Centerra’s battle for the Kumtor gold mine rages on
Dump trucks carrying extracted gold ore from the mine site to the processing plant at the Kumtor gold mine, one of the largest mines in Central Asia. Photo by Vladimir…
Owen Schalk
Canada’s unhoused crisis: Where government cruelty meets police repression
Increases in unhoused populations in Canada are not only compounded by financial insecurity relating to COVID, but also the rising costs of housing across the country. Photo from Flickr. On…
How Canadian ‘aid’ is stifling development and prosperity in West Africa
Canadian aid programs in West Africa have failed to move the needle on poverty reduction, highlighting the need for a new rights-based development policy in the region, writes Owen Schalk.…
Canadian imperialism and the underdevelopment of Burkina Faso
A soldier patrols the streets of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, October 2018. Photo by Issouf Sanogo. In April 2021, a military court in Burkina Faso indicted former president Blaise Compaoré and…
Peru’s Pedro Castillo represents a challenge to the Canadian mining industry
Peru’s socialist presidential candidate Pedro Castillo, the favourite to win the runoff vote on June 6, will serve as a challenge to the Canadian mineral industry in Latin America. Photo…
Nuclear colonialism and the Marshall Islands
The second atomic bomb test at Bikini Atoll in the South Pacific on July 25, 1946. This was the fifth detonation of a nuclear weapon in history. Photo courtesy the…
Ecuador’s election could be a turning point for Latin America
Renowned radical economist and Ecuadorian presidential candidate Andrés Arauz. The country’s highly anticipated runoff election is slated to take place on April 11. Photo from Twitter. Nobody likes Ecuadorian President…
Trudeau’s silence on Lula reveals Canada’s hypocrisy
Last week, the Brazilian Supreme Court overturned graft convinctions against ex-president Lula da Silva, which could clear his name ahead of a possible 2022 presidential election if he decides to…
Biden and Trudeau continue Trump-era aggression against Cuba
Recently, the Biden administration signaled that it will continue Trump’s aggressive approach to Cuba, and Canada seems to be going along for the ride. Photo by Enrico Strocchi/Flickr. Progressives have…
Luis Arce’s Bolivia and the new regionalism in Latin America
Bolivian President Luis Arce speaks during the 2015 International Economic Forum on Latin America and the Caribbean. Photo courtesy the OECD Development Centre/Flickr. “Our movement is unique in the world,”…
Canadian mining companies and the making of modern Colombia
In February 2011, thousands of activists marched in several Colombian cities against the controversial Angostura project proposed by Canadian mining junior Greystar Resources. The International Finance Corporation, the private lending…
Long live the old flesh! Biden’s foreign policy picks signal a return of the ‘Blob’
Illustration by Canadian Dimension As the brash, Trumpian brand of politics bloviates its way through the remainder of the year, the world is preparing to get reacquainted with a more…
Prop 22 portends dismal future for gig workers in America
Prop 22, a ballot measure that exempts gig and ride-sharing companies like Uber from having to treat their drivers like employees, could serve as model for future laws. Photo from…
Dispatch from Winnipeg, Canada’s newest COVID hotspot
Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister prepares for a daily coronavirus briefing. Photo courtesy of SooToday.com. During the first six months of the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada, Manitoba seemed like an enviable…