admin • February 2, 2009

If Quebec is a nation within a nation, we can’t help but feel that McGill is a foreign concession. In Montreal, McGill stands for all things anglo; it was founded by an Anglican Scot, the majority of students are anglophone, and besides the French Language and Literature program, every one… Read More

Ricky Kreitner • February 2, 2009

“I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.” – Voltaire It’s 8:45 a.m. on the morning of November 2, 2004, and the streets are crowded. Nice day out. Suddenly the man in front of you is blindsided by an attacker,… Read More

Niko Block • February 2, 2009

Zionism and Israel’s Arab ghettos Read More

admin • February 2, 2009

Gilad Ben-Shach did make a good point in his January 22 article “Applying some logic to conflict terminology,” when he said, “I hope The Daily adopts more rigorous editing procedures, so that the situation is properly portrayed.” I couldn’t believe he got his Mathematical “proof” to be published. As… Read More

admin • February 2, 2009

And don’t let our focus on Gaza distract us from other crises Read More

admin • January 29, 2009

The opposition parties demanded a stimulus, and the Tories heard this loud and clear Tuesday. With their fourth-straight record spending budget, big-C Conservatives are being criticized by small-c conservatives for abandoning any semblance of restraint and increasing the federal debt in two years by a massive 14 per cent, to… Read More

admin • January 29, 2009

In “Police shootings connected to racial profiling” (News, January 25), Samir Shaheen-Hussain, a member of the Justice for Anas Coalition, was incorrectly quoted as saying “Coming out of a Mosque, bearded and wearing a skullcap and djellabah, Anas was an obvious racial target.” In fact, this was originally written by… Read More

admin • January 29, 2009

Ever since the Bloc Québécois’ formal introduction to federal politics in 1991, Canadians have been outraged over Ottawa’s funding of the party. The very idea that we should subsidize a party whose main platform is the dismemberment of Canada seems preposterous to many. In his Fall update, Stephen Harper used… Read More

admin • January 29, 2009

Last year, McGill teaching assistants braved an 11-week strike to pressure the University to negotiate a fair contract. The battle was won, but not without a bitter struggle. This year, our colleagues at York University – members of Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) 3903 – have also taken to… Read More

admin • January 29, 2009

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Sana Saeed • January 29, 2009

This is the first of a two part-piece looking at secularism. This first part acts as a loose introduction to a discussion on the negative approach secularism has taken toward fundamentalism, ideology, and essentialism. If we consider secularism to be the governing ideal of the future and the modern state,… Read More

admin • January 29, 2009

It wasn’t long ago that America was buzzing feverishly about the possibility of the first female president ever. With the country’s recent obsession with Barack Obama, the absence of estrogen within the confines of the governing bodies of the Western world has receded into the depths of memory faster than… Read More

admin • January 29, 2009

Reclaiming campus space for education over propaganda Read More

admin • January 29, 2009

Good luck with that peace thing Re: “Israel supporters want peace” | News | January 22 Oh! A peace protest!? Oops, I think I passed the wrong protest that day. The one I passed certainly wasn’t asking for peace. I mean, my friends and I were called “Fascist Arabs” –… Read More

admin • January 26, 2009

Censorship a sign of desperation? Re: Human rights, genocide, and the children of Hamas | Commentary | January 22 Attending the January 14 lecture by Israeli peace activist Jeff Halper, I learned that McGill authorities had only hours before suddenly threatened to ban the talk unless organisers paid for extra… Read More