The other day I got an email from Chrystia Freeland. At first, I thought that it must be part of a new strategy by the […]
Month: September 2014
International students have rights too
Legally speaking, I’m not Canadian. What I am, however, is a university student in Canada. I’ve made the conscious decision to leave my home country […]
Okay Mulcair, now you’re starting to impress me
To quote Katie Nelson, “When Global uses ‘unreal’ as an adjective you know it’s worth watching!” Yes, the scene in the Canadian Parliament a few days […]
Not enough: McGill suspends football player for second assault charge
On September 24th McGill University published a press release stating they had become knowledgeable of a McGill Redmen football player being arrested and charged and […]
Orientalism, Kurds and the never-ending war
In my latest article about Stephen Harper’s grand folly of wanting another military intervention in Iraq, I painted a very bleak picture, criticizing the third Western […]
Montreal Climate Change March (PHOTOS)
Thousands of Montrealers braved the rains yesterday to speak up about climate change. This was one of many demonstrations held around the world leading up […]
Humpty dumpty goes to war: Harper wants intervention in Iraq
So, here we go again. Thirteen years after the tragedy at the World Trade Center on September 11, and eleven years after the beginning of the Second Gulf War, a […]
Scotland and beyond: Self-determination and implications
On September 18, the Scottish nation went to polling stations all around their country to decide whether they would become an independent country or not. […]
The antidote: In defense of Jewish internationalism
It is an understatement to say that, during this past summer, tensions have been high. The Israeli carpet-bombing of Gaza exacerbated tensions all around the world. The […]
Harper’s Family Values: Silence, violence and social conservatism
This past week sounded the end of the political summer recess, but this week was not only the end of the summer vacations and the […]