Tag: United States
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This election is about us
BY JAKE HRIBLJAN I can’t escape from Donald Trump. No matter how hard I try, the star of everyone’s new favourite television series, ‘U.S. Elections 2016’, follows me like a shadow. Such is life in our instantaneous electronic universe. YouTube is recommending me Trump joke videos (or should I say Drumpf?), the evening news is…
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Lawyer warns of systemic racism fuelling the security state
BY JAKE HRIBLJAN While some Canadians may find the niqab an infringement on Canadian culture, legal scholar and activist Azeezah Kanji sees the recent election debate as one of the latest examples of a deeply entrenched system of institutionalized racism. Two weeks ago, University of Toronto’s Hart House hosted its annual Hancock Lecture, given by…
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Syria: the reaction of world leaders
TIMELINE BY DANA MIELE Syria has been at civil war for the past two years. The fight between government and rebels has conducted a death toll of over 100,000 people and has created 2 million refugees. Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has used chemical weapons against the civilians of Syria, changing the course of modern warfare.…