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29 February 2012, by Tamkinat Mirza
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 Stephen Eldon Kerr
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 (…) -
29 February 2012, by Geneviève Lavoie-Mathieu
Economic Crisis in Spain: A History of Mismanagement and Inequalities
Despite having one of the largest economies in Europe Spain’s economy has stalled and national unemployment is on the rise. Over 5 million people in the country are currently out of work, a level (…) -
29 February 2012, by Michael Reford
Chilean Student Protests Challenge Status Quo in Education System
The Chilean education system is in need of a massive overhaul, and Chilean students have taken it upon themselves to act. In a growing movement that has attracted support from hundreds of (…) -
29 February 2012, by Stephen Zunes
Syrian Repression, the Chinese-Russian Veto, and U.S. Hypocrisy
As the Syrian regime continues to slaughter unarmed civilians, the major powers at the United Nations continue to put their narrow geopolitical agenda ahead of international humanitarian law. Just (…) -
29 February 2012
Why Does Russia Really Oppose International Intervention in Syria?
As the Syrian death toll approaches 8,000, Russia stands firm in its supposed support of a strategy of non-interference and non-partisanship, maintaining that it is neither against nor in support (…) -
29 February 2012, by Liza Ponomarenko
Increasing Internet Censorship in Belarus
On 6 January, Belarus’s Law 317-3 came into effect, restricting Belarusians’ Internet freedom with censorship similar to that of China. The new legislation implements Belarusian President (…) -
29 February 2012, by ELIZABETH PAYNE
Is Canada helping the world’s poor, or Canadian companies?
Few Canadians have likely heard of the Canada Investment Fund for Africa. But, since 2005, it has been busy investing Canadian foreign aid dollars — $100 million of them, in fact — on companies (…) -
29 February 2012, by AUDREY HUNTLEY
’Nobody cared, nobody did anything’: The normalization of violence against Indigenous women
In the summer of 2004, while working as a producer for CBC News Sunday, I undertook a road trip to research Traces of Missing Women. My intent was to gather memories of Indigenous women who had (…) -
15 February 2012, by Palestinian Preparatory Committee
WSF Free Palestine
Occupied Palestine is part of every free heartbeat in this world and her cause continues to inspire solidarity across the globe. The World Social Forum Free Palestine is an expression of the (…) -
15 February 2012, by George Monbiot
The Big Green Question
Is environmentalism compatible with social justice? It is the stick with which the greens are beaten daily: if we spend money on protecting the environment, the poor will starve, or freeze to (…) -
30 January 2012, by Tamkinat Mirza
Project Briefs
Initiative pour un autre monde (IPAM) – Paris, France IPAM is in support of, and is currently promoting, the Fifth European Meeting of Analysis of Political Societies in Paris on February 2 and (…) -
30 January 2012, by Stephen Eldon Kerr
The African National Conference and South African Democracy
The African National Congress (ANC) began anniversary celebrations for the 100th time on January 8, 2012. A crowd of 50 000, as well as 46 foreign dignitaries, packed into the Bloemfontein Rugby (…) -
30 January 2012, by Tamkinat Mirza
Get ‘em Before They Get Nukes: Iran’s Scientists Targeted
Iran’s alleged militaristic nuclear capabilities have placed the country at the centre of the world’s political stage. The nation’s nuclear scientists have been assassinated and the identities of (…) -
30 January 2012, by Stephen Eldon Kerr
The Decline of British Nationality
Over the past twenty years, there has been a decline in the proportion of British citizens who consider their nationality primarily British. A report by Anthony Heath and Jane Roberts for the (…) -
30 January 2012, by Kartiga Thiyagarajah
Obama and the indefinite detention and torture act
Each year, the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) of the United States is amended to accommodate the Department of Defense’s budget for that fiscal year. The NDAA for Fiscal Year 2012 (…) -
30 January 2012, by Ben Zala
From Davos to Dystopia
Not long ago the World Economic Forum (WEF) found itself in the sights of the global economic justice movement. At the turn of the last century, before anyone was “occupying” public spaces in (…) -
30 January 2012, by Liza Ponomarenko
Internet Censorship and The Case of MegaUpload
Nations that limit access to the Internet violate a human right which has become essential to life in the 21st century: the freedom of speech and communication through the Internet. A lack of (…) -
30 January 2012, by Geneviève Lavoie-Mathieu
Oil exploitation in Nigeria: Five Decades of Environmental and Social Injustice Remain Unaddressed.
