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War on Civil Liberties: Canadian Citizen Abandoned by His Government

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ImageThe Canadian government has really had it in for Abousfian Abdelrazik. Abdelrazik, a Sudanese-Canadian, went back to Sudan in August, 2003 to visit his sick mother, but he was thrown in jail, "at our request," according to a document from the Canadian Security and Intelligence Service (CSIS). He claims to have been beaten in prison. He was released the following year, only to be reincarcerated again in November, 2005, for another seven months. Sudanese authorities told him that he was being held at the request of Canadian and American governments.
Last Updated on Wednesday, 14 May 2008 09:59
 

The Evolution of the Media and the Rise of Public Relations

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Gutenburg Press
One mistake many make is to see the problems of the corporate media as accidents caused by poor individual behavior. For instance, we see FOX News' bastardization of the concept of objectivity as the work of the evil Rupert Murdoch. But the problem of the corporate media is systemic and requires an antidote which must treat the root of the ailment.
Last Updated on Tuesday, 20 May 2008 16:21
 

Will Obama Bring 1990s Food Policy to an End?

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Farmers Protest WTO in Hong Kong
Let's just say that Comrade George Bush's $700 billion no-speculator-left-behind bailout of US financiers - perhaps the most significant wave of government takeovers of the economic commanding heights since Fidel Castro's moves in tiny Cuba back in the 1960s - undermines the credibility of neo-conservative insistence that all problems must be solved through unregulated markets.
Last Updated on Tuesday, 16 December 2008 10:47
 

The American Harvest Film and The "Pro-Immigration", Anti-Worker Argument

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ImageA few weeks ago, I attended the premiere of "American Harvest," a new documentary by an independent Rochester, New York, filmmaker. The promotional materials for the film promised viewers an "even-handed," "non-political" look at the agricultural industry in the United States, with an emphasis on the role played by immigration. What we got instead was a naïve, incomplete, and shamefully ignorant portrait of agriculture in the United States-with the same skewed approach to the immigration question that has been all too popular in recent years.

Last Updated on Tuesday, 29 July 2008 13:53
 

Bangladesh: Victory, Impunity and Terror

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Voting Lines in Bangladesh
A cautious welcome to the result of the Bangladeshi election that brought an end to a two-year 'state of emergency'.
Last Updated on Monday, 02 February 2009 14:55
 


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