Absolute Disaster
Nothing to Lose In his latest blog offerings, our colleague David Ronfeldt looks at Three Strains of Terrorism, as well as some historical background on apocalyptic millenarianism, which we link…
Read moreExercise in Credulity
After all the central bank shenanigans of the last decade, you’d think citizens would be a little more leery of government intentions, but apparently not. Even the privatization of public…
Read moreDefeating Tribalism
One of the constants in national security circles is discussion on how to defeat tribalism, the assumption being that it is morally inferior to capitalism. But tribalism cannot be defeated…
Read moreDemocratization
A Pragmatic Resolution This article on climate change and the media supports two key misconceptions that perpetuate political illiteracy. The first is that issues (i.e. economy, health, environment) can be…
Read moreMining the Arctic
Mark Dowie of Guernica magazine examines uranium mining’s effect on Indigenous peoples, and asks Inuit Circumpolar Conference leader Sheila Watt-Cloutier what the nuclear cycle means for the Inuit.
Read moreStark Injustice
Not one of the perpetrators of genocide in Guatemala has been brought to justice. A decade after condemnation by the UN for murdering two hundred thousand Indigenous people over 36…
Read moreTNCs and Human Rights
The conference report on Transnational Corporations and Human Rights is now available, including interviews and videos in pdf.
Read moreDriving People Mad
Governments should be accused of failing citizens. Well-being in the developed world is decreasing. Under-investment and dog eat dog societies are to blame for governments’ poor performance. Stress levels are…
Read moreDelinking Democracy
Globalisation and Autonomy The University of British Columbia Press has a number of interesting academic volumes on globalization and autonomy. Their G & A website has links to many intellectual…
Read moreChief George Manuel Memorial Indigenous Library
The library is dedicated to the memory of Secwepemc Chief George Manuel (1921-1989), to the nations of the Fourth World and to the elders and generations to come.
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