Author: Judith Deutsch
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Justice for Hassan Diab and the Unbearable Banality of Evil
Great joy and relief came with the news this January 12th that French investigative judges issued an “order of final release” for Dr. Hassan Diab from a French maximum security prison. Dr. Hassan Diab is a Canadian citizen and sociology professor who lived in Ottawa. He was extradited from Canada to France in November 2014 even though the Canadian extradition judge Robert Maranger described the evidence presented against Dr. Hassan Diab as “very problematic,” “convoluted,” “illogical,” and “suspect. Keep reading »
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The Unimaginable: Canada, Missile Defence and Nuclear War
The Invictus Games, attended by Prince Harry and many celebrities in Toronto last month, overshadowed another big military story: a September 19 report in the Toronto Star that Prime Minister … Keep reading »
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The Ordeal of Hassan Diab
In December 2014, Hassan Diab, the former Carleton University sociology professor, husband to Rania, father of a lovely toddler daughter and one month before the birth of their delightful baby … Keep reading »
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Convenient Untruths About ‘Human Nature’
Can People Deal with Climate Change and Nuclear Weapons? At this most critical of times, do current erroneous assumptions about human nature play a role at a deep level in the … Keep reading »
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Militarism: Revolutionary Mothering and Rosie the Riveter
The women who mobilized the January global protest against Trump are upping the ante with plans for a one-day women’s general strike. They focus on many appalling injustices and on … Keep reading »
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Unspoken Words: Nuclear War Provocations and Plans
During the election campaign there was a brief period of anxiety about Clinton or Trump taking possession of the nuclear code, with the power to eradicate our species at the … Keep reading »
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Syria and the Antiwar Movement
The enormity, complexity and fall-out of the Syrian war calls for urgent attention. Current events in Aleppo bring to the fore the unreliability of information and dichotomous political positions that … Keep reading »
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Endless War? The Middle East and Canada’s New Militarism
In 2003, the U.S. and its allies invaded Iraq on false pretenses and left the country in ruins almost a decade later, creating the conditions for ISIL’s ascension in the … Watch video »