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Senseless Savagery: A U.S. Connection to the Juarez Student Massacre

Senseless Savagery: A U.S. Connection to the Juarez Student Massacre

Sixteen Mexicans, most of them teens, were gunned down at a high school party by multiple, heavily armed killers, who reportedly filed away in silence last weekend. A horrified world viewed photos of Sunday morning streets running red with innocent blood. (...)

8 Feb. 2010 | 3 comments | Billie Greenwood

The Beginning of the Fall of the Hondruan Military Coup

Honduran resistance to Military Coup Government

Tonight, the heroic Honduran resistance, represented by thousands of workers, peasants, women, teachers, indigenous and afro-descendent people, students, human rights activists, and people in general, is outside the Embassy of Brazil. Inside the embassy, (...)

23 Sep. 2009 | | Billie Greenwood

is the messiah?

is the messiah?

Gaza Palestine Israel

6 Jan. 2009 | | micmac08USA

A death in the family

A news report recently revealed that the number of domestic violence cases in Alberta is one of the highest in Canada. This type of behaviour, and its frequency, can be blamed on various factors, such as excessive alcohol consumption (a big problem in (...)

2 Jan. 2008 | 4 comments | Werner Patels

Did Toronto Nightclub Bouncers Cross the Line ?

Photo : Barry Ward’s injuries, allegedly sustained from being beaten by bouncers of Kool Haus (via Facebook) "The first thing i saw when i was thrown onto the sidewalk was 2 other bouncers throw Michelle (a 130lb. woman for those who do not (...)

10 oct. 2007 | | BlogTO

Foul Play Ruled Out in Sunday Morning’s Blast in the Trendy Park Street District of Kolkata

Concern that terrorism or sabotage might have been involved in the blast, which occurred on the eve of the August 14th celebration of the 60th anniversary of Pakistani and Indian Independence, brought the top echelon of the Kolkata police and experts from (...)

13 Aug. 2007 | | lbwieland

Rio: symbol of Brazil’s violence

Rio: symbol of Brazil's violence

Antônio Carlos Costa, coordinator of Rio de Paz, explained this symbolic act by saying that “a city that is able to unite to organise the Panamerican Games (a multisports event held every four years between competitors from all countries in America (...)

7 Aug. 2007 | 1 comment | J.N. PAQUET

Should we have an Outright Ban on Handguns ?

Should we have an Outright Ban on Handguns ?

An escalation of gun violence in Toronto has again raised the issue of guns in the political arena. Having grown up in rural Ontario, I believe a ban on hunting rifles and long guns cannot be justified. But I don’t share that same view for handguns. (...)

6 aoû. 2007 | 1 comment | Gregory D. Morrow

What Is Torture ?

What Is Torture ?

Greg Djerejian versus Tom Maguire on whether induced hypothermia, sleep deprivation, and waterboarding constitute terrorism. Count me as standing with Djerejian in the view that if you can read accounts of the KGB using the technique that clearly paint it (...)

22 mai. 2007 | | Matthew Yglesias

Lebanon Crisis

Lebanon Crisis

Veteran reporter Nicholas Blanford explains what is happening in Lebanon. 1. Fath al-Islam is a splinter guerrilla group established last December that has links to the international Salafi Jihadi movement (which some call "al-Qaeda" as (...)

22 mai. 2007 | 1 comment | Juan Cole

Decoding Iraq Violence

Decoding Iraq Violence

Violence in Iraq at first seems episodic and hard to decipher. It doesn’t take much speculation, however, to see patterns. For instance, the bombing on Wednesday morning in Irbil, Kurdistan, which killed at least 12 and wounded 40. This strike was (...)

10 mai. 2007 | 1 comment | Juan Cole

No Perfect Scapegoat; Virgina Tech Massacre

No Perfect Scapegoat; Virgina Tech Massacre

In the aftermath of American history’s most severe gun massacre, the mainstream media attempted in vain to lay blame for the travesty. In search for a motive, one Jack Thompson, anti-violent videogames activist and lawyer, of course had to chime in (...)

23 Apr. 2007 | | James Ritchie

The Virginia Tech shootings

The Virginia Tech shootings

I was really shocked when I heard about the Virginia Tech shootings on the radio while driving back from the clinic on Tuesday evening. Going through various blogs which posted about the tragedy, everybody seems to be asking "what drove the gunmen, (...)

20 avr. 2007 | | Dilip Mutum (Adam)

Cho’s Home Video

The Virginia Tech murderer’s image is plastered on the front pages of newspapers around th world. His video is being shown on TV screens everywhere. I believe that the screening on TV News of home videos made by psychopathic killers before they set (...)

20 avr. 2007 | | Yaakov Kirschen

Cho Seung-Hui : Left-Wing Socialst Whack Job ?

Cho Seung-Hui : Left-Wing Socialst Whack Job ?

Sure sounds like it from this report : BLACKSBURG, Virginia (Reuters) - The gunman who killed 32 people at Virginia Tech university paused during the bloodbath to mail a package with photos of himself brandishing weapons and a video of a hateful, rambling (...)

19 avr. 2007 | 10 comments | Rob Port

In Defense of Crass Politicization

It seems to me that there’s no better way to earn plaudits in the blogopshere than to slam people who deploy something like the Virginia Tech massacre as a pretext for grinding some political ax. I’ve never, however, really understood what the (...)

19 avr. 2007 | | Matthew Yglesias

Someone tries to kill you, you try to kill them right back.

First and foremost, all thoughts and prayers are with the Va. Tech shooting victims and their families. Being a parent now I have a whole new level of appreciation for the terror and grief they have endured. My reaction as soon as I heard about this story (...)

19 avr. 2007 | | Begging the Question

Country Mourns, Barack Obama Trivializes

Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) has a different definition for violence than does Webster’s shown below : 1 a : exertion of physical force so as to injure or abuse (as in warfare effecting illegal entry into a house) b : an instance of violent treatment (...)

19 avr. 2007 | 21 comments | Liberally Conservative

Book Market Bombing Kills 38, Wounds 105 ; Shiite Pilgrims Targeted

Guerrillas detonated a huge car bomb at the old book market at al-Mutanabbi Street in Baghdad, killing at least 38 persons and wounding 105. The explosion destroyed 15 automobiles on the street and set many of the bookshops ablaze. The street was strewn (...)

6 mar. 2007 | 1 comment | Juan Cole

Criminals and Victims

Some things make one sick to the pit of one’s stomach ; the appalling news of the kidnap and rape of a three year old girl in Cardiff is something that leaves one angry, horrified, sick, and incredulous. How could any man do such a monstrous thing (...)

6 jan. 2006 | | Etybolik

Sydney’s ’Race’ Riots

Personal thoughts on the recent Australian riots. Did the media get it ? When I first heard about the community protest organised by a crowd of some 5,000 local resident of the beachside surburb of Cronulla, shouting slogans of (...)

31 déc. 2005 | | syd aus

50 cent should not be allowed in Canada

Music represents the outlook of a society. It represents a harmony of mind and body. Through guns and violence, the actual essence of music is destroyed. Now-a-days, we watch music videos to see half-naked girls having sex or gangsters becoming rich. (...)

25 nov. 2005 | | Arnab

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