Investing In Conflict: Canadian Mining Companies, Militarisation, Resistance

We spoke with journalist/activist/researcher Dawn Paley. Dawn is based out of San Marcos, Guatemala. She discusses the activities of Canadian mining firm Goldcorp, among others, and community resistance efforts.

Interview is available here.

Dawn Paley's blog:
http://blog.reportero.org/

Dawn will be speaking in Ottawa, March 25th. The event is at Carleton U., 2017 Dunton Tower. 6pm - FREE.

Info on the event:
http://www.opirg-carleton.org/content/

Rendition, Torture, and the State

An interview with rendition victim Abdullah Almalki. Abdullah is a Canadian citizen who was detained, interrogated and tortured in Syria because of information that could have only originated from Canadian government agencies.

He is one of the individuals whose case is currently under review by the secretive Iacobucci inquiry. For an excellent backgrounder please see Amnesty 's detailed chronology.

The interview is available here.

Four Years Later: Eyewitness Reports on Haiti Today

This week marks the 4th anniversary of the February 29 2004 coup d’état that overthrew Haiti’s democratically elected government. The Canada-Haiti Action Network organised an event featuring three individuals who've recently travelled to Haiti.

We spoke with Darren Ell; a photographer and independent journalist based in Montréal. Darren spent almost three weeks in Haiti in January 2008 were he met with trade union organizers, health care providers, and other grassroots movement activists.

He discusses his trip, the current conditions in Haiti, Canada's role in the coup, the privitisation of vital services through "aid" administered by NGOs, among other things. His photo exhibit will be opening in September, in Montreal. The interview is available HERE.