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Podur: From Oaxaca
Blog Post, December, 06 2006
Justin Podur
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I'm reproducing here a communique from my friend Pablo Leal, who is in Oaxaca now and has been based there for about three years - at least... I worked closely with him for a few years starting in early 2001, but I am glad that the movements in Me...
Podur: A little surprise in Canadian politics... and other stuff.
Blog Post, December, 03 2006
Justin Podur
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Just when I think that Canada is a bleak field of endlessly boring events, something like this happens to perk my interest. Like many Canadians, I got duped and depressed by the Liberal leadership race, watching what was being presented constan...
Podur: A little surprise in Canadian politics... and other stuff.
Blog Post, December, 03 2006
Justin Podur
Podur's ZSpace page
Just when I think that Canada is a bleak field of endlessly boring events, something like this happens to perk my interest. Like many Canadians, I got duped and depressed by the Liberal leadership race, watching what was being presented constan...
Podur: Worst Movie Ever?
Blog Post, November, 20 2006
Justin Podur
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Now, I can't honestly say that "Borat" was the worst movie ever because, well, I didn't get through the entire movie. By the 40th intolerable minute of it, I walked out. Let me say up front - I am no prude. And while I am sensitive to racism an...
Podur: Worst Movie Ever?
Blog Post, November, 20 2006
Justin Podur
Podur's ZSpace page
Now, I can't honestly say that "Borat" was the worst movie ever because, well, I didn't get through the entire movie. By the 40th intolerable minute of it, I walked out. Let me say up front - I am no prude. And while I am sensitive to racism an...
Podur: Oaxaca!
Blog Post, November, 03 2006
Justin Podur
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I have been meaning to put together some resources and a little timeline on Oaxaca, mainly so that I could sort out what is happening for myself. In the meantime though, I would send you all to the NarcoNews, friends who have been doing great work...
Podur: Oaxaca!
Blog Post, November, 03 2006
Justin Podur
Podur's ZSpace page
I have been meaning to put together some resources and a little timeline on Oaxaca, mainly so that I could sort out what is happening for myself. In the meantime though, I would send you all to the NarcoNews, friends who have been doing great work...
Podur: Liberating the Word in Colombia
Blog Post, October, 30 2006
Justin Podur
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This week I'll be participating in a tour by one of Colombia's best journalists and one of the leaders of Colombia's indigenous movement. The journalist is Hollman Morris, in Canada to receive a 'free expression award' of the type normally given t...
Podur: Liberating the Word in Colombia
Blog Post, October, 30 2006
Justin Podur
Podur's ZSpace page
This week I'll be participating in a tour by one of Colombia's best journalists and one of the leaders of Colombia's indigenous movement. The journalist is Hollman Morris, in Canada to receive a 'free expression award' of the type normally given t...
Podur: What a grim field (Canadian politics and Israel/Palestine)
Blog Post, October, 16 2006
Justin Podur
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A brief report from the stomach-turning exercise of watching Canadian politics. The liberal leadership race is unfolding and all candidates are competing to bend lower in obesiance to racism and contempt against Palestinians. How bizarre that Mich...
Podur: What a grim field (Canadian politics and Israel/Palestine)
Blog Post, October, 16 2006
Justin Podur
Podur's ZSpace page
A brief report from the stomach-turning exercise of watching Canadian politics. The liberal leadership race is unfolding and all candidates are competing to bend lower in obesiance to racism and contempt against Palestinians. How bizarre that Mich...
Podur: Abandoning Hypocrisy
Znet Article, September, 26 2006
Justin Podur
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[Talk given at the Canadian launch of Bleeding Afghanistan September 21, 2006] Just over five years ago I visited Colombia for the first time. I walked through some farmers’ fields that had been fumigated as part of the ‘war on dr...
Podur: Verbal self-defense 2
Blog Post, August, 26 2006
Justin Podur
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I wanted to say a few more things about Suzette Haden Elgin's system for 'verbal self-defense'. The central idea she presents is that we can use language to create an abusive environment, or we can use language to create a non-abusive environment....
Podur: Verbal self-defense 2
Blog Post, August, 26 2006
Justin Podur
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I wanted to say a few more things about Suzette Haden Elgin's system for 'verbal self-defense'. The central idea she presents is that we can use language to create an abusive environment, or we can use language to create a non-abusive environment....
Podur: Verbal Self-Defense and Leftists
Blog Post, August, 25 2006
Justin Podur
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I think political debates are often important. I would do more debates if I had appropriate venues. I engage in debates even when they are unpleasant. But I often get the feeling that they are unnecessarily unpleasant. The unpleasantness, in other...
Podur: Verbal Self-Defense and Leftists
Blog Post, August, 25 2006
Justin Podur
Podur's ZSpace page
I think political debates are often important. I would do more debates if I had appropriate venues. I engage in debates even when they are unpleasant. But I often get the feeling that they are unnecessarily unpleasant. The unpleasantness, in other...
Podur: The next phase of the war in Lebanon
Blog Post, August, 15 2006
Justin Podur
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So, I assume everyone understands that the war isn't over? And since the war isn't over, let's not talk yet about anyone having 'won'. The 'ceasefire resolution' was a joke. It was a resolution that was based on Hizbullah surrendering. The onl...
Podur: The next phase of the war in Lebanon
Blog Post, August, 15 2006
Justin Podur
Podur's ZSpace page
So, I assume everyone understands that the war isn't over? And since the war isn't over, let's not talk yet about anyone having 'won'. The 'ceasefire resolution' was a joke. It was a resolution that was based on Hizbullah surrendering. The onl...
Podur: N. and the Memory Wall (On a day in the future)
Blog Post, August, 13 2006
Justin Podur
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N., a young Palestinian/Israeli Jew, was late for her meeting with her friend H., the child of Palestinian Muslim refugees who had returned from Lebanon on a bus a few years before. N. was still preparing her gift for H., a hat to cover his premat...
Podur: N. and the Memory Wall (On a day in the future)
Blog Post, August, 13 2006
Justin Podur
Podur's ZSpace page
N., a young Palestinian/Israeli Jew, was late for her meeting with her friend H., the child of Palestinian Muslim refugees who had returned from Lebanon on a bus a few years before. N. was still preparing her gift for H., a hat to cover his premat...
