Canadian Companies in Colombia Linked to Murders, Repression: Oil, Mining Firms Open to Charge of Complicity in Genocide

By Asad Ismi On May 3, the third edition of my report Profiting from Repression: Canadian Investment in and Trade with Colombia was released by the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) in Ottawa. The comprehensive 184-page report links ten Canadian companies in Colombia to the genocide of indigenous Colombians, to complicity in eight murders […]

Profiting from Repression: Canadian Investment in and Trade with Colombia (Third Edition)

The groundbreaking three editions of Profiting from Repression: Canadian Investment in and Trade with Colombia (2000, 2006, 2012) constitute the most comprehensive and in-depth account of this subject presently in existence. Colombia Report – Asad Ismi 2012 REVIEWS 1.  Asad Ismi’s research is an extraordinary tool for us in the struggle to defend the natural […]

The Latin American Revolution (Part 10): Peruvian Election Win Latest Triumph for Left-Wing Reformers

By Asad Ismi Ollanta Humala’s victory in the Peruvian election held on June 5 is the latest triumph for the Latin American Revolution. Humala, a progressive ex-army officer, was elected President as leader of the Nationalist Party. This brings to eleven the number of left-wing governments now ruling in Latin America. The President-elect is a […]

It’s a Poor Sort of Memory that Only Works Backwards

First editionby Johan Grimonprez, Catherine Bernard, Slavoj Zizek, Benoit Detalle, Asad IsmiHardcover, 352 Pages, Published 2011 by Hatje CantzISBN-13: 978-3-7757-3130-0, ISBN: 3-7757-31