Following President Goodluck Jonathan’s abrupt decision to abolish a consumer fuel subsidy, Nigeria entered a new period of civil unrest. The unrest began as a citizens’ protest but quickly (…) -
30 January 2012, by Maria Naimark
The Pakistani State’s Islam: From Instrumental to Uncontrollable
The last twenty years have seen a dramatic rise in the influence of extremist groups, particularly the Taliban, in Pakistan. Though the state has been linked in some way to Islam from the time of (…) -
30 January 2012, by John Sinclair ,
Stephen Brown
Transparency and Canadian Foreign Aid
It has always been hard to get timely information on Canada’s foreign aid. Now, thanks to the new “Open Government” initiative, data are easier to access on the Canadian International Development (…) -
30 January 2012, by ERIKA SHAKER
The Harper house rules: An intervention
Stephen: We recognize that no roommate is perfect, and from time to time we have all gotten on each other’s nerves. But you take the cake (and let’s be honest, sharing anything — including cake (…) -
30 January 2012, by Gustave Massiah
Reflections on the Current Social Forums Process
This paper does not intend to provide an exhaustive analysis of the relationship between the processes of the WSF and the changing global situation, rather it will put forward some reflections on (…) -
30 January 2012, by Chico Whitaker
New Perspectives in the WSF Process
The "future of the WSF"- less of its events and most of the process born from it - is a recurring theme in World Social Forums. From 2004 in all its editions there are at least a workshop to (…) -
30 January 2012, by Stefan Christoff
Art and Inspiration Meet on Montreal Streets
In Montreal, art is a key element of the intensely complex collective identity that stretches across this beautiful island city. Today, as Montreal is being celebrated as a centre for cutting (…) -
30 January 2012, by Pervez Hoodbhoy
Iran’s Bomb and Pakistan
The waters of the Persian Gulf heated up sharply after Iran’s announcement last week that it is creating additional uranium enrichment facilities under a mountain, safe from airstrikes. Iran (…) -
30 January 2012, by Kamal Lahbib
WSF Process: Challenges and Opportunities
In July 2011, Chico Whitaker asked that ever-present question, “And what now, for the World Social Forum?” A few months earlier, Gus Massiah had laid out alterglobalization’s twelve Labours of (…) -
30 January 2012, by Pervez Hoodbhoy
The Bomb: Iran, Saudi Arabia, and Pakistan
Once upon a time Iran was Pakistan’s close ally - probably its closest one. In 1947, Iran was the first to recognise the newly independent Pakistan. In the 1965 war with India, Pakistani fighter (…) -
17 January 2012, by Frédéric Dubois
Plan Nord Under the Microscope
Public involvement in diamond venture ends once gems are found Quebec’s first diamond mine is today being hailed as a model operation by the Quebec government. But a deeper look into what this (…) -
31 December 2011, by Tamkinat Mirza
Project Briefings
Initiative pour un autre monde (IPAM) – Paris, France IPAM is supporting the demonstration for the International Day Against AIDS to take place on Thursday, December 1st at 6:30 at la Bastille, (…) -
31 December 2011, by Tamkinat Mirza
Envisioning a Pandemonian North Korea
The month of December comes yearly as a combination of recollection and rumination over the events of the year, and speculation regarding developments within the next. 2011’s political events (…) -
31 December 2011, by Michael Reford
Europe’s Game of Debt
The year 2011 was one of vast, multifaceted change for Europe. While the unfolding debt crisis dominated news headlines, European citizens were affected by a wide range of issues. They adapted to (…) -
31 December 2011
Putin’s grip questioned in the face of public protest
The Russian legislative elections of December 4, 2011 saw a significant decrease of public support for Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s United Russia party. Winning the election with a mere 49.3% (…) -
31 December 2011, by Wesley Ellis
The Role of Information and Communication Technologies in Shaping the Arab Spring
2011 has proven to be a volatile year for the Arab world; The death of a single man in the desert sparked regime changes and protests that have authoritarian governments scrambling, and in some (…) -
31 December 2011, by Tamkinat Mirza
H5N1: Information Commons vs. Public Safety Concerns
In the prevalent negotiation between scientific research, moral concerns and government, an all-new controversy has emerged with the findings of two recent studies, with regards to a specific (…) -
31 December 2011, by The McLeod Group
CANADA AND MULTILATERALISM: MISSING IN ACTION
Multilateralism is a word little heard and less understood in today’s political and development discourse in Ottawa. The Conservative government, in practicing a policy of Canada first, uses (…) -
31 December 2011, by Nancy E. Claridge,
Terrance S. Carte
EFFECT OF ANTI-TERRORISM LAWS ON HUMANITARIAN AID REMAIN A CONCER
The cost of terrorism has been felt virtually all over the world. In recent years, however, measures adopted to counter terrorism have themselves posed serious challenges to human rights and the (…) -
31 December 2011, by Marcus Leroy
’Value for money’ or ’Results Obsession Disorder’?
