| Back | Search Results - New Search |
Podur: A break in the Liberal-Conservative coalition
Znet Article, December, 02 2008
Justin Podur
Podur's ZSpace page
In Canada, the Conservative minority government might just become the opposition in parliament this week, replaced by a Liberal-NDP coalition with support from the Bloc Quebecois from the outside.
Markland: Hegemony with a Happy Face
Znet Article, November, 10 2008
Dave Markland
Markland's ZSpace page
Perhaps Afghanistan's President Karzai took Obama's campaign slogan seriously, as his first message to the president-elect spoke directly of a need for change. Karzai's "demand" that Obama "end civilian casualties" was prompted by the November 3 ...
Russell: MELTING I.C.E.
Znet Article, November, 02 2008
Joshua kahn Russell
Russell's ZSpace page
On Halloween 2008, over 400 latino high school students took to the streets and engaged in non-violent direct action, shutting down an I.C.E. detention center. Why should Environmentalists be paying attention and inspired?
Podur: Canadian election taboos - and possibilities
Znet Article, October, 07 2008
Justin Podur
Podur's ZSpace page
The 2008 Canadian election has some of the features of the past few elections. The majority of the population faces the quandary of how to defeat a reactionary party that just might have the largest plurality of support. Will they get a majority o...
Edwards: Intellectual Cleansing: Part 1 - Keeping The Media Safe For Big Business
Znet Article, October, 02 2008
David Edwards
Edwards's ZSpace page
Martin Tierney is one of a tiny number of mainstream journalists willing to review our book, ‘Guardians of Power’. In June 2006, he published an accurate outline of our argument in the Herald, commenting: “It stands up to scrutiny.”
Bacon: How Do You Say Justice in Mixteco?
Zmag Article, October, 01 2008
David Bacon
Bacon's ZSpace page
David Bacon on providing legal services for immigrants.
Jensen: Free speech not safe from attack by Canadian media corporation
Znet Article, September, 22 2008
Robert Jensen
Jensen's ZSpace page
When the bottom line is threatened, corporations typically show little concern for holding the line on political principles such as freedom of expression. In capitalism, freedom is too often just another word for maximizing profits.
Russell: Wise Up Dominion!
Znet Article, September, 16 2008
Joshua kahn Russell
Russell's ZSpace page
Coal-field residents and allies lock down at a Dominion coal-fired power plant construction site in Virginia.
Engler: Canada & Iran
Commentary, September, 13 2008
Yves Engler
Engler's ZSpace page
In early July, a National Post reporter on board a Canadian naval vessel explained: "The usual tense games were played this weekend as this Canadian warship responsible for refueling and replenishing a coalition task force in the Indian Ocean pass...
Halling: Member or Not, Here We Come
Znet Article, September, 10 2008
Matt Halling
Halling's ZSpace page
There’s been a lot of words expended recently on Sarah Palin’s ties (if not membership) to the Alaska Independence Party (AIP). The Party’s website lays out an array of arguments, legal and otherwise, justifying their belief that they have been w...
Klein: Call out for Sept. 13th Day of Action for U.S. Iraq War Resisters in Canada
Video, September, 10 2008
Naomi Klein
Klein's ZSpace page
Call out for the Sept. 13th Pan-Canadian Day of Action for U.S. Iraq War Resisters in Canada.
Engelhardt: Going on an Imperial Bender
Znet Article, September, 07 2008
Tom Engelhardt
Engelhardt's ZSpace page
The US worldwide network of bases.
Engler: Canada Congo Olympics
Commentary, September, 01 2008
Yves Engler
Engler's ZSpace page
The mainstream media's hypocrisy during the Olympics would have been funny if it weren't so ignorance-producing.
Sinclair: Don't let the horror make you abandon the bus
Znet Article, August, 11 2008
Ian Sinclair
Sinclair's ZSpace page
Travelling by bus...
Landau: Life and Commercial Death Near the Mississippi
Commentary, June, 22 2008
Saul Landau
Landau's ZSpace page
In June 2008, Tom and Huck (Saul and his friend Marin) return as two senior citizens not on a raft but in a rented car, driving from New Jersey south and then west through Pennsylvania, Maryland, West Virginia, Kentucky, Indiana, and into Illinois...
Podur: On a quest for secular piety
Znet Article, June, 21 2008
Justin Podur
Podur's ZSpace page
Tarek personally asked me to review his book, Chasing a Mirage: the tragic illusion of an Islamic State (CM). With a book being favorably reviewed in the Canadian (and US and UK) media, including the Globe and Mail, the Toronto Star, the Huffing...
Tuathail: Canada-Colombia FTA
Znet Article, June, 13 2008
Micheál Tuathail
Tuathail's ZSpace page
On June 7 2008, less than one year after Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced the beginning of bilateral free trade talks with Colombia, the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade announced the conclusion of neg...
Bacon: How Do You Say Justice in Mixteco?
Znet Article, June, 11 2008
David Bacon
Bacon's ZSpace page
Erasto Vasquez was surprised to see a forklift appear one morning outside his trailer near the corner of East and Springfield, two small rural roads deep in the grapevines, ten miles southwest of Fresno. He and his neighbors pleaded with the drive...
Lendman: Plan Colombia Heads for Mexico
Znet Article, May, 28 2008
Stephen Lendman
Lendman's ZSpace page
It's called "Plan Mexico," or more formally the "Merida Initiative," and here's the scheme. It's to do for Mexicans what Plan Colombia has done to that nation since 1999, and, in fact, much earlier. Since then, billions have gone for the following...
Rebick: Indigenous People Defending Their Land and Our Environment
Commentary, May, 26 2008
Judy Rebick
Rebick's ZSpace page
On Monday May 26, Indigenous people will gather from across Ontario, including the remote North, on the lawns of Queen's Park to insist that governments and industry recognize their right to say no to mining and forestry on their lands. Travelling...
