Impoverishing a Continent: The World Bank and the IMF in Africa

Book published by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, Ottawa, 2004. Read here Written by Asad Ismi Commissioned by the Halifax Initiative Coalition (Ottawa), <www.halifaxinitiative.org> An analysis of the devastating effect World Bank and IMF policies have had on the people of Africa.

Enbridge Spreads Disaster in Colombia

By Asad Ismi In the December 2000/January 2001 Monitor, I reported that Enbridge Inc., one of Canada’s leading energy corporations, was linked to death squads in Colombia according to information provided by Amnesty International. Below, I examine the impact of this revelation in Canada as well as detail the further damage caused in Colombia by […]

Conning the People: Privatization in Canada

A five-part radio documentary series about the disastrous effects of privatization in Canada and internationally. Written by Asad Ismi Produced by Kristin Schwartz Narrated by both Production assistance by Kristiana Clemens and sounds by Wing Hong Tse. Download or listen online at this link. Email Asad Ismi for CD copies of the documentary at <redstorm.ismi@gmail.com> […]

Canadian Mining Companies Set to Destroy Ghana’s Forest Reserves

By Asad Ismi Under pressure from Canadian and U.S. mining companies, the Ghanaian government seems ready to pass legislation in June 2003 which will open the country’s protected forest reserves to mining. The companies’ bulldozers are ready to rip apart thousands of hectares of rainforest in the Ashanti, Eastern and Western Regions if the government […]