they’re not the bully in the playground. They’re much more like (…)
• 1 May 2013, by Julien Boumard Coallier and Roger Rashi

  “Leave the oil in the soil, the coal in the hole and the tar sands in the land!”

  This verse is taken from Nnimmo Bassey’s poem, I Will Not Dance To Your Beat (1), which he read at the opening ceremony of the World People’s Conference on Climate Change, held in Cochabamba, (…)
• 1 May 2013, by Joanny Bélair

  Escraches: Time for Outrage and Resistance

  The Western ideal of democracy has been put in jeopardy since the beginning of the economic crisis in 2008, especially in the European Union. The World has learned, that when the capitalist system (…)
• 1 April 2013, by Houda Chergui

  ICC indicts Kenyatta

  Kenya elected its new president, former Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta on March 9, and many wonder what the long-term consequences of the elections will be, as there has never been an election in (…)
• 1 April 2013, by Anne Guay

  Civilian Activism in Syria

  Civil war rages on in Syria. As the death toll reaches an estimated 70,000 Syrian civilians, over 1.1 million are refugees in neighboring Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq, and Egypt and 2.5 million (…)
• 1 April 2013, by Houda Chergui, Kamal Lahbib

  From Porto Alegre to Tunis

  More than 50 regional forums and seminars have taken place since 2002. Algerian generals are still hostile toward the idea of a North African movement, and Libya is still dealing with the (…)
• 1 April 2013, by Geneviève Lavoie-Mathieu

  Burkina Faso: Gold, a Double-Edged Sword?

  Talatout Boukari, community leader of Essakane in Burkina Faso, in partnership with the international organization FIAN, was in the Netherlands to raise awareness on the negative impact of (…)
• 1 April 2013, by Michael Reford

  Does Chavismo Have a Future?

  The left in Latin America had struggled for a rebirth. The days of CIA- backed coups and assassination of leftists have calmed somewhat. The longstanding fight against imperialism has seen a (…)
• 1 April 2013, by Kaveh Boveiri

  Bordered and Borderless University Life: A Review of the Recent Happenings in Universitatea Babes-Bolyai, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

  If you happen to be interested in ancient art, you may have come across the Thinker of Hamangia and The Seated Woman. These figures, dating back to the Hamangia culture of around 5200 BC in the (…)
• 1 April 2013, by Esther Vivas

  From the World Social Forum to the Arab Revolts

  Tunisia, cradle of the revolts in the Arab world, hosts from today [26 March] and until Saturday the World Social Forum (WSF), the most important international meeting of social movements and (…)
• 1 April 2013, by Oluwafunmilayo Oyatogun

  Bailiff Champion: Nnimmo Bassey

  The conversations in Nigeria are ever so often shaped around what’s wrong with our country and everything the leaders are not doing. What we fail to celebrate are the efforts, big and small, of (…)
• 1 April 2013, by Feroz Mehdi

  Event: Fighting Big Oil!!

  Fighting Big Oil!! Date: Saturday, June 15, 2013 - 14:00 - 16:00 Defender of climate justice in Africa and in Europe, central figure in the fight against multinational oil corporations, (…)
• 1 March 2013, by Houda Chergui

  Civil Disobedience, in Theory

  "Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all those other forms that have been tried from time to time,” said Winston Churchill. This powerful statement of course stems from the (…)
• 1 March 2013, by Houda Chergui

  Interview on Civil Disobedience

  Phillippe Duhamel is a strong proponent of civil disobedience. He was one of the instigators of Operation SalAMI that in May, 1998, was successful in its efforts to prevent the Multilateral (…)
• 1 March 2013, by Brittany McGillivray

  Break the Law, Save the Earth

  Civil disobedience: is it a radical form of organization, or a meaningful way to resist unjust laws? Should laws be changed ‘democratically,’ and is civil disobedience a part of our democratic (…)
• 1 March 2013, by Anne Guay

  Sierra Club, Calling the Shots

  Sierra Club has declared civil disobedience in protest of the Keystone XL pipeline. A protest outside of the Whitehouse February 13 saw Michael Brune, Sierra Club’s Executive Director, get (…)
• 1 March 2013, by Bradley Castelli

  Canada Needs Civil Disobedience

  On February 17, 2013 an estimated 35,000 protestors assembled in front of the American White House to urge President Obama not to approve the proposed Keystone XL pipeline extension to the Gulf (…)
• 1 March 2013, by Marianne Hill

  Making Their Presence Known: The Visually Charged Civil Disobedience of Ukrainian Activist Organization, FEMEN

