The War in Syria, Debunking Lies and Fake News: Eva Bartlett's Canada Tour
January 25: TORONTO TIME: 7:00 pm LOCATION: USW (Steelworkers) Hall, 25 Cecil St.
Book Review - The Return of History: Conflict, Migration, and Geopolitics by Jennifer Welsh
The underlying basis of the book is to provide a critique of Francis Fukuyama's theory of an end point to history.
It's time to have a rational conversation about the oil sands | What's Left
'We can't shut down the oilsands tomorrow. We need to phase them out. We need to manage the transition off of our dependence on fossil fuels. That is going to take time. And, in the meantime, we have to manage that transition.” That was a statement made by Justin Trudeau last week about the Alberta oil sands.
Fighting fake news one lie at a time | What's Left
The war against fake news is being waged in the trenches of the information superhighway – thanks to a small but mighty class of online soldiers.
Women's March on Washington | What's Left
Long after the march is done, it is hoped that these expanded demands will set a solid foundation for a new movement that will move all women forward.
What's Left 2017-01-17 Volume 86
Coming up: Women's March on Washington; Book Review - The Return of History: Conflict, Migration, and Geopolitics by Jennifer Welsh; Fighting fake news one lie at a time; It's time to have a rational conversation about the oil sands
Fake news about fake news; we have not started the year on a positive note | What's Left
While no media organization is immune to sensationalist headlines, it is hard to see how the current frenzy is sustainable or helping to build understanding – which is arguably the point of mainstream news media.
What's Left 2017-01-08 Volume 85
Fake news about fake news; we have not started the year on a positive note.; Trudeau's Liberals, same as the old; Income inequality grows in Canada; Kentucky goes full speed down the anti-worker and anti-women road; SEIU slashes spending 30% in response to majority Republican elections; Book Review: The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin; What we shared this week.
Book Review: The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin
When it was published in 1969, The Left Hand of Darkness reaped the following year's Hugo and Nebula prizes, two major awards for science fiction writing. The book's success helped to propel Ursula K. Le Guin as a figurehead for the genre. The Left Hand of Darkness is a brilliant, imaginative and provocative work that raised questions of great relevance for its time, and for today.
Former Haiti coup leader Guy Philippe arrested | Miami Herald
'Philippe's leadership in the 2004 coup d'état against Aristide led to the president's ouster, and Human Rights Watch accused him of overseeing unlawful killings. In the aftermath, Philippe — along with other Haitian police officers, politicians and drug traffickers — became entangled in a U.S. crackdown on Haiti as a narcotics hub for Colombian cocaine. … In the summer of 2007, a secret U.S. mission launched from the Guantánamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba to seize Philippe failed. There would be several other equally unsuccessful attempts.' Click on the link below for my assessment of the geopolitics of the 2004 coup in Haiti.