by Mikhail Gorbachev, The Progressive Media Project, November 10, 2009 As we commemorate the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, it’s time to take stock. The Berlin Wall was one of the shameful symbols of the Cold…
Malalai Joya packs the house in Winnipeg
Malalai Joya speaking at Convocation Hall, Univeristy of Winnipeg, Nov. 16, 2009. Photo: Glenn Michalchuk Malalai Joya spoke to a pack house of in Winnipeg last night at the University of Winnipeg. Three hundred people jammed into Convocation Hall to…
Why Afghans Oppose Escalation of the War
Leave Afghanistan to the Afghans By Patrick Cockburn, Counterpunch, Nov. 9, 2009 Students of Kabul University, one holding a photo showing graves of Afghan victims killed in airstrikes, shout anti-U.S. slogans during a demonstration against coalition airstrikes in Farah in…
Does Judaism equal Israel? A Jewish Theologian Speaks Out
Does Judaism equal Israel? A Jewish Theologian Speaks Out Speaker: Dr. Mark Ellis, Director of the Center for Jewish Studies, Baylor University Date: Wednesday, November 18, 2009 Two Sessions 2:30 p.m., 306 Tier Building, University of Manitoba Co-sponsored by Global…
Indian Muslims declare terrorism anti-Islamic
Some of the most influential Muslim scholars in India have passed a resolution condemning all forms of violence in the name of Islam. The Deoband is an influential Islamic school inspiring tens of thousands of religious study centres across the…
The CIA’s Afghan Payroll
Security By Warlords By Gareth Porter, Counterpunch, Weekend Edition: Oct. 30-Nov. 1, 2009 The revelation by the New York Times Wednesday that Ahmed Wali Karzai, the brother of Afghan President Hamid Karzai, has long been on the payroll of the…