Afghan Reality
The Tentacles of American Power: Afghan RealityBy Vijay Prashad, from CounterPunch, January 12, 2011.Slowly, but surely, the leakage of the U. S. State Department cables continues. Media interest in the…
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Dinner is Nearly on the Table
Last week I received a query from a pregnant woman who saw a documentary called ' Earthlings'. The video upset her so much that she asked how to embrace a…
Obama’s Afghanistan Review
Obama’s Afghanistan Review: A Whitewash of a Disastrous Occupationby Phyllis Bennis and Kevin Martin, from Z-Net, December 28, 2010.Apparently nothing can happen in the U.S. war in Afghanistan that doesn’t…
Native Leaders Reject New Child Welfare Agency
Child Welfare has become my nemesis. I am disgusted by the entire “policy” that directs services on reserve and by the Child Welfare Act in general. I think the system…
Rape rampant in US military
Rape rampant in US military: Statistics and soldiers' testimonies reveal a harrowing epidemic of sexual assault in the US military.by Dahr Jamail, from Al Jazeera, December 21, 2010.Sexual assault within…
Comparing Responses to the MacLean’s ‘Too Asian’ Article: UVic and UBC
Naturally, MacLean's 'Too Asian' article caused a stir across Canadian campuses (in response, MacLean's has changed the name of the article and qualified some of its points). However, it's interesting…
WOA Profile: Lorraine Hoffman — Where Industry Meets Ancestry
"We're all capitalists here. We're not anti-industry, but we do strive to find a balance. We need to find sustainable ways of doing things."— Lorraine Hoffman, Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation…
Israeli Government Documents Show Deliberate Policy To Keep Gazans At Near-starvation Levels
Israeli Government Documents Show Deliberate Policy To Keep Gazans At Near-starvation Levelsby Saed Bannoura, from International Middle East Media Center, November 6, 2010.Documents, whose existence were denied by the Israeli…
John Reilly: Shut down the native industry and spend the money on natives
Former judge, John Reilly wrote a book: Writing Bad Medicine: A Judge’s Struggle for Justice in a First Nations Community and he say’s if he had the power he would…
The Case for Science in Developing the Oilsands
"The debate about oil-sands extraction has become polarized, with players cast as either totally against, or for developing the sands rapidly without regard for environmental consequences. Both positions are based…
Levant on Fort Chip Health Concerns
Last night, Ezra Levant and Ben West of the Wilderness Committee debated the ethics of the Alberta Oilsands in front of a packed house in Vancouver. During the debate, as…
Holy Mountain — Mohand the Jogger
I visit Montreal often. The city seems to have a special hold on me and I feel compelled to spend weeks on end there for no particular reason aside from…
Laying Down Arms
On the 11th Hour of the 11th Day of the 11th Month: Laying Down ArmsBy Peter Linebaugh, from CounterPunch, November 11, 2010.On the 11th hour of the 11th day of…
Review: World’s Greenest Oil – Turning the Oil Sands from Black to Green
For Peter Silverstone, cleaning up the oilsands has nothing to do with mitigating the effects of climate change. Rather, it has to do with mitigating the effects climate change has…
An oldie but a goodie
I tripped across this a while ago- a radio interview with Tony Prudori- INAC flack in Thunder Bay in a CBC radio interview about the Attawapiskat school issue. It's an…
Carl Benito Throws Wife Under Bus, Figuratively Speaking
Edmonton-Milwoods MLA Carl Benito provides a bizarre explanation for paying his property taxes. His wife forgot... even though he disclosed these unpaid taxes months before he submitted his Public Disclosure…
Questions Emerge After Alberta Environment Minister Outlines Tailings Pond Safety
I wrote to Alberta Environment Minister Rob Renner two weeks ago inquiring what, if any, plan the Alberta Government had to deal with a tailings breach.Here's what Minister Renner wrote…
Stand With Fort Chipewyan’s Statement of Thanks
A statement sent out by the Stand With Fort Chipewyan Executive to supporters of the “Send Ed to Fort Chip” Campaign Never doubt what a small group of committed citizens…
Stand With Fort Chipewyan’s Statement of Thanks
A statement sent out by the Stand With Fort Chipewyan Executive to supporters of the "Send Ed to Fort Chip" CampaignNever doubt what a small group of committed citizens can…
Are these cops above the law?
Are these cops above the law?by David Bruser and Michele Henry, from The Toronto Star, October 28, 2010. (Link found via A.P.)A Toronto police officer inexplicably floors his gas pedal,…