This story first appeared in The Coast on June 25, 2009: Psst, hey, climate change deniers: Halifax Harbour is rising, and you don’t need a PhD in carbon core analytics to prove it. A simple observatory pillar in the harbour does the trick—and that’s how city staff measures water levels. And if you don’t trust […]
This story first appeared in Briarpatch Magazine on May 1, 2009: Under colonial rule, Ghana’s multiple traditional systems of justice were replaced by a single, expensive, incarceration-based penal system. Now, 52 years independent and among the poorest 15 per cent of nations, Ghana is at the mercy of foreign countries for financial support in maintaining […]
This story first appeared in The Coast on Sept 24, 2008: Naomi Klein argues that right-wing ideologues create and use moments of crisis to advance a regressive agenda. By Chris Benjamin It starts with a violent coup by dictatorAugusto Pinochet September 11, 1973. The Chicago Boys, a gang of Chilean economists trained by free market […]
This story first appeared in The Coast on Sept 4, 2008: Dal students and community leaders mark the doomed African Canadian community with signposts and structures.
This story first appeared in The Coast on Aug 7, 2008: As residents next to provincial dump can’t seem to air concerns to any level of government, the stink of environmental racism grows stronger.
This story first appeared in Z Magazine in Jan 2008: Debt “forgiveness” and the financial assault on Third World countries January 2008 By Chris Benjamin In April of this year many Western news junkies were shocked to learn that the southern African nation of Zambia had been ordered by a British High Court judge to […]
This story first appeared in The Statesman on Jan 15, 2007: Chris Benjamin, 15/01/2007 Imagine a world where, from the slums and shanties of a developing nation, where despots have ruled more than elected representatives, arose a new kind of community led by hawkers and hairdressers. That is exactly what is happening in Old Fadama, […]
This story first appeared in The Statesman on December 14, 2006: Chris Benjamin, 14/12/2006 “We are fortunate to have so many distinguished alumni from Ayirebi,” said David Firang, himself a product of this small village outside of Akim Oda in Eastern Region.
This article first appeared in The Statesman on February 1, 2007: Chris Benjamin, 01/02/2007 “I’m positive, my wife’s positive, and we have a baby!” exclaimed Clement Azigwe, Chairman of the Northern Regional Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS, also dubbed among its membership as the Association of Brotherhood and Sisterhood.
This story was originally published in Now Magazine on April 14, 2005: Who are the real crazies here? ADDITION TO HOME FOR PSYCHIATRIC SURVIVORS TURNS MY UPPITY NEIGHBOURS INTO YAHOOS
