Archive - 2006

Shia in Kabul Preparing for War

Residents warn sectarian violence is just around the corner

Why did Mohamed-Anas Bennis die?

Inaction on Lebanon deaths: El Akhras

Montreal groups call for objective look at Lebanon

Afghan MPs Predict "Very Big War"

Afghanistan correspondent Chris Sands interviews Afghan MPs, and hears predictions of a "very big war" and jihad against foreign troops.

Civilian deaths, corruption, occupying troops leading to "jihad" against foreigners, say leaders

Sanctioning Nukes?

What role does Canada's nuclear industry play in the geopolitics of the Korean peninsula? Stephen Salaff investigates.

Canada's nuclear exports and the Korean conflict

Race and Waste in Nova Scotia

Hillary Bain Lindsay investigates accusations of 'environmental racism' that have taken centre stage during a fight against a new landfill.

Accusations of 'environmental racism' take centre stage during fight against new landfill development

Where Have All The Fishes Gone?

Activists hope the loss of two lakes in Newfoundland to mining waste isn't the beginning of a new trend. Tracy Glynn learns

Newfoundland losing lakes to mining waste

Visualizing Canada in Haiti

A visual representation of the relationships between Canada's NGOs, government agencies and US agencies operating in Haiti, in a printable poster format.

A poster version of coverage from the Foreign Policy issue

No Time for Democracy

Stuart Neatby chronicles the last six years of Canadian intervention in Haiti, from the coup to the training of the HNP to the elections.

Six years of Canada in Haiti

US, EU reject self-determination in South Ossetia

Locked Dumpsters Full of Mangoes

Moira Peters investigates the politics of dumpster diving within a food system that results in hungry people and wasted food.

Hungry people, wasted food, and the politics of dumpster diving

The Canadian Wheat Board's Last Stand?

Anna Kirkpatrick investigates proposed changes to the CWB that farmers fear will decrease their viability and increase transnationals' profitability.

Farmers fear that proposed changes in the CWB will mean that farmers lose out and transnationals cash in

Preventative Justice

Activist Jaggi Singh speaks from jail about his arrest--not for what he did, but for what he might do.

Activist Jaggi Singh is arrested for what he might do and threatened with six months in detention

Can Wikipedia Ever Make the Grade?

As questions about the accuracy of the anyone-can-edit encyclopedia persist, academics are split on whether to ignore it, or start contributing.

As questions about the accuracy of the anyone-can-edit encyclopedia persist, academics are split on whether to ignore it, or start contributing

Digging Up Canadian Dirt in Colombia

Chris Arsenault travels to Colombia to investigate the impacts Canadian aid agencies and corporations are having there.

Canadian corporations and aid agencies facing controversy and resistance in Colombia

The High Cost of Lousy Water

Kim Petersen investigates charges that First Nations are being forced to pay for the lack of clean drinking water on reserves.

Water Crisis in Indigenous 'Canadian' Communities

Chávez, le diable et l'ONU

Le président vénézuelien Hugo Chávez plaide pour une réforme de l'ONU.

Le président vénézuelien Hugo Chávez plaide pour une réforme de l'ONU.

December Books

Hart, Southwood, Taylor and Henderson cover new work by Trofimuk, Trussler, Wah and Szumigalski.

Conservative Post

A postal worker is facing disciplinary action after refusing to deliver a homophobic pamphlet. Gwalgen Geordie Dent investigates.

Postal Worker Facing Disciplinary Action After Refusing to Deliver Homophobic Pamphlet

Grilled Cheese and War Crimes

Chris Arsenault chats with an average 23-year-old who's hoping Canada won't send him back to the US to fight in a war he doesn't believe in.

US soldier who refuses assignment in Iraq claims refugee status in Canada

Coup in Iraq reportedly in the making

Selectively Terrified

Mary Foster tracks the history of Hezbollah and examines how it became a terrorist organization in Canada.

How Hezbollah became a terrorist organization in Canada

The Logic of 'Humanitarian Intervention'

Brendan Stone investigates the ideology behind 'the responsibility to protect,' and asks who is protecting whom.

Neo-colonial tool serving geopolitical interests

Thousands of police invade Oaxaca, protests continue

Warfighters, Not Missionaries

Jon Elmer determines that Afghanistan is not a random act of Canadian policy, but an entire foreign policy apparatus acting on a well-articulated plan.

The origins of the three-block war

Whose Trauma?

Maya Rolbin-Ghanie explores the place of the "Somalia Affair" in Canadian mythology.

The "Somalia Affair" and Canadian mythology

Genetically Modified Diplomacy

Yuill Herbert examines Canada's international biotech agenda and the government's most recent GM 'victory.'

Canada's International Biotech Agenda

Canadian Aid or Corporate Raid?

Harsha Walia examines the work of Canada's development agency in South Asia.

Canada's development agency in South Asia

Will Eliminating Subsidies Help Poor Farmers?

Dru Oja Jay investigates how corporate control of markets goes missing in discussions about "free trade."

The NFU's Darrin Qualman discusses how corporate control of markets goes missing in discussions of "free trade"