Politics & Current Affairs

The No-Nonsense Guide to Global Media

Published in association with the New Internationalist magazine, The No-Nonsense Guide to Global Media is the 15th in a series of pocketbooks designed for students studying socio-political issues. Concept-wise, these slim titles work like “Current ... Read More »

April 8, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

After Iraq: War, Imperialism and Democracy

By Jim Harding

The rapid-fire pace of events unfolding under the American occupation of Iraq, coupled with the CNN-headline approach to the war, make it difficult to understand daily events, much less appreciate the historical roots of the ... Read More »

April 8, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Canada and the New American Empire: War and Anti War

By George Melnyk

April 8, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Strange Things Done: Murder in Yukon History

By Ken S. Coates and William R. Morrison

As poet Robert Service pointed out, “There are strange things done in the midnight sun.” Coates and Morrison, historians and authors of several books on the North, do a fine job of collecting a few ... Read More »

April 8, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Air Monopoly: How Robert Milton’s Air Canada Won – and Lost – Control of Canada’s Skies

By Keith McArthur

Talk about a bumpy ride: In Robert Milton’s first four years as CEO of Air Canada, the airline went from industry giant to virtual monopoly to national laughingstock to troubled company seeking bankruptcy protection. How could ... Read More »

April 8, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Not Spain

By Richard Sanger

Passports are bargaining chips in these two political plays, each of which is set against a backdrop of racially driven violence. The personal becomes political in Richard Sanger’s finely crafted play, Not Spain, about a ... Read More »

March 31, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Running Dog, Paper Tiger

By Simon Johnston

March 31, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Who Killed the Canadian Military?

By J.L. Granatstein

After 50 years of political mismanagement, declining budgets, over-commitment, and broken promises, the Canadian Armed Forces will soon need to cease all large-scale operations for at least two years. Regardless of whatever short-term cash injections ... Read More »

March 24, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Weapons of Mass Persuasion: Marketing the War Against Iraq

By Paul Rutherford

The invasion and occupation of Iraq has spawned a cottage industry of books ranging from tomes with 20-20 hindsight to rhetorical rants calling on the free world to take out anyone who looks askance at ... Read More »

March 24, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Scams, Scandals & Skulduggery

By Andreas Schroeder

The slow demise of the CBC, as government budget-cutters press ever onward, poses a worrisome problem for Canadian publishers: without the resources of the national network, where will they find their books? CBC Radio in ... Read More »

March 19, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

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The No-Nonsense Guide to Global Media

After Iraq: War, Imperialism and Democracy

Canada and the New American Empire: War and Anti War

Strange Things Done: Murder in Yukon History

Air Monopoly: How Robert Milton’s Air Canada Won – and Lost – Control of Canada’s Skies

Not Spain

Running Dog, Paper Tiger

Who Killed the Canadian Military?

Weapons of Mass Persuasion: Marketing the War Against Iraq

Scams, Scandals & Skulduggery

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