For many decades development aid of western donors has been pretty well shielded from probing questions by the public opinion and politicians. Development aid was, and to some extend still is, (…) -
31 December 2011, by GWENDOLYN SCHULMAN,
ROBERTO NIETO
Foreign Aid to Mining Firms
MONTREAL—As excavators, heavy haulers and chemical treatment plants dig made-in-Canada mines around the world, Ottawa has taken new steps to ease growing criticism of Canada’s extractive sector. (…) -
31 December 2011, by Tamkinat Mirza
Profile: Adbusters
On July 13, Vancouver-based activist group AdBusters tweeted a call to Occupy Wall Street, and allegedly sparked the movement that has occupied global attention and public spaces. After the (…) -
31 December 2011, by FRANCES RUSSELL
Harper laws for Harper government?
Is Canada governed by the rule of law — or only by the laws acceptable to the party in power? The difference, obviously, is not mere semantics. It is the difference between democracy and (…) -
31 December 2011, by MARIA KARI
Niqab-wearing accuser vs. defendant rights: When Charter freedoms clash
The tone of the Supreme Court of Canada on Thursday was tense as Justice Morris Fish asked lawyer David Butt to name one lawyer who’d willingly cross-examine a veiled witness. Butt replied "some (…) -
24 December 2011, by Stefan Christoff
Leading Canada’s Public Healthcare to the Free-Market Guillotine
National discussion in Canada on the Conservative government’s new healthcare financial ultimatum, a take-it-or-leave-it-style proposal, largely revolves around myths. First that financing alone (…) -
18 December 2011, by Refaat Sabbah
The People Want to Overthrow the Educational System
“The people want to overthrow the regime” is a statement initiated by the youth in the Tahreer Square in Cairo, becoming a slogan for every single individual rejecting oppression and repression in (…) -
30 November 2011, by Hiba Zayadin,
Lili Eskinazi
Project Briefings - December 2011
Each of the nine member organizations of the Alternatives International federation is constantly at work on a variety of projects to improve social, economic and environmental justice in their (…) -
30 November 2011, by Tamkinat Mirza
Scrapping the Canadian Gun Registry: A Provincial Outcry
The 1989 Montreal Massacre, which saw the deaths of 14 innocent students, has been cited as the precedent for stricter gun laws in Canada, including the implementation of a national gun registry (…) -
30 November 2011, by Tamkinat Mirza
The American Militia Movement Resurges
Four Georgia militia members stand accused on Nov 2, 2011 for allegedly plotting a terror attack against government officials, a federal building, and targeted assassination. Fredrick Thomas, (…) -
30 November 2011, by Iraqi Delegation at the South Asian Social Forum
Iraqi Civil Society Solidarity Initiative
A message to all members of the Iraqi Civil Society Solidarity Initiative. -
30 November 2011, by Wendy Papakostandini
Diamonds: a universal symbol of love, or of oppression?
Diamonds are often esteemed as a universal symbol for luxury and opulence. They are regarded as the ultimate expression of love and devotion throughout the modern world, and as such they are in (…) -
30 November 2011, by Brooke Denmark
Paying the High Price of Gold
It is no secret that open-pit gold mines wreak havoc on the environment. Less widely known is the incredible amount of power free trade agreements have granted to gold-mining corporations to cause (…) -
30 November 2011, by Lili Eskinazi
Death Toll Rising: Mexico’s ‘War on Drugs’ An Affront to Human Rights
A man, identity concealed behind a black veil, opens a blank journal and begins his life’s story; in front of him, a camera records. The journal serves as a physical record of his story, a focus (…) -
30 November 2011, by Geneviève Lavoie-Mathieu
Food Crisis in the Sahel: A Livelihood Crisis?