  Throughout February 2013, FEMEN activists have staged protests in over ten countries spanning two continents, making their presence known to a multitude of news outlets as a result of their savvy (…)
• 1 March 2013, by Tamkinat Mirza

  Open North: New Civic Engagement Tool Opens Up City Hall to Residents

  Open North, a Montreal-based nonprofit that works to promote government transparency and citizen engagement at government level, is working to provide Canadian citizens with online tools to (…)
• 1 March 2013, by Michael Sabelli

  Perpetual Acquiescence: A Reading of Thoreau’s “Civil Disobedience”

  When reading spirited texts written over 150 years ago about the goodness of individuals and the impeding role of government in their lives, the effect of romanticizing these words has an (…)
• 1 March 2013, by Michael Reford

  For Sale: The Canadian Identity

  A young, adolescent country, Canada often struggles with what it is. The rich, exciting, history of other Western nations is absent because of the few historically defining moments. As such, the (…)
• 1 March 2013, by Brinda Karat

  Deciding Who Gets to Eat

  By allowing futures trade in food and diversion of farm land for commercial purposes, the government (of India) is fuelling the price rise International agencies are warning of high food prices (…)
• 1 March 2013, by Sergio Yahni

  Palestinians: Israel’s Arrogance Will Provoke Intifada

  Israel has clearly demonstrated that its objective is not to resolve the Middle East conflict, but to keep the flames of the conflict at a manageable level. Israel has further demonstrated with (…)
• 1 March 2013, by Rob Prince

  Tunisia Boils Over

  Once again, Tunisians’ anger has overcome their fear. Spurred by a political assassination, tens of thousands have taken to the streets to protest the state into which their country has fallen. (…)
• 1 March 2013, by Sergio Yahni

  Israeli Measures Following UN Recognition of Palestine

  The objective of Israel is not to resolve the Middle East conflict but to keep the flames of the conflict at a manageable level. Israel has already declared and proven with acts that it is not (…)
• 1 February 2013, by Houda Chergui

  A New Vision for Agriculture?

  With the Eurozone still plagued by its crisis and the US in the midst of its fiscal challenge, it was not surprising that the world’s economy was the primary item discussed on this year’s Davos (…)
• 1 February 2013, by Brittany McGillivray

  Rising Opposition to The Northern Gateway Pipeline in British Columbia

  Enbridge’s proposed Northern Gateway pipeline is facing growing opposition as Canadians protest the project that seeks to pump roughly 525,000 barrels of petroleum from Alberta to British (…)
• 1 February 2013, by Bradley Castelli

  Idle No More: A Global Grassroots Movement

  Last November, a group of Saskatchewan women comprised of Jessica Gordon, Sheelah McLean, Sylvia McAdams and Nina Wilsonfeld came together to discuss their concerns relative to the Harper (…)
• 1 February 2013, by Emilie Katavic

  To Arm or Not to Arm: A Commentary on Gun Control

  After the tragic December 14 shooting in Connecticut at Sandy Hook Elementary school, many pro gun control supporters spoke out saying: "enough is enough". This had been the second deadliest (…)
• 1 February 2013, by Harriet Sherwood

  Israel Must Withdraw All Settlers Or Face ICC, Says UN Report

  Israel must withdraw all settlers from the West Bank or potentially face a case at the International Criminal Court (ICC) for serious violations of international law, says a report by a United (…)
• 1 February 2013, by Geneviève Beaudet , Pierre Beaudet

  The High Stakes of Native Resistance

  The blossoming of the Idle No More movement signals the return of native resistance to the political and social landscape of Canada and Quebec. With its origins in Saskatchewan in October 2012, (…)
• 1 February 2013, by Michael Sabelli

  Turkey’s Internal Issues Reflect Their Aggressive Posture with Syria: Capturing the Minds of Their People and the Respect of a Volatile Region

  Turkey is one of the few complicated states in the word that is difficult to classify and force into a neat cultural and political grouping. Its land is the setting of Biblical stories, the (…)
• 1 February 2013, by Michael Leon Guerrero

  Peoples’ Social Forum

  Background The process for a Peoples’ Social Forum was launched at a general assembly convened in Ottawa, Ontario on January 26 and 27, 2013. It was an inspired and dynamic gathering. (…)
• 1 January 2013, by Feroz MEHDI

  Reading Zinn in Times of Insanity

  The Palestine Authority submitted a proposal to the United Nations General Assembly demanding a non-member observer status. There were 139 countries that voted in favour except Canada and a couple (…)