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 […]
Haiti Two Years Later: How the US has Failed Haitian Families
By Steven Forester Since Haiti’s devastating quake two years ago today, many Republicans and Democrats have been urging President Obama to take a simple step to save lives and speed recovery, one which would cost virtually nothing, reunite families, and help thousands in Haiti. Ten editorial boards have urged the Obama administration to take the […]