The Sahel, a region that has been described as being ’in a state of permanent crisis’, has been brought into the spotlight by the Sahel Working Group, composed of ten international development (…) -
30 November 2011, by Kaitlin D’Avella
The New Face of Religious Freedom
Cain’s killing of Abel in Genesis 4:1-8 represents the first act of religious persecution recorded in Judeo-Christian history. Fast-forward to today and acts of violence are still committed in the (…) -
30 November 2011
Belarus turns its back to Europe: A history of human rights violations
Prominent human rights activist Ales Bialiatski was arrested on August 4, 2011, on charges of extensive tax evasion on his personal income. He stood accused by the Belarusian government’s (…) -
30 November 2011, by Cynthia Beaudry
Political Gains at a High Cost for Migrants
On June 16th, the Harper Government, formerly known as the government of Canada, introduced Bill C-4, formerly Bill C-49, the so-called "Preventing Human Smugglers from Abusing Canada’s (…) -
30 November 2011, by Gabriella Lindsay
Choose Your France
With the Presidential elections in France quickly approaching, Les Jeunes Avec Marine, the youth faction of the Front National (FN) launched its first national campaign poster, « Choose Your (…) -
30 November 2011, by Hiba Zayadin
The Arab Spring, In Diaspora
For many young Arabs, the goal has long been to get out of their home countries and find better opportunities in the west. Now those lucky ones who found work or higher education abroad are (…) -
30 November 2011, by Project Censored
Oxfam Exposes How Aid Is Used for Political Purposes
In a new report, Oxfam has found that billions of dollars in international aid which could have transformed the lives of many people in some of the poorest countries in the world, was spent on (…) -
30 November 2011, by Kartiga Thiyagarajah
UNESCO vote revisited
On October 31, 107 member nations of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) voted to admit Palestine as a member. With only 14 nations, including the United (…) -
30 November 2011, by Marion Bauer
Tunisian election: Triumph of the People?
On October 23rd, the world was watched thousands of Tunisian men and women line up to cast their vote. It was an impressive turnout by 60% of the population for the first time following years of (…) -
31 October 2011
Project Briefings November 2011
Each of the nine member organizations of the Alternatives International federation is constantly at work on a variety of projects to improve social, economic and environmental justice in their (…) -
31 October 2011, by Lili Eskinazi
European Immigration: A Colonial Legacy?
Illegal immigrants represent the world’s newest class of criminals: Locked up in detention centers that are equivalent to prisons awaiting their deportation date. And for what? Having the (…) -
31 October 2011, by Lili Eskinazi
Police Brutality in Canada: No Justice, No Peace!
This is a podcast about the October 22nd, 2011 March and Vigil for the Victims of Police Killings held in Montreal. To listen, click here . -
30 October 2011, by Hiba Zayadin
Montreal’s Occupiers
It’s been a little over two weeks since Montreal’s Square Victoria was transformed into a tent city under the banner of Occupy Montreal, an offshoot of the Occupy Wall Street in New York City (…) -
30 October 2011, by Liza Ponomarenko
What is Occupy Wall Street Actually About?
