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Blood of Extraction: Canadian Imperialism in Latin America | Jan 19 2017 | Braden Alexander | Canadian mining interests in Latin America often claim that they are providing jobs and investing in the local community. But a new book by Todd Gordon and Jeffery R. Webber shows otherwise.
Elisa Paloschi on her new film Driving with Selvi.
Elisa Paloschi on her new film 'Driving with Selvi,' child marriage and being in the moment | Jan 18 2017 | Face2Face | Elisa and Face2Face host David Peck talk about child marriage, being present, staying positive and why Selvi's story is an inspiration to us all.
Google v. Equustek at the Supreme Court of Canada: Dispatch from the hearing | Jan 13 2017 | Cynthia Khoo | As you may recall, OpenMedia intervened in a landmark Internet and free expression case at the Supreme Court of Canada, Google Inc. v. Equustek Solutions. Here's a recap.
Notice and what? Explaining the copyright 'Notice Trio' | Jan 11 2017 | Ruth Coustick-Deal | Notice and…takedown? Staydown? Notice? We explain what these phrases mean and why they're vital to the fight for free expression in 2017.
CJFE Publishes New Resource: Securing Your Digital Life | Jan 11 2017 | ure those who would violate human rights and hoard power do not have an easy time putting all Internet users at risk.
Report about U.S. and Russian interference in elections | Jan 9 2017 | Database of instances of U.S. and Russian interference in foreign elections since the Second World War.
Ceasefire in Syria is a rare hopeful note at opening of year 2017 | Jan 5 2017 | Roger Annis | The ceasefire in Syria and voices favouring peace in Ukraine offer a few glimpses of hope as the year 2017 opens.
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It's time to heed warnings about humanity's collision course | Jan 4 2017 | David Suzuki | Like Pope Francis's 2015 encyclical, the "World Scientists' Warning to Humanity" was an attempt to galvanize the world to recognize the implications of humanity's path and the urgent need for change.
Obama's expulsion of Russian 'spies' from the U.S. is deeply ironic | Dec 30 2016 | David J. Climenhaga | There are a lot of people you can blame for Donald Trump -- including the Democrats for running a candidate like Hillary Clinton. But the Russians?
Image: Wikimedia Commons/United States Department of Defense
Donald Trump may have started a new arms race | Dec 30 2016 | Amy Goodman, Denis Moynihan | The President-elect's vague tweet set off alarms around the world, necessitating a cadre of his inner circle to flood the airwaves with now-routine attempts to explain what their boss "really meant."
Rebroadcast: Social movements and how they make, learn, and teach ideas | Dec 28 2016 | Scott Neigh | Aziz Choudry talks about his new book, Learning Activism: The Intellectual Life of Contemporary Social Movements.
Photo: Rosemary Gilliat Eaton/Library and Archives Canada/flickr
Culture is the last great British export | Dec 23 2016 | Rick Salutin | England used to be the heart of the world's ruling empire. It imposed its self-serving version of "peace" everywhere. Nothing's left now but culture.

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