December 2011

Articles

• 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 (…)