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War Talk: The Obama Administration and Iran

“Let there be no doubt,” President Obama declared in his 2012 State of the Union address. “America is determined to prevent Iran from getting a nuclear weapon, and…

Robin Hood Tax: Will it Save the Day?

Mario Monti, the Italian prime minister, who studied at Yale with the respected economist James Tobin, the first to propose the financial transaction tax, said that his one-time…

Lawfare and Targeted Killing

Over the last decade, the term lawfare, an amalgamation of “law” and “warfare,” has been adopted and popularized among people engaged in monitoring, judging and debating the legality…

Tahrir One Year Later: The Fight for Egypt’s Future

On November 19, Ahmed Harara, a 31-year-old activist who lost his right eye during the uprising against Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, lost his left eye while protesting the…

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Video: March in Support of the Syrian Revolution in Ottawa

This rally took place in Ottawa, Canada on January 21, 2012 in support of the…

Why I am Endorsing Paul Dewar for NDP Leadership

You might have read and heard in the media that I am endorsing Paul Dewar…

Reminder: Submit Questions on the Abousfian Abdelrazik Case

As was announced few weeks ago we will be holding the next Rights and Security…

Where Will Egyptian Women’s Outrage Take the Egyptian Military?

It’s never crystal clear when one incident or comment, one example of an outrage that…

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