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Category Archives: Nation states
Rural separatism
(May 30, 2003) Two clashing cultures cause most of the discord that characterizes our country. Until we reconcile the two, large parts of our economy will continue as cripples, large parts of our environment will continue to be destroyed, and regional movements – some of them separatist – will threaten to tear us apart. Continue reading
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Westerners put province first
(May 24, 2003) Concerns over the breakup of the country are about to shift westward, suggests a new study pointing to a growing belief among western Canadians that they are citizens of their provinces first, and of their country second. Continue reading
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Alberta: Who needs it?
(May 23, 2003) Contrary to the views of Canadian premiers who seek a Triple-E Senate and other provincial powers, contrary to the views of cod fishermen and others whose livelihoods have been extinguished by federal government mismanagement, and contrary to the views of conservative theorists who want political power to devolve to the provincial level, Canada needs weaker, not stronger, provinces. Continue reading
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Wilful blindness
(March 19, 2003) Peaceniks in St. Petersburg [right], Russia, on March 18, protest against war in Iraq. Credit: Dmitry Lovetsky, AP Photo. In 1981, when Israel bombed Iraq’s Osirak nuclear reactor to prevent it from making nuclear weapons fuel, Norman Rubin, my colleague at Energy Probe, lauded the Israeli action. Continue reading
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A clean slate for Iraq
(February 12, 2003) In February, 1895, Cuban nationalists seeking independence from Spain took to the hills and started a campaign of guerrilla warfare. When initial efforts to put down the rebellion failed, the Spanish military relocated hundreds of thousands of Cuban farmers into fortified concentration camps, where they soon fell prey to hunger and disease. In the United States, publicity about the camps fanned hostility toward the Spanish and, eventually, inspired calls for U.S. intervention in Cuba (where, not coincidentally, America had important economic and strategic interests). Continue reading
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Urban Renaissance Institute 