In early December, NATO and American troops led an assault aimed at retaking the Taliban stronghold of Musa Qala, in Afghanistan‘s Helmand…

Alex De Waal is a leading scholar of the Horn of Afica. He has been doing an unbelievable amount of work on…

Hope you’ve all seen this cartoon – a clever intro to parecon. http://youtube.com/watch?v=Pd60nYW577U

Civilian interactions   Turning now to the issue of Canadian and allied soldiers and their interaction with civilians, it bears noting (since…

The current incarnation of the Canadian military mission in Afghanistan began in February of 2006, and followed earlier military commitments beginning in…

The current issue of This Magazine (March/April 2007) features a four-page article by Vancouver-based journalist Jared Ferrie, entitled “Staying the course:…

Early in the new year, NATO officials in Afghanistan declared success in Operation Baaz Tsuka in the troubled districts of Panjwai and…

In early September, Canadian military personnel stationed in Afghanistan’s Kandahar province spearheaded NATO’s Operation Medusa, aimed at Taliban strongholds in the Panjwaii…

"The Spanish Revolution". Among today’s anarchists and radical activists, those three words alone have the power to conjure visions of triumph and…