Conn Hallinan
LATEST ARTICLES BY Conn Hallinan
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World
WikiLeaks shows NATO’s role in Ukraine crisis
March 12, 2014Is the Russian occupation of the Crimea a case of aggressive expansionism by Moscow or aimed at blocking a scheme by NATO to roll up to Russia's western border?
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World
Sudan: Colonialism’s dead hand
February 11, 2014Hopefully the recent ceasefire agreement between the warring parties in South Sudan will halt that country's downward spiral into civil war.
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Arts
“Empire’s Ally: Canada and the War in Afghanistan”
January 30, 2014"Empire's Ally: Canada and the War in Afghanistan," by Klassen and Greg Albo, asks the question, "Why did the Canadian government go to war in Afghanistan in 2001?"
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World
Turkey’s crisis: more than meets the eye
January 6, 2014The current corruption crisis zeroing in on Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyio Erdogan has all the elements of one of his country's famous soap operas that tens of millions of people all over the Middle East...
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Opinion
2013 “Are You Serious?” Awards
December 20, 2013Every year Dispatches From The Edge gives awards to news stories and newsmakers that fall under the category of "Are you serious?" Here are the awards for 2013.
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Opinion
Should Iran have the “right” to nuclear fuel?
December 11, 2013There are any number of obstacles that could trip up the nuclear negotiations between Iran and the "P5+1," but the right to "enrich" nuclear fuel should not be one of them.
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Opinion
Nelson Mandela – a memory
December 6, 2013With the news that Mandela's breath finally failed him-his lungs were savaged by the tuberculosis he acquired during his 27 years of imprisonment in South Africa-two memories came to mind.
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World
Pandora and the drones
December 4, 2013More than 70 countries in the world deploy drones, 16 of them the deadly variety, and many of those drones target rural people living on the margins of the modern world.
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