Why Keystone Pipeline Will Weaken the US. Proof that the Tyee is one of the best sources of progressive media in Canada.

Canada’s refugee system is a dead end for terrorists. “The perception is an easy conduit for extremists. The reality is surveillance or jail.” Essential reading for anyone interested in Harper’s anti-immigrant “national security” agenda. 

 

Newfoundland has a lesson for Canada on globalization. From Armine Yalnizyan, a senior economist with the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, a cautionary tale of how economic security doesn’t necessarily come from resource extraction and the “free market”.

 

The IMF: Violating Women since 1945. Devastating criticism of Dominique Strauss-Kahn and the institutional culture of rape and pillage in the IMF.

 

Blackwater Founder Creating Private Army of ‘Christian Crusaders’ in the Persian Gulf:
“The United Arab Emirates has secretly signed a $529 million contract with Erik Prince’s new company to put together an 800-member battalion of foreign mercenaries.” Extremely scary stuff from the excellent Alternet.org reporter, Jeremy Scahill.

 

Entrapment and Racialization: the Homegrown Canard. A worrying report describing how American counterterrorism efforts have singled out Muslim Americans by sending paid, trained informants into mosques and Muslim communities, resulting in plenty of convictions that have been proudly trumpeted as hallmarks of a successful counterterrorism program.

 

Trojan Ride. The highly readable Globe and Mail columnist Ivor Tossell lends his talents to fledgling Toronto Standard e-magazine.

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