Will Syria Be Libya All Over Again?
January 26, 2012, will mark the one year anniversary of the first protest in Syria which led to the mass movement that erupted two months later, on March 15, and has drawn the attention of the world to the plight of the Syrian people, and the brutality of the Al-Assad regime. According to the Syrian […]
Stop SOPA: Don’t Let Big Brother Blacklist the Free Press
The Stop Online Piracy Act ( SOPA) if passed would create a “legal” tool for censoring websites. Just like others coercive and repressive legislation such as the Patriot Act and more recently the NDAA, it contains vague provisions, open to interpretations, which could be used to silence dissent, free speech and the freedom of the […]
Occupy: Expanding the Legacy of MLK and the Civil Rights Movement
Almost half a century ago, Martin Luther King took on the herculean task to speak out and fight for the civil rights of America’s disenfranchised. Even so the accent of this struggle-starting in the early 1960s- was focused on putting an end to the odious state of segregation between whites and African-Americans prevalent in the […]
Human Trafficking: Modern Day Slavery Affecting 30 Million Women and Children
Most people think that slavery is a crime of the past. However, this notion couldn’t be any further from the tragic reality of a well organized criminal activity which victimized more than 30 millions women and children worldwide. As matter of fact, there are more people being enslaved today than at any other time in […]
A Message To Occupy: It’s Time To Move Forward
Occupy movements across Canada achieved great public attention and worked as the trigger for a paradigm shift. It is the Canadian chapter of a much required global wake up call. Occupy Canada has, through all its chapters and camps, successfully shaken the foundations of our status quo. Last night, a vast majority of participants referred […]
