Who Cares About Peace in Afghanistan?
Both the Taliban and the Afghan government stand to lose from a peace deal: the Taliban will likely have to sacrifice parts of their ideological platform, while the Afghan government will undermine its own legitimacy. This, therefore, begs…
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Ecuador Votes: The Fate of the Amazon is on the Ballot
As Ecuador's presidential election heads to a runoff vote with a focus on economic concerns, the future of the Amazon rainforest hangs in the balance.
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Le Quebcast: Françoise David
Pour souligner le 15e anniversaire de Québec Solidaire, le rédacteur en chef Charles Lepage reçoit Françoise David, membre fondatrice du parti, ancienne présidente de la Fédération des Femmes du Québec et grande dame de la politique!-->…
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Spotlight: Confronting Anti-Blackness within the Asian Community
This week on Spotlight, Editor-in-Chief Charles Lepage sits down with MIR Writer of the Week, Alison Lee, to discuss Anti-Black sentiment in Asian communities. They discuss the roots of the phenomenon and take the opportunity to discuss!-->…
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Albin Kurti & Vetëvendosje: a Political Earthquake in Kosovo
On February 14, Kosovo will elect a new government. Vetëvendosje, a nationalist and anti-establishment party, is expected to win a landslide victory. Should this pan out, a strong mandate would give Kurti the political capital needed to…
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The Asymmetric Power Dynamic of Temporary Foreign Workers
The temporary foreign workers program is an often unnoticed sector within Canadian employment. It is a complex maze of labour laws and legal dynamics which, together, create a harsh and often shocking employment system.
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Take it, or Go Without: Sputnik-V and Global Vaccine Access
While 184 countries, developed and developing, eventually came together to join the COVAX alliance, the choice of countries like Russia and the USA to opt out was understood by experts to be yet another example of geopolitics as usual. But…
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Congo, Coltan, Conflict: How the digital boom fueled conflict in Congo
In November 2020, the country received global attention as #CongoIsBleeding aimed to spread awareness of both the historical and present exploitation of the country’s resources by multinational corporations. Today, the metallic ore…
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The Untold History of the United States: Reagan, Gorbachev, and The Second Cold War
Host Mathieu Lavault meets once again with Professor Peter Kuznick of the American University to discuss U.S. politics in the 1980s. How did the Reagan Administration try to improve relationships with the Soviet Union? What kind of!-->…
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Looking for the American Dream
The sense of community and solidarity, unique to the city of Houston, is what for Vera brings the American Dream from imagination into reality. It is a different reality than our idealized perceptions, a reality that demands patience and…
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