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Why Dead Children Don`t Matter, and How they Can: What Billie Combes and Moloch Still Teach Us

Does it matter to you? Do you too hear the screams that never stop?

(NANAIMO, Vancouver Island) - I don't remember a lot of my dreams, but last night's was stark and unforgettable. My murdered friend Billie Combes came and spoke to me.

He looked as sad as ever, but his eyes were sharp, like his tone. Billie barked at me, "You're forgetting about all the children, Kev! They're still waiting for you. They're waiting to come home. They want to speak. Don't fail them! Don't!"

Elder, Elder, Who`s got the Elder?

Native people, like all of us, have been manufactured.

(NANAIMO, Vancouver Island) - Indigenous nationhood, like Democracy or Christianity, is a wonderful idea; and wonderfully absent, in practice.

None of us have ever actually experienced these ideals - and yet how passionately we pretend to. In truth, we settle for cheap facsimiles of these visions that our various rulers convince us are the Real Deal.

A New Program for a New Year: We, the Jury: A Forum Without Borders to commence broadcasting on Saturday, February 2, 2013

Former "Hidden from History" program to broaden its focus and actively involve its listeners in a public justice online forum

(NANAIMO, Vancouver Island) - One of the joys of my work is meeting honest people on the ground who are battling for justice against overwhelming odds.

These valiant souls aren't just describing an evil but are directly confronting it.

If God were Alive Today: Remembering Maisie Shaw and Berny Cameron

A Christmas Reflection to be read, if possible, in every Catholic and United Church service across Canada.

(NANAIMO, Vancouver Island) - It's well into the night here in Nanaimo, and although the cold rain beats incessantly at our home, the fire inside is roaring.

Carol is asleep next to me on the couch and my stomach is filled and warmed with good cheer.

Not if it isn`t True

Burying the hatchet is always a good thing for those with the bigger hatchet, much as the law is good for the man with property, and terrible for the one without it.

(NANAIMO, Vancouver Island) - Being Christmas, this is the season of lies; so it's a good time to talk about healing and reconciliation.

Elizabeth Haq: Why does the World Ignore Sri Lanka`s Crimes?

It is essential that the rest of the world open its eyes to the country’s bloody deeds as well.

(TORONTO National Post) - No one knows how many thousands of people died in Sri Lanka in 2009, the year that marked the end of a decades-long struggle between the Sri Lankan government and the secessionist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.

Certainly, it was one of the bloodier conflicts that the world has witnessed in recent decades. But no one outside Sri Lanka really seems to care.

More Countries are Now Breathing down Sri Lanka`s Neck and it is a Good Sign

In all Sri Lanka rejected the recommendations of 45 countries.

(COLOMBO) - The Universal Periodic Review (UPR) is a process in the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in which member countries need to review their human rights records periodically once in four years.

The review would be conducted by a Troika of 3 countries.

Burma: Border Security Forces Fire Live Rounds into Village, Then Arrest 5

An officer from Pahalapa camp is using the name and power of Director, abuses his power to extort money from villagers after charging them with fake allegations.

(MAUNGDAW, Arakan State) - Nasaka (Burma’s border security force) fired live rounds into Bagona village on the 5th Dec. at about 9 pm.

No one was hurt but security officers arrested 5 people on allegations of participating in sectarian violence that broke out in Arakan State in June and October.

A Friend`s Appeal to Burma

First, I appeal to human conscience on the grounds of humanity and human rights.

(RANGOON, Burma Mizzima News) - The violence in Arakan State over the past two weeks has caused disillusion for some, division among many, and shock and anguish for everyone.

Racial and religious tensions that have simmered just beneath the surface for years have exploded into an ugly cycle of destruction and revenge which threatens to derail Burma’s journey towards democracy and peace.

The Tangled Web Meant to Deceive: Canada`s Latest Stage-managed `Truth and Reconciliation` Farce

It's all so familiar. Back in 2002, a similar stage-managed melodrama was concocted to exonerate the Canadian churches for their residential school atrocities.

(NANAIMO, Vancouver Island) - Canada's version of the Punch and Judy Show granted us some more comic relief this past week.

On December 4, the self-appointed "Truth and Reconciliation Commission" (TRC, or Travelling Road Charade) announced that it planned to sue the federal government to get them to release Indian residential school documents.