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Web Address: http://www.zcommunications.org/zspace/justinpodurBio: Justin Podur is a writer and editor for ZNet (www.zmag.org), part of Z Communications, an alternative media organization dedicated to political analysis and support for movements for social change.... (More)
By Justin Podur at Nov 03, 2009
Justin Podur's Resoc Interview... (More) Comments (0)
By Justin Podur at Jul 19, 2008
On my way from Pakistan to Kerala, I stopped for a day in Delhi - I have a couple of hours left in this very interesting city. Thanks to friends I had an excellent 48 hours, though I could have stayed much longer and learned much more.... (More) Comments (0)
By Justin Podur at Jul 07, 2008
Pakistan's editorial pages are full of opinion and analysis on how to deal with the insurgency.... (More) Comments (0)
By Justin Podur at Jul 02, 2008
Pakistan's civilian government's economic policy is based on liberalization and privatization - perhaps not a good idea. Some commentary on the perils of privatization.... (More) Comments (0)
By Justin Podur at Jul 01, 2008
Some thoughts on Pakistan's economy as a developing country trying to cope with rising global energy prices...... (More) Comments (0)
By Justin Podur at Jun 29, 2008
A first blog post from Islamabad, Pakistan. Based mostly on reading the english-language media, which I could have done from Canada, but still hopefully of interest...... (More) Comments (2)
Alice Miller, traumas, and Youth Liberation
By Justin Podur at Aug 06, 2007
I figured I might as well take advantage of my psychology binge-reading to do some blogging, rather than keep all my thoughts to myself. The point for me isn't to look for a psychological cause behind every political phenomenon, but to pay attention to a ... (More) Comments (6)
Alfie Kohn, rewards... and parecon
By Justin Podur at Aug 01, 2007
Some thoughts on alternative education author Alfie Kohn today. I started with his book, "Punished by Rewards", which discusses why rewards (grades, gold stars, salary bonuses or any other kind of bribes) are not good things - not in workplaces, not in fa... (More) Comments (6)
By Justin Podur at Jun 21, 2007
Khaled Mishal of Hamas in the foreground, and a Nazi swastika in the background. Click on the story and you won't see anything Nazi. That's because there's nothing to do with the Nazis, other than the desire by the BBC and so many others to link the trava... (More) Comments (40)
Climate Politics: An answer to Cockburn, Rancourt, Noble
By Justin Podur at May 10, 2007
I just published this answer to Cockburn, Rancourt, and Noble on ZNet. I hope it helps some people think about these things and sift the useful contributions from these writers from the very poor things they are doing in their writing on climate.... (More) Comments (7)