Log in
Home > English > Alternatives International Journal
Alternatives International Journal
Articles
-
9 November 2009, by
The Bhopal Disaster
On the 3rd of December 1984, 40 tonnes of toxic gases escaped from the Union Carbide pesticide plant in Bhopal, India. The result was catastrophic. 3,000 people— men, women, and children— were dead (...) -
9 November 2009, by
Hunting for Gatherers
For want of a nail the shoe was lost. For want of a shoe the horse was lost. For want of a horse the rider was lost. For want of a rider the battle was lost. For want of a battle the kingdom was (...) -
9 November 2009, by
Goldstone
“We may be witnessing the beginning of the end of the era of impunity,” Nadia Hijab, a senior fellow at the Washington-based Institute for Palestine Studies, was quoted by IPS in response to the (...) -
1 September 2009, by
A renewed commitment for the Non-Aligned Movement
The article entitled "The Non-Aligned Movement: Renewed Relevance in a Time of Crisis" published by the agency Share the world’s resources discusses the July 15, 2009 Summit held in Sharm (...) -
21 July 2009, by
Another Day Will Come
The AIJ’s MR Wiseman recently summoned the ghosts of bards-past to wax poetic with Remi Kanazi, editor of Poets For Palestine (Al Jisser, 2008), a collection of old- and new-school poetry and (...) -
21 July 2009, by
The Economic Crisis and Obama’s Response
It is a relief to have a new Administration, to be at the start of a new government rather than at the end of one, and to have a President with the talent of President Obama and with the public (...) -
21 July 2009, by
On the Roma Again
During an official visit to the Czech Republic in May, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper warned that the rising number of refugee claimants coming to Canada from that country presented a (...) -
21 July 2009, by
Impressionist Journalism
I impersonated a journalist at two events of citizen-driven activism and the following is my impression of the proceedings as the mucous of apathy and cirrostrati of lassitude that quotidianly (...) -
21 July 2009, by
A History of Violence
The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) were a fearsome force that controlled a third of Sri Lanka at their peak. They ran a de facto state with their own air force, navy, and infantry. In (...) -
21 July 2009, by
The Rise of the (fallen) Machines
Moore’s Law, meet Murphy’s. E-waste is an unknown phenomenon hardly making the headlines, but with the increasing volumes of e-waste generated and the poor means of disposal, it is a disaster (...) -
21 July 2009, by
Protests and the Global City
One-Way Traffic. Over the last months in Toronto and Montreal, we have experienced the global city as never before. The Tamil community, about 250,000 strong by some accounts, has been (...) -
21 July 2009, by
Let My People Go
SOS Esclaves (SOS Slaves), a Mauritanian NGO run by the son of slaves, received this year’s Anti Slavery International Award. “I, for my part, together with a number of my friends realized that (...) -
4 June 2009, by
If You Think In Terms Of A Year, Plant A Seed
Ohh, seed money. I only caught the first part. I have never understood why people make such a production about birthdays. On the face of it they are utterly meaningless, mere symbols; (...) -
4 June 2009, by
Kind of a BIG Deal
Namibia, a vast country inhabited by two million people, is one of the smaller economies in Southern Africa. It adopted a market-based economic system after achieving independence from (...) -
4 June 2009, by
The Little Engine That Couldn’t
Quick, send in the clowns. Don’t bother, they’re here. Railway Privatization in Senegal and Mali More than five years after the management of the railway connecting Dakar, the capital of (...)
