Back in (Open) Season (on the Roma) – Catching Up
It's been quite a while since anyone posted here, on Opre Roma. My apologies.
While I've been gone, lots has happened relating to the mission of this blog: illuminating the struggles of marginalized peoples against oppression and…
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Mexican Drug War Continues – What Now?
While the recent narco-crime related incidents in Mexico might come as a surprise to some, the presence of drug cartels in government is not new to the nation, especially not to the town of Iguala. Found in the infamous state of Guerrero…
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Neither Guns Nor Butter: An Evaluation of the Conflict Trap
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is one of the world’s poorest countries. Despite a huge bounty of natural resources, the DRC falls near the bottom of most measures of economic and human development. Yet, the country is not known…
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“Hold a Mirror” to the Wounds of Canadian Aboriginals
On September 22-23, 2014, the UN General Assembly held a meeting in New York of more than 1000 delegates and heads of state for the first-ever World Conference on Indigenous People, but “saddening surprising” was that Canada…
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The Burmese Experiment
To paraphrase Rudyard Kipling, Burma is quite unlike any place you know about.1 The country has a tumultuous history, from its first unification in 1057, as the Pagan Kingdom, to its romanticized period as a British colony, to its current…
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Weekly Roundup: From Chibok to Catalonia
This week, MIR Online introduced readers to a diverse set of issues ranging from the harm of Islamophobia to the White House social media buzz. The discussions take us around the world from labour laws in Canada to the quest for…
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Review of the F.R. Scott Annual Lecture : Jeffrey Simpson Gets it Dead Wrong
On a cloudy and overcast Monday evening, McGillians and curious Montrealers alike gathered in the towering and daunting Birks building for the annual F.R. Scott lecture. Hosted by the McGill Friends of the Library, the annual lecture, held…
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ISIS and the Sacred State
The expressed mission of ISIS is the creation of a caliphate to rule over the entire Muslim ummah, the entire Islamic community. Such a mission runs completely counter to the modern sovereign state regime because of its goal to…
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@WhiteHouse – How Obama became an Icon of Social Media
The Obama Administration has been groundbreaking in many obvious ways, but one of the most interesting ones is how throughout Obama's presidency, his administration has used a variety of new technologies and media to enact the President’s…
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Small Nations: The Economics of Independence
Scotland’s recent referendum on independence resulted in a distribution of forty-five percent for and fifty-five percent against . While unsuccessful, Scotland’s bid for independence may have given hope to other regions with desires for…
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