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Another (renewable) energy is possible
There are real alternatives to fossil fuels.
Review of Renewable Energy: What now? Talk by Robin Macqueen, Thursday December 1, 2011 Final lecture in the fall Langara...more)
People with disabilities unite and fight back
Disability activists link up with other struggles to fight back and build another world
The International Day of People with Disabilities (IDPD) is a day where people with disabilities across the world are encouraged...more)
Arab Spring continues as Yemeni President is forced from power
The Arab Spring topples another dictator
After 33 years in power, 10 months of protests and fighting between rival factions of the Yemen elite have forced...more)
Pro-democracy Protestors in Eastern Saudi Arabia Find their Way in the Streets
The Arab Spring in Saudi Arabia
At least four people were killed and several wounded in Saudi Arabia. Naser Muhaishi was killed as Saudi forces attacked...more)
Libya and the myth of 'humanitarian intervention'
The impact of -humanitarian intervention-
The Conservative government is using the war in Libya to revive the concept of “humanitarian intervention” and to justify massive...more)
NATO's bloody history
NATO's real record
Far from signaling the “end of history,” the end of the Cold War left the world open to a new...more)
Civil liberties: The long struggle for justice
assessing 10 years of civil liberties campaign
Mohammad Mahjoub, Mahmoud Jaballah, Hassan Almrei, Mohamed Harkat and Adil Charkaoui: arrested on security certificates. Ahmad Abou El-Maati: jailed and...more)
Ten years of the 'war on terror'
-Regime change- is being turned on its head
When the US launched its war in Afghanistan, imperial planners in Washington had set their sights on a much bigger...more)
Pipeline ethics: profit is god
unethical oil
The movement on both sides of the Canada/US border to stop the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline can measure...more)
The Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: 15 years on
Assessing RCAP
It is now 15 years since the release of the report by the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples (RCAP). The...more)
The real threat is Harper-icism
The enemy is at home
Prime Minister Stephen Harper declared that “the major threat [to Canada] is still Islamicism” while Jason Kenney, Minister of Citizenship,...more)
The Arab Spring is the real 'peace process' for Palestine
The real peace process is coming
For decades the West has maintained control of the oil-rich Middle East by arming Israeli apartheid and Arab dictatorships; it...more)
Constitutionally speaking: Quebec and the Supremes
Divide and rule in Canada
The claim that “constitution fatigue” is a “problem” in Canadian politics serves to silence a key aspect of the oppression...more)
Canada rebranded
The Tories re-brand Canada
Canadian troops have been in Afghanistan for more than a decade, and I have never heard an honest and convincing...more)
Clap hands for the meltdown
the soundtrack for the new depression
Pull up some dust and sit down By Ry Cooder Reviewed by John Bell If anybody was going to write...more)
The reality of catastrophic climate change
The future of ecological destruction is now
Tropic of Chaos By Christian Parenti Reviewed by Ian Beeching Imagine living in a community where bodies turn up in...more)
Blame-the- teacher" agenda threatens education
BC teachers under attack
The BC Public Schools Employers’ Association (BCPSEA) is threatening to lock out the province’s teachers, in response to job action...more)
People with disabilities face cuts, fight back
It's not a question whether Austerity will affect Canadians with disabilities, but a question of when.
The International Day of People with Disabilities (IDPD) is a day where people with disabilities across the world are encouraged...more)
Feds ignore suicide epidemic in First Nations communities
Feds ignore suicide epidemic in First Nations communities
The willful ignorance of Canadian governments at all levels is perpetuating the cycle of abuse that First Nations people have...more)
BP returns for more profits and pollution
BP is back in the Gulf Coast
BP has filed applications to drill new deep-water wells in the Gulf of Mexico. The applications came just one week...more)
Pipelines and poverty kill in Kenya
The human price of oil
On September 12 a leaking oil pipeline passing through the densely populated Sinai slum in Kenya exploded, killing more than...more)
Mobilizing can stop the Tories
Anti-Ford movement stops Hudak
Ontario Tory leader Tim Hudak threatened to channel the anger against the Liberals—who closed hospitals, raised tuition fees and cut...more)
Pipeline ethics: profit is god
unethical oil
Canada’s Tar Sands. The movement on both sides of the Canada/US border to stop the construction of the Keystone XL...more)
200,000 students strike in Quebec
Quebec students strike against tuition hikes
More than 200,000 university and CEGEP students in Quebec boycotted classes on November 9 in protest of tuition fee hikes...more)
Air Canada settlement a harbinger of ill times?
flight attendants under attack
In a potentially damaging and certainly disappointing settlement, flight attendants at Air Canada have had their bargaining rights disregarded and...more)

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