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Podur: Two events on Friday
Blog Post, August, 12 2006
Justin Podur
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On Friday morning I went to an event called "Prominent Canadians speak out against the bombing of Lebanon". It was at a banquet room of a five-star hotel in downtown Toronto. The hotel is actually right next to the Israeli consulate, where many a ...
Podur: Two events on Friday
Blog Post, August, 12 2006
Justin Podur
Podur's ZSpace page
On Friday morning I went to an event called "Prominent Canadians speak out against the bombing of Lebanon". It was at a banquet room of a five-star hotel in downtown Toronto. The hotel is actually right next to the Israeli consulate, where many a ...
Podur: N. and the Memory Wall (On a day in the future)
Commentary, August, 12 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: Whatever else happens, let's make sure we forget about Gaza
Blog Post, August, 07 2006
Justin Podur
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Israel didn't stop its starvation of Gaza, nor its attacks on Gaza, simply because it also took up destroying and invading Lebanon. No, indeed, Gaza's people are still starving and dying in their electrified prison. Consider this statement by a...
Podur: Whatever else happens, let's make sure we forget about Gaza
Blog Post, August, 07 2006
Justin Podur
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Israel didn't stop its starvation of Gaza, nor its attacks on Gaza, simply because it also took up destroying and invading Lebanon. No, indeed, Gaza's people are still starving and dying in their electrified prison. Consider this statement by a...
Podur: If our leaders were at the moral level of "the terrorists"...
Blog Post, August, 06 2006
Justin Podur
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From Nasrallah's speech: Fourth, as regards the issue of rockets and settlements, I would like to emphasize that our rocket bombardment of the settlements in the north, or beyond Haifa or Tel Aviv - since we are speaking openly - are a re...
Podur: If our leaders were at the moral level of "the terrorists"...
Blog Post, August, 06 2006
Justin Podur
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From Nasrallah's speech: Fourth, as regards the issue of rockets and settlements, I would like to emphasize that our rocket bombardment of the settlements in the north, or beyond Haifa or Tel Aviv - since we are speaking openly - are a re...
Podur: Moral Equivalence?
Blog Post, July, 28 2006
Justin Podur
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From my blog at The Killing Train Rahul had a very good blog post discussing the doctrine of 'collateral damage' and the related doctrine of 'moral equivalence'. The idea is that they intentionally kill civilians, and we accidentally kill them....
Podur: Moral Equivalence?
Blog Post, July, 28 2006
Justin Podur
Podur's ZSpace page
From my blog at The Killing Train Rahul had a very good blog post discussing the doctrine of 'collateral damage' and the related doctrine of 'moral equivalence'. The idea is that they intentionally kill civilians, and we accidentally kill them....
Podur: Some thoughts on Israel, Lebanon, Gaza, imminent doom, etc.
Blog Post, July, 23 2006
Justin Podur
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Apologies: I try to keep imminent doom out of titles, at least. But it's hard to avoid thinking about today. I have a few thoughts about the current situation in West Asia, some of which may be worth sharing. Yesterday I went to the "Stop th...
Podur: Some thoughts on Israel, Lebanon, Gaza, imminent doom, etc.
Blog Post, July, 23 2006
Justin Podur
Podur's ZSpace page
Apologies: I try to keep imminent doom out of titles, at least. But it's hard to avoid thinking about today. I have a few thoughts about the current situation in West Asia, some of which may be worth sharing. Yesterday I went to the "Stop th...
Podur: Preparing for WSF in Africa!
Blog Post, June, 10 2006
Justin Podur
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Hello all. I've not been blogging - here or at my other blog - in a little while. But I got this in the mail. African activists are preparing a winter school to prepare for the WSF in Nairobi. It sounds good and important, and I hope folks conside...
Podur: Preparing for WSF in Africa!
Blog Post, June, 10 2006
Justin Podur
Podur's ZSpace page
Hello all. I've not been blogging - here or at my other blog - in a little while. But I got this in the mail. African activists are preparing a winter school to prepare for the WSF in Nairobi. It sounds good and important, and I hope folks conside...
Podur: In whose interests are the "residents" rallies in Caledonia?
Znet Article, May, 23 2006
Justin Podur
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On May 22, 2006 - after holding a blockade of the Highway 6 at Caldeonia, Ontario (Canada) since February - the indigenous of Six Nations unblocked the highway. The dismantling of the blockade - initially erected by the indigenous to enforce their...
Podur: Race, Culture, and Leftists
Znet Article, May, 21 2006
Justin Podur
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My presentation is motivated by what I believe is a weakness across the political spectrum: handling the interaction of different cultures and identities in accordance with principles of equality, solidarity, and liberty. My optimistic belief is t...
Podur: The May 15 Mobilizations in Colombia
Znet Article, May, 17 2006
Justin Podur
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Colombia's peasant, indigenous, and union organizations called for a major mobilization on May 15, 2006. With elections on May 28, 2006, the organizations sought to demonstrate their opposition to the Colombian regime's Free Trade Agreement with t...
Podur: Free Software and ZNet
Znet Article, May, 01 2006
Justin Podur
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For several months ZNet, an activist website, has been exploring the possibility of converting to free software and so joining the 'free software movement', a movement that advocates for certain fundamental freedoms for computer users. Both ZNet a...
Podur: Six Nations Does Not Stand Alone
Znet Article, April, 24 2006
Justin Podur
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On Thursday April 20, Hazel Hill, one of the Six Nations Kanienkehaka (Mohawk) leaders on the blockade at the Douglas Creek Estates near Caledonia, told me about her beating at the hands of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) hours before. Early t...
Podur: Stop the Deadly Rumours
Znet Article, February, 21 2006
Justin Podur
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In the 1960s and 1970s, the US political police, mainly in the form of the FBI, infiltrated, spied upon, and violently attacked various social movement organizations. This effort, documented in Ward Churchill and Jim Vander Wall’s book, â&...
