Argentina marks the 32nd anniversary of the start of the nation’s 1976 military coup today. An estimated 30,000 people disappeared during the so-called dirty war. More than three decades later, the bodies of many of the disappeared have yet to be found and identified. FSRN’s Marie Trigona reports from Buenos Aires on the work of a team of anthropologists that investigate human rights violations.
Archive for March, 2008
32 Years Later, Argentina Still Seeking Disappeared
Matthew Brett, Tuesday, March 25th, 2008, No Comments »
$24B on security in Canada since 9/11
Matthew Brett, Monday, March 24th, 2008, 2 Comments »
(CBC) Canada has spent an extra $24 billion beefing up security measures since the Sept. 11 attacks on U.S. soil, CBC News estimates.
Compensation to Afghan civilians under wraps
Matthew Brett, Monday, March 24th, 2008, No Comments »
Murray Brewster
The Canadian Press
OTTAWA–There have been at least eight instances in the last two years where the Canadian government has dipped into its pocket to compensate Afghan civilians or their families for accidental deaths or injuries.
Global Justice Ecology
Matthew Brett, Sunday, March 23rd, 2008, No Comments »
Corporate vs. Popular Solutions to the Climate Crisis
March 17, 2008 Category: Climate Justice, Strategy and Tactics
A presentation by Anne Petermann, Co-Director of the Global Justice Ecology Project at the Left Forum, New York City, March 15
Why US sees Iran as threat
Matthew Brett, Sunday, March 23rd, 2008, No Comments »
From The Real News
Would Democratic president leave Iraq?
Matthew Brett, Sunday, March 23rd, 2008, No Comments »
From the Real News Network
Chronology of the 4th Generation War Against Venezuela
Matthew Brett, Saturday, March 22nd, 2008, No Comments »
The following is a great and concise overview of US policy towards Venezuela compiled by Eva Golinger.
The Credit Crisis in Canada: The First Six Months
Matthew Brett, Friday, March 21st, 2008, No Comments »
(Socialist Project • E-Bulletin No. 92) The 2007 credit crisis irrupted in Canadian financial markets in mid-August. The immediate backdrop to this was the growing concern in financial markets about the value of assets underlying commercial paper, and especially the extent to which these assets were connected to a deteriorating real estate market in the United States. The subprime mortgage sector in particular was facing increasing degrees of delinquency, and growing appreciation of the extent of increasingly problematic mortgages. In conjunction with great uncertainty about the extent to which commercial paper and other securities were exposed to this troubled mortgage sector, confidence in the quality of a wide range of financial assets dramatically eroded.
Against the Militarized Academy
Matthew Brett, Thursday, March 20th, 2008, No Comments »
Henry Giroux is one of the leading academics in the field of Critical Theory, having authored over 20 books and 200 articles on the topic. He is the chair of English and Cultural Studies at McMaster University, and his most recent book is The University in Chains: Confronting the Military-Industrial-Academic Complex.
Could you live like this?
Matthew Brett, Thursday, March 20th, 2008, 1 Comment »
Could you live like this? Like the prey of a spider caught in a web? The Palestinians have been living like that for over 40 years… take a look what it’s like. (From DesertPeace.)
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