Geography Archives: Asia

  • An “Islamic Civil War”

    The war that Western powers — primarily US, Israel and Britain — began against the Islamic world after September 11, 2001 is about to enter a new more dangerous phase as their early plans for “changing the map of the Middle East” have begun to unravel with unintended consequences. Codenamed “the war against terror,” the […]

  • Worker Centers Increasingly Are Forging Alliances with Unions

    This August, the National Day Laborer Organizing Network (NDLON), a network of over 140 worker centers that organize mostly immigrant day laborers, entered into an agreement that would allow worker centers to apply for membership with local and state federations of the AFL-CIO.  The agreement could signal a new chapter in the way organized labor […]

  • Nadia Cherabi, Producer-Director: A Regard for the World and Human Beings [Nadia Cherabi. Productrice-réalisatrice: Un regard sur le monde et les êtres

    Aussitôt achevées ses études de sociologie, elle s’est précipitée sur le cinéma.  Sans doute achevée pour y trouver des moyens vivants d’interroger notre société et de porter un regard sur les choses mais surtout les êtres, mettant en valeur ceux qui émergent en dépit des modèles formatés. Vous vous êtes signalée par un docu-fiction sur […]

  • Kuwasi at 60

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  • James Brown’s Appeal

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  • The Phenomenal Form of Contemporary Social Movements: An Interview with Georgy Katsiaficas

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  • Cuba Stands Firm

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  • Golem Song: A Conversation with Marc Estrin

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  • Is Cosatu Playing with the Devil?Investigating the AFL-CIO and Its Solidarity Center

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  • To US Leaders: About China, Be Careful What You Wish For

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  • Afghanistan: Bush’s Other War

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  • Fiji’s New Rulers — Armed and Dangerous

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  • Flirting with Fascism on CNN Headline News: Host Glenn Beck Threatens Muslims with Concentration Camps

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  • Human Rights Watch Must Retract Its Shameful Press Release

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  • Lies, Facts, and The Pursuit of Profit: A NAFTA Supercorridor Progress Report

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  • Somba Ke: The Money Place

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  • Is Canada an Imperialist State?

      Has Canada become an imperialist state, as some on the Left argue?  On the surface, a case can be made.  Why did Canada participate in the kidnapping and expulsion of Haiti’s elected head of state, Jean-Bertrand Aristide?  Why are Canadian troops fighting the insurgency in Afghanistan while supporting a regime dominated by feudal warlords?  […]

  • One Big Push

    A NEW MOMENT It’s a new political moment for the antiwar movement. Washington’s failure in Iraq is undeniable: even Henry Kissinger says a U.S. victory is impossible.  The Iraq war was the prime reason the U.S. electorate delivered a huge “thumping” to George Bush on November 7.  The administration is openly flailing about for any […]

  • Empire’s Ally: Canadian Foreign Policy

    Since the coming into power of the Stephen Harper Conservative government in January of this year, there has been much gnashing of teeth over the foreign policy stance of Canada.  In particular, Canada’s relation with the U.S. on a phalanx of fronts has been at the center of controversy.  One has been the softwood lumber […]

  • All Towers Crumble: Should We Mourn the Loss of the Megastore?

    The massive grief for Tower Records is staggering.  Since the announcement that it would be liquidating and selling to Los Angeles-based Great American Group, music fans and journalists alike have been dreading the moment when the super-chain will be closing its doors; a moment which will arrive any day now.  Anyone who passes by a […]