The Garbage Crisis in Lebanon: Revealing the Political Failure
"Arrogance is colored and the Power is a rainbow”. “People are the source of power: leave, thieves and criminals”. These anti-government slogans, seen in the streets of Beirut on September 22, show more clearly than any poll the state of…
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Election 2016: Roll Call
WARNING: This is a long post. Blame the number of
candidates running for President, not me!
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“Let’s Talk Peace: Innovating Peace Day”
Since 2002, the United Nations has been dedicated to commemorating an annual international day of peace, observing this day as one of non-violence and global cease-fire. On the 21st of September 2015, in the year celebrating the 70th…
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Hajj Tragedy Highlights New Horizons for Iranian-Saudi Relations
In the wake of the tragic stampede that occurred on Sept. 24th during Hajj, an annual holy pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia, many in Iranian leadership have fiercely criticized members of the Saudi regime and panned Saudi officials for…
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Anti-establishmentarianism and American Politics: The Rise of the “Anti-Party”…
As the 2016 American Electoral campaign builds up speed, a curious trend has developed in the primary races in both of the major parties. To be sure, it is still very early to begin talking of any significant outcomes of the coming…
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Ukraine: A Tale of Two Hemispheres?
The Ukrainian crisis that publicly unfolded a year-and-a-half ago is commonly conceived as Russian President Vladimir Putin's exploitation of Ukraine's borderland characteristic. Mainstream summary of the conflict is such: Ukraine is…
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The Dignity Dilemma: An Introduction
“Whereas recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world”
- Preamble to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights…
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“Appalling” Lack of Initiative in the Harper Government to Act Against Gender-Based Violence
There is much more than resounding disappointment that should be aroused due to Canada’s inadequate action to combat the issue of gender-based violence. According to a report released last February by Status of Women Canada,…
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Workers of the World: A Blog About Labour, Not Marx
“The proletarians have nothing to lose but their chains. They have a world to win. Workers of the world unite!”
-Karl Marx, The Communist Manifesto, 1848
My name is Sam Hersh and I am a U3 student here at McGill studying history and…
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The Expat Elector: An Introduction
“Every four years in the presidential election, some new precedent is broken.”
- Nate Silver
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