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On March 18, 2008, the Ontario Superior Court’s Judge Patrick Smith sentenced Chief Donny Morris and six other council members from the…
The second-in-command of FARC (Colombia’s guerrilla group), and perhaps its most visible spokesperson, Luis Édgar Devia Silva, or "Raul Reyes" (the nom…
[First published Jan 24/08. Updated Jan 29/08.] Colombia’s President Alvaro Uribe Velez, who has accused social activists of ‘terrorism’, refused them protection…
The phrase “defend the border” wasn’t always a metaphor. And it isn’t just a metaphor in many parts of the world, even…
On November 28, 2007, Ryerson University in Toronto held a debate on “Academic Boycott and Academic Freedom” in the context of Israel/Palestine.…
The Constitutional Reform referendum in Venezuela has failed, and Chavez, unlike the Venezuelan opposition, gracefully accepted the defeat. The best outcome would…
On Wednesday November 28, 2007 I was in the audience for a debate on the question of whether Israel should be subjected…
Review of: Naomi Klein’s The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism. Random House, Toronto, 2007. I’ve been seeing the shock doctrine…
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