The Tea Party has been protesting against the United States government overstepping its boundaries and Occupy Wall Street seems to be the left-wing response to the a common frustration. For the (…) -
30 October 2011, by Tamkinat Mirza
Reconsidering Capital Punishment
“I am innocent. The incident that happened that night is not my fault. I did not have a gun. All I can ask ... is that you look deeper into this case so that you really can finally see the (…) -
30 October 2011
Selective Justice in the Tymoshenko Trial
On October 11, 2011, former Ukrainian Prime Minister, Yulia Tymoshenko, was found guilty of abuse of office and sentenced to seven years’ imprisonment. The Kiev court ruled against Tymoshenko’s (…) -
30 October 2011, by Hiba Zayadin
Bangladesh to Host This Year’s South Asia Social Forum
This year’s South Asia Social Forum (SASF) will kick-start on November 18 in Dhaka, Bangladesh for 5 days of meetings and workshops revolving around the issue of democracy. The SASF is a part (…) -
30 October 2011, by Marion Bauer
Syria Extends its Repression to Citizens Overseas
Following the debatable successes of the revolutions in Tunisia and Egypt, the popular demand across the Arab world was: More rights and freedoms! Thousands of Syrians followed suit and have taken (…) -
30 October 2011, by Geneviève Lavoie-Mathieu
From Fossil Fuels to Ecosystem Services: Feeding a growing population
With the current global economic crisis, the associated hike in food prices, and the imminent reality of one billion people facing food insecurity, how can we ensure the provision of a long-term (…) -
30 October 2011, by Aviv Milgram
Breaking Boundaries: Women and the Noble Peace Prize
From the limitations of the kitchen’s four cloistering walls to the boundless expanse of politics, women have come a long way from their domestic culinary constrictions. From the limitations (…) -
21 October 2011, by John Pilger
The Son of Africa Claims a Continent’s Crown Jewels
October 19, 2011 — On 14 October, President Barack Obama announced he was sending United States special forces troops to Uganda to join the civil war there. In the next few months, US combat (…) -
2 October 2011, by Lili Eskinazi,
Tamkinat Mirza
Alternatives International Project Briefing – October 2011
Each of the nine member organizations of the Alternatives International federation is constantly at work on a variety of projects to improve social, economic and environmental justice in their (…) -
2 October 2011, by Hiba Zayadin
Symbolic Or Not, Palestine Deserves It
Palestinians have found themselves propelled onto the world stage in the past month as Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas seeks United Nations recognition of an independent state. (…) -
2 October 2011, by Hiba Zayadin
A Voice From Within Palestine
“We are not ready for another intifada, we are ready for a Palestinian Spring,” - Rifaat Sabbah -
2 October 2011, by Marion Bauer
Till Death Do Us Part: Re-thinking a US- Israeli Relationship
On September 23rd, the United Nations General Assembly was set to vote on the resolution that would recognize the Palestinian occupied territories as a state, and give it full observer status in (…) -
2 October 2011, by Robert Fisk for the Independant
Why the Middle East Will Never be the Same Again?
The Palestinians won’t get a state this week. But they will prove – if they get enough votes in the General Assembly and if Mahmoud Abbas does not succumb to his characteristic grovelling in the (…) -
2 October 2011, by Omar Kadhim
Turkey’s Back in Town!
On May 31st 2010, nine Turkish activists were killed by Israeli commandos in what would become famously known as The Flotilla Incident. The details of what happened that night on the aid ship (…) -
2 October 2011, by Donald Cuccioletta
September 11: Lessons for Humanity
When we think about September 11, what first comes to mind is images of the two planes crashing into the twin towers and the collapse of the World Trade Center. But there were other images too. (…) -
2 October 2011, by Lili Eskinazi
Free Trade and Military Aid: Is Colombia the Israel of the Andes?
Canada beat the U.S. to it—the Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement (CCFTA) entered into force on August 15, 2011 despite widespread concerns over the morality and transparency of the agreement. (…) -
2 October 2011, by Aviv Milgram
How trustworthy is Anna Hazare?
Anna Hazare, Arundhati Roy, and other Indian activists hold a common factor in their diverse diagnoses of India’s main problem - corruption. The source of this corruption and how to treat it is (…) -
2 October 2011, by Hiba Zayadin
Somalia: Failing Responses to a Failed State
Somalis have once again found themselves fleeing starvation, drought, and conflict. Thousands of Somalis with washed-out ribs and blown-up empty bellies roam their country in search of aid. (…) -
2 October 2011, by Tamkinat Mirza
Are GMOs the road to food security in Kenya?
In the face of a drought that has recurred over the past 25 years, and has led to continuing food insecurity as well as multitudes of lost lives, African countries including Kenya have been (…) -
2 October 2011, by Geneviève Lavoie-Mathieu
EITI: A Democratic Tool for Populations to Benefit from the Extractive Industry?
