1. Eelam War IV: Finishing the work of the tsunami
(Opinions/op-ed)

...tary defeat after military defeat over the past few years. Eelam War IV: Finishing the work of the tsunami by Justin Podur The Sri Lankan military now (May 16/09) controls virtually all of the terri...

2. Turn off the Canadian Media, Please
(Opinions/Politic)

...suses, museums) played a key role in creating national consciousness. Turn off the Canadian Media, Please By Justin Podur If national media help make a nation, then we all need to stop reading and ...

3. This kind of war
(Opinions/Society)

...s blockade of Gaza. As part of this blockade, Palestinians could not leave the territory. This kind of war By Justin Podur The current crisis in Gaza began with Israel's breaking the ceasefire with ...

4. Palestine doesn't get to have a 9/11
(Opinions/Politic)

...se the suffering and deaths of its people to justify what it has done. Palestine doesn't get to have a 9/11 By Justin Podur In September 2001, a group of terrorists from al Qaeda killed several thous...

5. Colombia Indigenous/Cane Workers Protests
(Opinions/Daily)

...ng to stay on their land. Others are sugar cane-workers fighting for their rights. To cut down a rebellion By Justin Podur Colombian riot police surround thousands of indigenous and labor activists ...

6. The financial economy and the real economy
(Opinions/op-ed)

...that stories discussing them rarely stop to explain the basics. The financial economy and the real economy By Justin Podur “This extraordinary capacity to finance not on past wealth but on the pres...

7. On drug wars and opium fueled insurgencies
(Opinions/op-ed)

...ops, kidnapped soldiers and others, and killed them in ambushes. On drug wars and opium fueled insurgencies By Justin Podur ISLAMABAD JULY 13/08 - Over the past few days the Americans have hit the Pa...

8. Universal patterns within cultural diversity
(Opinions/Society)

...al Institute for Research and Dialogue. Institute Director Mumtaz Ahmad brought in me and my Canadian colleague Justin Podur, who is teaching a course on critical thinking, to bring new perspectives t...

9. Taliban and the absence of the state
(Opinions/op-ed)

...n. The writ of the state Is Pakistan's insurgency fueled by too little state, too much, or the wrong kind? By Justin Podur ISLAMABAD Another couple of days of bombings in Pakistan and Afghanistan, ...

10. On a quest for secular piety
(Opinions/Review)

... in serial form, and frequently runs op-eds by Tarek. Reviewing Tarek Fatah's "Chasing a Mirage" By Justin Podur Tarek personally asked me to review his book, Chasing a Mirage: the tragic ...