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Engler: Haiti Mobilization
Znet Article, April, 06 2005
Yves Engler
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Over sixty people rallied last Tuesday in Montreal in front of both the U.S and French consulates as well as the major federal government offices, marking the 18th anniversary of Haiti’s post-Duvalier (Baby Doc and Papa Doc) constitution. ...
Engler: Hockey Book Interview
Znet Article, March, 10 2005
Gary Engler
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What is The Meaning of Hockey and why was the title changed from Noam Chomsky on Hockey? Can a sports novel also be political? Will a novel about a former star hockey player going through male menopause be of interest to feminists? Is political-sp...
Engler: Haiti Demonstration
Znet Article, March, 07 2005
Yves Engler
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Last weekend Haiti solidarity activism took a leap forward. As many as 50 cities held events commemorating the first anniversary since Jean Bertrand Aristide, Haiti's elected president, was forcibly removed from office by U.S marines and flown to ...
Engler: Haiti Lies
Znet Article, January, 29 2005
Yves Engler
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The Globe and Mail, Canada’s national newspaper, finally decided to report on Canadian operations in Haiti. In Saturday’s paper Marina Jimenez wrote about Canada’s ongoing role in the hemisphere’s poorest nation. B...
Engler: Haiti Debt
Znet Article, January, 12 2005
Yves Engler
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Last Thursday the World Bank announced it would release $73 million in cash to Haiti’s government of Gerard Latortue that was installed by foreign powers after elected President Jean Bertrand Aristide was forced from office. For Haiti to g...
Engler: Canadian Media on Haiti
Znet Article, November, 05 2004
Yves Engler
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Haiti's a mess. That's about as much we get from Canada's dominant media. The media have been unable to correctly articulate which Haitian constituency has played the larger role in the country's on-going destruction. And, of crucial importance, ...
Engler: RNC Report
Znet Article, September, 07 2004
Yves Engler
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Last week I took an activist-organized bus from Montreal down to the Republican National Convention protests in New York City. Surprisingly, everyone aboard was allowed to cross the border without even stepping off the bus. The only disruption w...
Engler: Status, Health And Stupidity
Znet Article, July, 11 2004
Yves Engler
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U.S. residents are dumber than people living in every other industrialized nation. That conclusion doesn’t come from some left-wing Frenchman or Russian commie or pinko Canadian — it is the logical inference of...
Engler: Driven Crazy
Znet Article, April, 30 2004
Yves Engler
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We've been driven crazy. That's the only possible explanation for the Statistics Canada report this week that Canadians spent $27 billion on car purchases in February, a monthly record. Last week the same government body said car-related spending...
Engler: Car Domination
Znet Article, April, 16 2004
Yves Engler
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What do recent reports about the world’...
Engler: Rising Health Costs
Zmag Article, April, 01 2004
Yves Engler
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F ord, General Motors, and DaimlerChrysler recently joined a legal challenge to block two Michigan health systems from building two new hospitals in the Detroit suburbs. The Big 3 automakers, with ...
Engler: Zero Inflation and the Neoliberal Agenda
Znet Article, February, 23 2004
Yves Engler
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If asked to choose between full employment and constant purchasing power of existing money, most ordinary people would lean towards job creation. That's because almost all of us are dependent on employment for our income. Not so for people with lo...
Engler: Racism in Canada
Znet Article, February, 16 2004
Yves Engler
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Management students at McGill University in Montreal hold an annual dress up winter carnival. This time round the theme was cowboys and Indians and Rastafarians. To get the look, students donned feathered headgear and fake dreadlocks. The cultur...
Engler: Suburban Planning And Public Health
Znet Article, December, 12 2003
Yves Engler
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Today’s biggest public health concern in the advanced capitalist world is fast becoming the rise in obesity. If waist lines continue to expand, the life expectancy of current generations may actually fall into decline, an occurence unseen ...
Engler: The Obesity Epidemic: The business opportunities in obesity
Zmag Article, December, 01 2003
Yves Engler
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In early October there was a quirky report about U.S coffin makers increasing the size of their product. What this reveals is anything but funny. Obesity is one of today’s biggest health crises...
Engler: Empire Or Africa
Znet Article, November, 16 2003
Yves Engler
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While on a visit to the U.S, last week, Ugandan President, Yoweri Museveni paid visit to the halls of the Wall Street Journal. Thursday, a piece submitted by the President appeared in the Journal’s pages and Friday the editorial board sang...
Engler: Jobless Recovery?
Znet Article, October, 02 2003
Yves Engler
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yves engler Shouldn’t people’s ability to find work be central to any economy? Isn’t the point of an economy all about fulfilling human needs, one of which is meaningful work? Not according to today’s monet...
Engler: Cancun Lessons
Znet Article, September, 21 2003
Yves Engler
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Cancun Lessons
Engler: Student Activism
Znet Article, September, 15 2003
Yves Engler
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I’m beginning to think major corporate interests really do dislike student activism. While that may sound obvious to some, I was genuinely surprised last Wednesday night when eight Montreal police officers dragged me from a Concordia Stud...
