December 2012

Articles

1 December 2012, by Houda Chergui
France Leading the Path Toward the Recognition of Human Rights

On December 10, 2012, French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault will award the 2012 Human Rights Prize of the French Republic, “Liberty, Equality, Fraternity”, to five NGOs that have displayed (...)
1 December 2012, by Brittany McGillivray
When Do We Mobilize? When the Canadian Government is No Longer Working for Canada

Stephen Harper’s latest deals have caused a stirring across Canada from grassroots organizations and citizens opposed to the outsourcing of Canada’s resources and the government’s insistent catering (...)
1 December 2012, by Emily O’Connor
Buenos Aires is Alive with the Sound of Pots and Pans

The sounds of clinking pots and pans have filled the streets of the Argentinean capital, Buenos Aires, since June of this year. Argentineans are growing increasingly unhappy with the state of (...)
1 December 2012, by Michael Reford
Catalanismo: The Search for Independence

The turmoil in Europe has not come without consequence. There have been major political shifts as people seek new leadership and eradication of failure. The current political climate is rife with (...)
1 December 2012, by Salma Moolji
Burma, Obama and the Path to Democratization

LONDON, UK- On November 19, President Obama was the first ever incumbent American to officially visit Burma [Myanmar]. His stop is nested within a larger strategic visit to South East Asia, (...)
1 December 2012, by John Riddell
Toronto Conference Lays Basis For Pipeline Challenge

The November 17 conference, “The Tar Sands Come to Ontario: No Line 9,” was a big success. Three hundred people jammed into a lecture theatre at University of Toronto for the plenary session. Every (...)
1 December 2012, by Michael Deibert
The Fall Of Goma

When the provincial capital of Goma in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo fell to rebel forces today, the rapidity of the rebel advance was shocking, but thefait accompli failure of both (...)
1 December 2012, by Geneviève Lavoie-Mathieu
Violence against Women: a Deeply Rooted Problem in the Intransigency of Men?

Even with the rise of feminism and women worldwide vindicating their rights, demanding equal pay and denunciating sexism and violence against women remains a problem which transcends borders, (...)
1 December 2012, by Feroz MEHDI
Canada Formally Joins the Axis of Evil

So here we are. It is November 29 2012. November 29 is the international day in solidarity with Palestine. It is also the day when the UN passed the resolution for partition of Palestine in (...)