Terror in Sarajevo? Islam in Bosnia & the Rejection of Extremism
It is not customary to begin a discussion about terrorism with a joke but, given the context, I think it appropriate. How else, after all, is one to deal with…
Imperialism
Occupy Wall Street: The emerging global pro-democracy movement, where it stands, what it means, and where we go from here
The Occupy Wall Street movement, which has already become a global grassroots populist pro-democracy movement, if we have eyes to see, has clearly already won a broad and growing base…
Sexy Indian Princess Plus Costume
Four years ago, I was writing about HalloweenMart’s Sexy Indian Squaw costume. They’re back at it again this year with another take on being a sexy Indian for Halloween. Is…
28 films on 9/11 and its impact on our world
Over the past decade, filmmakers across the globe have tackled issues that have come about as a direct consequence of 9/11 and the United States' response to the attacks.
Libya’s Rebels: Yesterday We Tortured Them, Today We Arm Them
There's no doubt that NATO, primarily the UK, France and the US, inserted themselves into the Libyan uprising as a means of gaining control over the course of the Arab…
Harper Snubs UN General Assembly–Why?
What kind of Canada has a prime minister who does not speak at the UN General Assembly? Stephen Harper’s Canada. But why? CBC journalist David Common tweeted yesterday about Harper…
Did NATO Kill The Libyan Revolution?
What do you say when a dictator is overthrown and the news shows pictures of people celebrating? That's easy, right? You feel good that the world is a slightly better…
Good Gaddafi, Hello NATO
There will be much celebrating across Libya over the next several days even as the mop-up operations get under way. Of course, there's no guarantee that this will be over…
Riotous Double Standards
Some riots we like, some not so much - by Oliver Heinrich I've been swamped with work - and working on a longer post on science geek stuff that I…
China & Canada: It Was Never About Human Rights
There's much foofaraw in the media about the visit by Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird to China. Are we now neglecting human rights in the interests of profit? Have we…
Workers of Egypt: Strike! Occupy! Bring revolution to victory!
This is an awesome leaflet from a section of the Egyptian left on how to drive forward the revolution. It deserves wide distribution and is a taste of the ferment…
The Disaster That Is Afghanistan
This week's slaying of Ahmad Wali Karzai, brother of Afghan President Hamid Karzai and a warlord/mobster with extensive power in Southern Afghanistan is a reminder that NATO and the Americans…
Israel Attacks Free Speech To Defend Democracy
When is an attack on democracy not an attack on democracy? When the government says that they are defending democracy, of course. That seems to be the thinking in Israel's…
Taking Sides In Syria
The article below is a reprint of a longer article by Simon Assaf, a British-Lebanese socialist, that will appear in the upcoming issue of the British magazine Socialist Review. It's…
Libyan Rebels Are NATO Patsies For A New Great Game In Africa
Today: UK PM Cameron with Mustafa Abdul Jalil, head of rebel TNC & former Gaddafi Justice Minister In the first days following the pro-democracy demonstrations and then uprising in Libya,…
Is It The End Of NATO?
I suggested the other day that NATO was basically a zombie and that they had already lost - at least in terms of intended political consequences - the war in…
NATO Has Already Lost In Libya
I'm certainly not one to believe that imperialist agendas, hideous in life, won't rise zombie-like from the grave. The present air war by NATO to oust Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi…
The Social Determinants of Health
(Note: This post contains a portion of the talk that I gave last month at the 16th International Conference of the Association of Psychology and Psychiatry for Adults and Children…