March 17, 2008. Malalai Joya spoke to me during a phone interview from Boston. Her English is strong – at times, broken. Her voice was incredibly impassioned, swaying from sadness to anger as she described the situation in her country, her drive for democracy, and the growing fear for her life.
Archive for March, 2008
Ilan Pappé: I’m not a traitor
Matthew Brett, Sunday, March 16th, 2008, No Comments »
Controversial historian Ilan Pappe left Israel last year after his endorsement of an academic boycott of Israel exposed him and his family to death threats. Now a professor in England, Pappe maintains that a cultural boycott on his homeland is the only way to end the occupation.
Published: 03.15.08, 23:49 / Israel News
Ayelet Negev
How do you free your life from capitalism?
Matthew Brett, Sunday, March 16th, 2008, No Comments »
(rabble.ca)Dear Ms. Communicate,
Live Video Feed of Anti-War Demonstrations
Matthew Brett, Saturday, March 15th, 2008, No Comments »
Rabbletv, a brand new feature of rabble.ca, is broadcasting live coverage of the World Against World rally in Toronto and elsewhere in Canada.
CSIS ad denied
Matthew Brett, Friday, March 14th, 2008, 2 Comments »
The Department of National Defence has run an extended advertising campaign at Concordia University. CSIS wanted to advertise as well. Here’s what they wanted:
Join Canadians to protest war tomorrow
Matthew Brett, Friday, March 14th, 2008, No Comments »
World Against War Demonstrations will be taking place across the globe this Saturday.
Why Canada should withdraw its troops
Matthew Brett, Friday, March 14th, 2008, No Comments »
(Socialist Project • E-Bulletin No. 90 March 14, 2008) This Thursday the House of Commons passed a Confidence Motion put forward by the Conservative government of Prime Minister Stephen Harper to extend the Canadian mission in Kandahar, Afghanistan to December 2011 past the current commitment to 2009. With the support of the Liberal Party (breaking their previous position of a call for a troop withdrawal in 2009) the motion passed by a majority vote of 198 to 77, with the Bloc Québécois and the NDP dissenting. The motion built on the earlier Manley Report (Bullet No. 87) which called for a similar time commitment of Canadian troops, an increased effort at reconstruction and training of Afghan troops, a demand that NATO allies provide an additional 1000 troops into southern Afghanistan, and left open further Canadian commitments (including troops) to Afghanistan as a whole past 2011.
Keep AB nuclear free, specialist says
Matthew Brett, Thursday, March 13th, 2008, No Comments »
OPEN LETTER TO ALBERTANS from Saskatchewan Neighbour
I have just been to speak at community events discussing nuclear power in Peace River, Grand Prairie, Whitecourt, Edmonton and Red Deer, and will soon return to Lethbridge and Calgary. I have learned much about Alberta and its vibrant grass roots and, being there the week before the provincial election, I learned much about your reputation for having a one-party political system. And I learned more about the ecological and human impacts of the tar sands than I reckoned for. It was disappointing to see such a low voter turnout when AB is facing energy and the environmental challenges with such Canada-wide and global implications.
Israeli media silent on Aljazerra sanctions
Matthew Brett, Thursday, March 13th, 2008, No Comments »
I PROTEST! I am shocked by the silence of the Israeli media after the government’s decision to boycott the Aljazeera network as punishment for its coverage of the bloody events in Gaza.
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