Agriculture & Farming
This article by Stephanie Westbrook, "A Concerted Effort From Europe Against Israeli Produce Exporter Agrexco" focuses on the boycotting of Agrexco in Europe.Agrexco is "Israel's largest fresh produce...
View ArticleFocus on food!
Randel Hanso's article, "Local harvest for urban landscape" published in the Counter Punch online focuses on laying the foundations for a local food system."How do you create a locally harvested food...
View ArticleFirst nations & social justice!
On June 9th, 2011 the following article was posted on Connexions Resource Center under First Nations/Native Peoples category: "First Nations under surveillance - Harper Government prepares for First...
View Article"Home is where the Hatred is"
This article may seem outdated - it was posted on the Connexions Resource Center page online February 2011 - however, it is still relevant to social justice information, and today. The gripping, and...
View Article"Imperialism 101"
Michael Parenti's article focuses on the true definition of imperialism and not it's false counterpart. Parenti clearly states that imperialism is the, "carving up whole continents while oppressing...
View Article"Defining an American State of War"
This article, written by Tom Engelhardt, focuses on the nine war words that America and basically the world should know in today's world. Engelhardt constructs a pleasant tone - as pleasant a tone can...
View ArticleImperialism & Colonialism... "A Cautionary tale"
William Blum's article is a recent post on our connexions.org website, and is categorized as Imperialism and Colonialism. It's subject: Portugal's past as example for Egypt.Blum gives us a description...
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Connexions Resource Center Focuses on NATURE
India’s Vanishing VulturesBy: MeeraSubramanianThe above photo is taken from: Munir Virani and was found on google.comThis article is just one of the many literary pieces about nature that is available...
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Focus on Peace: "War of the Killer Robots"
The stance of Brian Terrell's article, "War of the Killer robots" is made clear on the connexions website through the use of this quote from the article, "Drones are "killer robots," they do make war...
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Focus on Race & Ethnicity: "Origins of Racism"
This post from the Socialist worker online website (found on connexions.org) and it begins with a quotation from Yuri Prasad, who believes that people are mistaken when thinking that racism has always...
View ArticleFocus on Race & Ethnicity: "The 60 YEAR unemployment scandal"
"The 11th Street Bridge arches over the slow-flowing Anacostia River, connecting the poverty-stricken, largely black Anacostia neighborhood with the rest of the District. By foot the distance is small;...
View ArticleFocus: Radical & left history "Defender of the moment"
This profile of a radical lawyer, Albert Goldman, and is written by Joe Allen. The way in which Goldman got into radical politics is a unique story. It was his summer break from college where he was...
View ArticleFocus: Sexuality "Lupercalian Valentine's Day"
Dr. Block is an internationally renowned LA sex therapist who believes,"real-life love rarely measures up to the Valentine ideal—at least not in that gauzy goody-goody eternally youthful way, plus all...
View ArticleFocus: Women Issues "The Murdered Women of Juarez"
Laura Carlsen's article, "The murdered women of Juarez" is about femicide and it's relevance in Ciudad Juarez. In particular it opens with one woman, Marisela Escobedo's loss of her daughter Rubi who...
View ArticleFocus: Work "Death in a New York Food Sweatshop"
Summary of the article, "Death in New York Sweat Shops" by: Daniel Gross"Hundreds of small and mid-sized food warehouses line an industrial corridor starting in East Williamsburg and Bushwick, and...
View Article"Noam Chomsky: My Reaction to Osama bin Laden’s Death"
This argumentative articlewritten by Noam Chomsky allows us to look at Osama Bin Laden's death differently in comparison to how Americans and the American News expected, and wanted the world to view...
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Summary: "Lightning storm strands Halifax airline passengers"
This photo is taken from the original article, posted on CBC News Canada.This article is currently rotating on ournews feed. It caught my eye because this morning while eating my cereal and watching...
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Summary of Ryan Fletcher's Experience as an Undercover Homless Man
"I spent 10 days homeless in Abbotsford, Vancouver and Surrey. Incidents I came across on the streets of the "best place on Earth" were as distressing as some of the worst instances of suffering I've...
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"Legion of Cell phone resisters..." by Shannon Rupp
The Tyee: B.C.'s home for news, culture, and solutions has many easy reads that are interesting, and unique. They can be found at Connexions.org on our News Feed. "Legion of Cell Phone Resisters: Count...
View ArticleFocus: Women Issues "Woman from Jenin Now Longest Serving Female Prisoner in...
A brief article found on the International Middle East Media Centre website and posted on the Connexions News Feed states: "The Palestinian Center for Detainees stated Tuesday that Hana Al-Shalabi has...
View ArticleFocus: Women Issues "We Have Bigger Abbortive Problems Than Abortion"
Dissident Voice: A radical newsletter in the struggle for peace and social justice is another source where Connexions.org gets its News Feed articles from. "We Have Bigger Abortive Problems Than...
View ArticleWorld News: Australia
An 18-year-old woman was in the presence of a "collar bomb" for about 9 hrs. This article was released today by the gaurdian.co.uk. Authorities, and bomb squad officers had closed down the streets...
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Summary of: "New H.I.V. Cases Steady Despite Better Treatment"
On the Connexions website there is a page where you can look at articles in chronological order of their publication. That is where I stumbled upon the New York Times article entitled, New H.I.V. Cases...
View ArticleTORONTO EVENT: ROADSWORTH: CROSSING THE LINE
This week! On Wednesday August 10th at 4pm NFBMediatheque in Toronto will have a FREE viewing of Peter Gibson's (Alias Roadsworth) 73 minute video "Crossing the line".For those of you who are...
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