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Migrant Matters

Seven Deadly Myths: Denying the Palestinian narrative

October 15, 2011
| A new film on the collective denial which has led to emotional and physical walls between the Isrealis and Palestinians. The bloodshed and psychological abuse bred from the conflict on Canada's hands

33:19 minutes (76.27 MB)
Columnists

The use of psychology in torture at Guantanamo

On the same day President Barack Obama formally launched his re-election campaign, his attorney general, Eric Holder, announced that key suspects in the 9/11 attacks would be tried not in federal court, but through controversial military commissions at Guantanamo. Holder blamed members of Congress, who he said "have intervened and imposed restrictions blocking the administration from bringing any Guantanamo detainees to trial in the United States." Nevertheless, one Guantanamo case will be tried in New York. No, not the trial of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed or any of his alleged co-conspirators.

feminism

Out of body

Bodies: Big Ideas/Small Books

by Susie Orbach
(Picador,
2009;
$15.50)

The works of seasoned feminist psychotherapist Susie Orbach were never part of the subversive women's studies syllabus that I was taught. A quick scan of her credentials quickly underscores why. Not only did she treat the late Princess of Wales, she is also the consultant and co-originator for the Dove Campaign for Real Beauty. Plainly put, Orbach's writings were never featured on my course readings because she's aligned with a brand of liberal feminism discordant with most of the more radical theoretical tendencies of women's studies academics. They believe -- as I do -- that equality can only be achieved through a transformation of existing, oppressive structures.

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Needs No Introduction

The psychology of the Gaza siege - for Palestinians, and for Israelis

April 7, 2009
| <p>Members of the Gaza Community Mental Health Programme discuss the psychological effects of the attacks on Gaza, and the ongoing siege.</p>

56:35 minutes (25.91 MB)
Living On Purpose

Episode #99 ~ Dirk Becker - Part Two

February 11, 2008
| Dirk is fascinated by neuro bio psychological predisposition.

7:40 minutes (7.03 MB)
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