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Podur: Azkintuwe and the Mapuche Struggle
Znet Article, October, 21 2010
Justin Podur
Podur's ZSpace page
From July until October, 38 Mapuche activists were on hunger strike in Chilean prisons demanding to be tried under civilian rather than military authority, to face civil legislation rather than Pinochet-era “anti-terrorist” legislation. The hunger...
Podur: Azkintuwe and the Mapuche Struggle
Znet Article, October, 21 2010
Justin Podur
Podur's ZSpace page
From July until October, 38 Mapuche activists were on hunger strike in Chilean prisons demanding to be tried under civilian rather than military authority, to face civil legislation rather than Pinochet-era “anti-terrorist” legislation. The hunger...
Podur: The Rwandan Election
Znet Article, August, 11 2010
Justin Podur
Podur's ZSpace page
Paul Kagame is headed for a landslide victory at the Rwandan polls. Exit polls indicate 93% of the electorate voted for him. If some Western media commentators could vote in Rwandan elections, the number would likely be even higher.
Podur: Visualizing the Afghan War Diary Data
Znet Article, August, 08 2010
Justin Podur
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The first impression is one of an extremely lopsided war, like all wars of occupation, where occupied casualties are vastly higher than those by the occupier.
Podur: The G20 Debacle
Znet Article, July, 01 2010
Justin Podur
Podur's ZSpace page
Hosting the G20 in Toronto was the first of a series of political gambles by the Conservative Canadian government led by Prime Minister Stephen Harper.
Podur: Israel's Flotilla Massacre
Blog Post, May, 31 2010
Justin Podur
Podur's ZSpace page
Overnight, Israeli commandos attacked an aid flotilla in the high seas, some 65km from Israel. The commandos killed at least 10 people and injured dozens of others, mostly Turkish nonviolent activists bound for Gaza who were aiming to break Israel...
Podur: Contested Spaces Worth Defending
Znet Article, April, 06 2010
Justin Podur
Podur's ZSpace page
Here's a premise: it's actually worse than we think.
Podur: Relief, Occupations and the Haiti Crisis
Video, February, 05 2010
Justin Podur
Podur's ZSpace page
On January 12, Haiti was hit with an earthquake 7.0 on the Richter scale, leaving possibly 200,000 dead and 3 million affected. Much of Port-au-Prince, Haiti's capital, is now living in makeshift camps with their water, food, and health at risk. W...
Podur: Limited Compassion for Haiti
Znet Article, January, 24 2010
Justin Podur
Podur's ZSpace page
Everyone agrees that the Haiti earthquake is a serious situation.
Podur: Haiti Earthquake Context
Video, January, 19 2010
Justin Podur
Podur's ZSpace page
Writer Justin Podur visited Haiti in 2005, studying the government after the coup that overthrew the elected government of Jean Bertrand Aristide in 2004. In this video recorded January 18, 2010, he discusses the Haiti earthquake and some of the p...
Podur: My Resoc Interview
Blog Post, November, 03 2009
Justin Podur
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Justin Podur's Resoc Interview
Podur: Polyculturalism and Self-determination
Znet Article, July, 15 2009
Justin Podur
Podur's ZSpace page
The present essay reviews in summary form the key ideas for "cultural liberation" and then discusses the consequences of these ideas for the concept of self-determination, specifically national self-determination, in our world and in a good society.
Podur: The wealth of Kigali's boom
Znet Article, July, 06 2009
Justin Podur
Podur's ZSpace page
I returned from Bukavu yesterday. A sign of a country not having full sovereignty is the fact that you have to get there through another country. Those who have business in Rwanda can go through Rwanda, flying into Kigali and going overland into B...
Podur: Scarcities and plunders: some economic thoughts from Bukavu
Znet Article, June, 30 2009
Justin Podur
Podur's ZSpace page
Like everything else, reading material is scarce and expensive here. There isn't a daily newspaper in Bukavu, and after visiting several libraries and bookstores in different parts of the city, I didn't see one even from another region.
Podur: Between the hills and the lake: hello from Bukavu
Znet Article, June, 29 2009
Justin Podur
Podur's ZSpace page
I'm in Bukavu, in South Kivu, in the Democratic Republic of Congo. It's a big city! About a million people, in the uplands, on the coast of a strange and geologically fascinating volcanic origin Lake Kivu.
Podur: Uribe in Ottawa
Znet Article, June, 12 2009
Justin Podur
Podur's ZSpace page
So, Colombia's President Alvaro Uribe Velez came to Canada and spoke to Canadian politicians in order to try to resurrect the stalled CCFTA.
Podur: Canada Colombia Free Trade Agreement
Znet Article, June, 03 2009
Justin Podur
Podur's ZSpace page
The following set of questions and answers are intended to help those in Canada trying to stop the CCFTA (or see to it that it stays down).
Podur: Eelam War IV
Znet Article, May, 16 2009
Justin Podur
Podur's ZSpace page
The Sri Lankan military now (May 16/09) controls virtually all of the territory that was once controlled by the Tamil Tiger (Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, or LTTE) insurgents.
Barghouti: The South Africa Moment in Palestine
Znet Article, April, 04 2009
Omar Barghouti
Barghouti's ZSpace page
Omar Barghouti is an activist and writer based in Palestine. He was one of the early advocates of a Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions strategy against Israel's occupation and apartheid policies. He was one of the headline speakers of Israeli Aparthei...
