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Barb Weir is the pseudonym of a satire writer and social justice advocate in the San Francisco Bay Area.
(Damascus) It seems that the Syrian authorities still believe that a security based solution offers the best chance of ending the wave of protests that has hit the country over the past two months, becoming apparent when tanks raided other Syrian towns and cities besides Daraa in the south, which throughout has been the cradle of the protests.
As predictable as the tides, the visit of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu brings out the worst of the Ottawa Press Corps.
Last week I received a map of Iran surrounded by countries such as Kuwait, Iraq, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, and countries across the Gulf like Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, UAE and Oman. In these countries were a total of 45 black dots, each representing a US Military Base, and the caption read "Who Is Threatening Whom?"
Ottawa's Leader of the Official Opposition recently referred to the Dutch Disease; explaining that with emphasis on wealth from Alberta's Tar sands the value of our currency is inflated, thereby hindering manufacturing opportunities in other provinces. Ontario and his stronghold of Quebec are worst affected.
Three years ago, I sat in a circle in the Sheraton Hotel in downtown Toronto. Around me was a group of Muslim youth who had gathered to discuss a media related project that would focus on finding the points of overlap between Muslim Canadian Youth and the larger diverse Canadian Community.
"What wrong have these people done not to have a Palestinian passport - one of their country of birth, but are carrying passports of different countries?" the late Yasser Arafat asked Heath MacQuarrie and me, pointing to a room full of people next door.
The star on what's wrong with our communities - and why the revolution needs to begin at home.
Re: Murdoch and Black, 9/11, empathy, Harper, smart meters
There is something exciting happening at landfill sites across Canada, where
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In early 2023, months before Israel launched its genocidal war on Palestinians, renowned French anthropologist Emmanuel Todd opined that World War III had begun.