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- January 5, 2012| By|We speak with musician, freelance journalist and political activist Tyler Shipley on the militarization of the NHL and other sports leagues in North America.
- December 7, 2011| By|This week's talks in Bonn, Germany, on the future of Afghanistan show a distinct lack of concern for the future of women in that country.
- December 2, 2011| By|Since the 9/11 terror attacks and particularly the advent of the Harper government, there has been a conscious effort to militarize Canada's culture.
- October 27, 2011| By|In this excerpt from Michael Ignatieff: The Lesser Evil?, Derrick O'Keefe examines Ignatieff's initial call to arms for the "War on Terror."
- October 21, 2011| By|Two hundred demonstrators greet the former U.S. president in Surrey, as four men sent to Guantanamo Bay seek justice for their torture.
- October 14, 2011| By|U.S. Special Forces have assumed mythic proportions in the media and popular culture. Yet they are viewed less positively within the military because they operate outside of the chain of command.
- October 7, 2011| By|So much of what has happened in the last decade has hurt civil liberties, human rights, peace and more -- but it has also mobilized opponents to oppression who are strong and committed.
- October 6, 2011| By|Former Afghan MP, human rights activist and author Malalai Joya's message on the 10th anniversary of the war and occupation of Afghanistan.
- October 6, 2011| By|A pre-emptive strike against the no doubt one-sided and superficial media treatment of this week's 10th anniversary.
- September 28, 2011| By|Police escorted speech-goers into a private Vancouver club to hear former U.S. vice president Dick Cheney talk about his memoirs. Meanwhile, hundreds protested his appearance.
- August 22, 2011| By|For good or ill, NATO's campaign has "broken" Libya. So NATO owns it now and the results of not paying the price have the potential to be catastrophic.
- August 22, 2011| By|As well as leading the NDP to its recent historic election results, Layton provided a number of lessons for how opposition inside and outside Parliament can work together for peace and justice.
- July 21, 2011| By|Despite so much information in Richard Colvin's reports being redacted and suppressed, what is available makes ugly reading. Canadians deserve to know the truth.
- July 15, 2011| By|News stories that claim Canada's involvement in the Afghan war has now ended are designed to advance a political program that has its roots closer to home than in the mountains of the Hindu Kush.