Mining dependent economies and countries endowed with natural resources have led to highly variable economic performances. A total of 50 countries are defined as being largely dependant on mining, (…) -
2 October 2011, by Martin Lukacs
Activists rally to put the kibosh on the Keystone pipeline
The phone call to organizers was a bittersweet confirmation that the story was being carried around the continent. It came from activist Tim DeChristopher — new folk hero and symbol of the (…) -
2 October 2011, by Liza Ponomarenko
Media Governance; A New Direction for Development
Media governance is an aspect of development studies that is largely ignored in a technological world where it should be a key issue. The history of electronic communication worldwide can (…) -
7 September 2011, by Manuel Larrabure and Carlos Torchia
The Chilean Student Movement Against Neoliberalism
Perhaps the greatest challenge for the radical left today is to articulate a politics that decisively breaks with the disastrous experiences of many 20th century socialisms. This is a difficult (…) -
1 September 2011, by Melissa Wils-Owens
Alternatives’ Days Report and Alternatives’ 2011 Declaration
Last month, Alternatives held its seventeenth annual Alternatives’ Days held in Camp Papillon de St-Alphonse de Rodriguez in the Laurentiens. The weekend was attended by over 300 people, in (…) -
1 September 2011, by Isabelle Reford,
Melissa Wils-Owens
Alternatives International Project Briefing – September 2011
Each of the nine member organizations of the Alternatives International federation is constantly at work on a variety of projects to improve social, economic and environmental justice in their (…) -
1 September 2011, by Liza Ponomarenko
Taking away the abstraction from beheadings in Saudi Arabia
The condemned, regardless of gender, is given a tranquilizer and taken into what is usually a public square after a daily midday prayer. The prisoner cannot see anything, only imagine the (…) -
1 September 2011, by Kevin Kaczmara
The Uncertainty of China’s Political and Economic Future
At first glance, the Chinese developmental model appears to be moving forward, with China recently surpassing Japan for the title of the world’s second largest economy. Chinese business certainly (…) -
1 September 2011, by Nitasha Moothoo-Padayachie
Displacement and inequality in the name of ‘development’ – the case of Brazil
“Between now and the 2014 World Cup, 1.5 million families will be removed from their homes across the whole of Brazil” (Zirin, 2011)1. The 2014 World Cup represents a joyous occasion celebrated (…) -
1 September 2011, by Jillian Kestler-D’Amours
Canada Clamps Down on Criticism of Israel
Nearly two years after the first hearings were held in Ottawa, the Canadian Parliamentary Coalition to Combat Anti-Semitism (CPCCA) released a detailed report on July 7 that found that (…) -
1 September 2011, by Michael Bramadat-Willcock
Past, Present and Future: An Overview of South Sudan
The Republic of South Sudan has endured a difficult coming of age. Its future remains uncertain as this young nation in Africa takes its first steps towards adulthood. Optimism towards its new (…) -
1 September 2011, by Pervez Hoodbhoy
What next: A Sunni bomb?
The Islamic Republic of Iran stands at the threshold to the bomb. In 2010 it had more than enough low-enriched uranium (some 2,152 kilograms) to make its first bomb’s worth of weapons-grade (…) -
1 September 2011, by Patrick Bond
Climate Justice and Canada
The Climate Justice Movement gives me more hope than anything I’ve seen since the end of Apartheid and struggle for free access to AIDS medicines. Even when things looked bad for these struggles (…) -
1 September 2011, by Geneviève Lavoie-Mathieu
REDD: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Forest governance, land ownership and management are critical issues for millions of indigenous peoples and forest dweller all around the world whose subsistence and cultural identity is rooted in (…) -
1 September 2011, by Katie McQuaid
Refugees as human rights defenders: Can they protect or do they need protecting?
A panel discussion at the recently held International Association for the Study of Forced Migration conference tackled the often precarious position of refugee human rights defenders. Katie (…) -
31 August 2011, by Marion Bauer
The Hosni Mubarak Trial
After the uprising earlier this year in Egypt, former President Hosni Mubarak was forced to step down. He now faces justice in the Egyptian court with charges of corruption and ordering the (…) -
29 August 2011, by Arundhati Roy
I’d rather not be Anna
If what we’re watching on TV is indeed a revolution, then it has to be one of the more embarrassing and unintelligible ones of recent times. For now, whatever questions you may have about the Jan (…)