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Modern Slave Markets

Modern Slave Markets

March 11, 2009

State of the World The UN Office on Drugs and Crime has released its Global Report on Trafficking in Persons–a look at the forces at play in modern slave markets,…

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Unfounded Faith

Unfounded Faith

March 10, 2009

The assumption that the evolution of consciousness is linear ignores the dimensional aspects of learning. Recognizing patterns of evolution through the process of scientific observation — as practiced by our…

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Absolute Disaster

Absolute Disaster

March 8, 2009

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…

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Exercise in Credulity

Exercise in Credulity

March 7, 2009

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…

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Defeating Tribalism

Defeating Tribalism

March 6, 2009

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…

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Democratization

Democratization

March 5, 2009

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…

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Mining the Arctic

Mining the Arctic

March 4, 2009

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.

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Stark Injustice

Stark Injustice

March 3, 2009

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…

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TNCs and Human Rights

TNCs and Human Rights

March 2, 2009

The conference report on Transnational Corporations and Human Rights is now available, including interviews and videos in pdf.

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Driving People Mad

Driving People Mad

March 1, 2009

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…

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Chief 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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