Dawn Paley

Canada Arms Mexico

dawn — Thu, 20 Mar 2014 16:14:34 +0000

As conflict in Michoacán carries on, Canadian companies serve Mexican Army

MEXICO CITY—The beginning of 2014 marked the 20th anniversary of the Zapatista uprising in Mexico, but instead of focusing on the ongoing revolutionary work of Indigenous people and their allies in the south of the country, the eyes of Canadians and people around the world were on the state of Michoacán.

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Punching Holes in the Desert

dawn — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 01:33:30 +0000

Mine exploration by Canadian company spotlighted in double murder

BENITO JUÁREZ, MEXICO—It was a day he'll never forget, but it began like any other for Erick Solorio Solís, an engineering senior at the Autonomous University of Chihuahua (UACh) in Chihuahua, Mexico.

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Canadian Mining on Trial

dawn — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 19:02:26 +0000

Guatemalan delegation travelling to Canada to challenge corporate impunity

EL ESTOR, GUATEMALA—The rain won’t let up.

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Co-ops for Social Change

Miles Howe — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 18:18:29 +0000

Co-operatives are falling back into favour as a way to organize for sustainable economic alternatives and social change.

VANCOUVER—Though Canada has one of the

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Guatemala: Peaceful Resistance in the Face of Violence

Tim McSorley — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 19:24:11 +0000

Anti-mining activist speaks out for first time since being shot

SAN JOSÉ DEL GOLFO, GUATEMALA—Telma Yolanda Oquelí Veliz, who was nearly killed for her activism against mining in San José del Golfo, Guatemala, spoke out publicly Monday morning for the first time since the attack against her in June.

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Grants for Guns?

dru — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 20:31:02 +0000

Students protest weapons manufacturer at university job fair

Two dozen protesters with picket signs and megaphones gathered outside the Cunard Centre on Marginal Street in Halifax today to demonstrate their opposition to a job fair for students of Mount Saint Vincent University, Dalhousie, and Saint Mary's. The job fair included recruiters for Lockheed Martin, the world's largest arms manufacturer.

Asaf Rashid of the Student's Coalition Against War (SCAW) dressed in a white lab coat and an orange hardhat, spoke to the crowd through a megaphone. "This is not the only action" students are taking against Lockheed Martin, he said.

Pamphlets distributed at the demonstration highlight Lockheed Martin's profits from war, pointing out that the company's share price more than doubled after former US president Bush's "War on Terror," and that Lockheed makes the F-16 fighter jets used in the recent attacks on Gaza in which Israeli forces killed over 1,300 Palestinians.

On January 20 of this year, the student groups STRAX and community allies shut down a similar event, officially denouncing the presence of Lockheed Martin representatives on campus and the company's reps' intent to recruit students.

Rashid then introduced himself as Dr. Clusterbomb of the Weapons Inspection Team. "Inside [the job fair] are some dangerous elements: the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS), Lockheed Martin, and [Canadian military] defence," he said.

Dr. Clusterbomb announced his intention to enter the job fair "just to see how everyone's doing."

"Not only does Lockheed Martin produce weapons of mass destruction, but also weapons of mass deception," he said. Clusterbomb then tried to enter the fair, trailed by a dozen reporters. He was denied entry by private security and police. A job fair organizer told him he needed to hold a valid student ID to gain access to the event.

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