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Ten signs you might be getting slandered by accusations of anti-Semitism

IJV — Fri, 11 Dec 2015 18:33:15 +0000

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Police shoot explosives at student protesters' heads in Montreal

Campus Notes — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 11:51:54 +0000

I'm just back as a medic from the large student strike and anti-police brutality demonstration in Montreal where the cops were shooting exploding tear gas canisters and flash-bang grenades into crowds of people -- really irresponsible, criminal and injurious.

We know that protesters in the West Bank and Gaza have been killed and seriously injured after being hit by tear gas canisters and so-called crowd control projectiles -- so this alarm is not just about the chemical effects, but also the kinetic trauma cause by the shooting projectile or explosion.

Using the Kony 2012 video to teach our youth about real global solidarity

mgregus — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 13:11:44 +0000

Monday, March 12, 2012

How do you explain to enthusiastic youth that the persuasive Kony 2012 campaign, urging them to do human rights direct action, is, uh... great, but... there's a problem... ?

Maybe you're like me, and all of a sudden, your child or your students ask, no, insist that you watch the viral video "Kony 2012." "So, like 70 million people have seen it, it's so amazing! You HAVE to see it!" She wants your opinion or he wants your approval because they are totally excited and plan to purchase the kits and go out with friends and plaster "Kony 2012" posters everywhere.

Nuclear power point: Canada needs a common-sense disaster response

rabble staff — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 05:11:45 +0000

Thursday, March 17, 2011

A small earthquake hits Ontario and Quebec. Pickering nuclear power plant dumps radioactive water. The same government planning nuclear reactors also plans our disaster response. What could go wrong?

Yesterday, an earthquake struck Quebec and Ontario, the Pickering nuclear plant leaked radioactive water, and a toxic cloud from an Ottawa fire started drifting towards Montreal.

Haiti: Charity alone is not enough

Cathryn Atkinson — Wed, 26 May 2010 05:47:37 +0000

Wednesday, May 26, 2010

Ethical humanitarian response gets undermined by charity aid. Haitians must find their own solutions: a talk delivered to a public forum in Winnipeg on the future of Haiti post-earthquake.

The following is a talk delivered to a public forum in Winnipeg, Manitoba, on May 7, 2010. The forum was organized by the Winnipeg Haiti Action Group under the theme, "Perspectives on Haiti After the Earthquake."

Haiti's wounded long to heal

Cathryn Atkinson — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 08:07:30 +0000

Tuesday, March 2, 2010

Amid the rubble, Port-au-Prince is a boomtown for the international aid-relief industry. It would be much better if its people could be allowed to decide how to spend money raised for their relief.

For Elisa Zlami, the burden of her fractured leg just got heavier, literally. The day before, Marc, an ortho-tech at the General Hospital in Port-au-Prince, came immediately to her tent, "Post Op 3," after I asked him to "do something" about Elisa's old split cast that was causing her pain. Haiti's earthquake snapped her shin bone in two, and left an open wound that has finally healed.

Marc expertly rewrapped her leg in a new plaster cast. Despite a day of drying, the new cast must weigh 20 lbs. Yet her leg still hurts along the fracture point. A summoned orthopedic doctor inspects Elisa, and tells her the pain should go away, and Elisa need not stay in the hospital. But Elisa has lost her home, and her family too.