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Goodbye Campbell
It came as a shock, even though it had been expected for some time. The mighty three term Premier had been felled — mostly by his own missteps, but with an assist to former Social Credit Premier Bill...
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B.C.’s in custody deaths crisis: Interview with SFU Criminologist David...
David MacAlister holds a B.A. and an M.A. in Criminology from Simon Fraser University, an LL.B. from the University of British Columbia, and an LL.M. from Queen University. He has taught courses on...
View ArticleWikileaks reveals U.S. thoughts on Turkish Foreign Policy: ‘Rolls Royce...
Below is a confidential memo leaked by Wikileaks. In it, the analysis articulates that Turkey foreign policy has “Rolls Royce ambiitions but Rover resources.” C O N F I D E N T I A L SECTION 01 OF 06...
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Understanding Stephen Harper
As politics has shifted to the right since the early 80’s, the left has been sadly left flat-footed as neo-liberal policies have proliferated around the western, democratic world. Where the right...
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Two questions with Chairman Bob
Bob Williams is a former Vancouver City Councillor, former B.C. Cabinet Minister and is currently a board member with Vancity Credit Union, Canada’s largest credit union. Am Johal interviewed him in...
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Celebrating Jack
In a country like ours, we have little history of participating in collective mourning. It is neither fashionable, nor rooted in our traditions. For nations are built on founding myths which often...
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United We Can founder Ken Lyotier on Vancouver’s Jim Green
United We Can founder Ken Lyotier shared these words at a tribute for Jim Green on Saturday, April 14 at the Orpheum in Vancouver — Green lost his battle with lung cancer earlier this year. Jim, and...
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On Islamophobia: An Interview with Daniel Tutt
Daniel Tutt from the Unity Productions Foundations shares his views on combating Islamophobia in the United States. Am Johal: You’ve been engaging in dialogues around Islamophobia and the general...
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Q and A with Miloon Kothari, former UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to...
Miloon Kothari is the former UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Adequate Housing. In 2007, Mr. Kothari led a mission to Canada to evaluate its human rights record related to housing. Q. Now that you...
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A Healthy Society: An interview with Ryan Meili
Today is a National Day of Action for a 2014 Health Accord. With this in mind, we bring you an interview with Ryan Meili, the author of A Healthy Society and an important voice in the debate about the...
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Justice at stake: Chief Theresa Spence passes Day 15 of hunger strike
Launched in the shadows of Parliament Hill two weeks ago, the hunger strike by Attawapiskat First Nation Chief Theresa Spence goes on. There is little to be heard from the federal government or Prime...
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On Bud Osborn: A poet never dies
It’s raining right now while I write this in that dreary Vancouver kind of way. On Tuesday May 6 at night, the city lost an irreplaceable giant and we are all diminished by this sad, sad news. Bud...
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