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- Agent Orange in Canada
- Call for Justice
- CKUT radio interview on Africa show 'Amandla
- Ep. 86 - A School of Assassins
- Interview with Dan Eiffe (part 2), publisher of Sudan Mirror
- Interview with Dan Eiffe (part 3/3), publisher of Sudan Mirror
- Interview with Dan Eiffe, publisher of Sudan Mirror in Nairobi, Kenya (part 1 of 3)
- Varda Burstyn: on Huxley
- Varda Burstyn: on Social Equality
- Varda Burstyn: on Social Equality
- What is Peace? Discussion with James Twyman, As-Sayed Nurjan Mirahmadi, Leonard Howell and Todd Lorentz
- Varda Burstyn: more on 'Brave New World' vs. '1984
- 'No apology' from Iraq shoe-thrower
- A Biography on Orwell & Huxley - Part Two: George Orwell as a Character
- Iraqi journalist throws shoes at Bush in Baghdad
- Saddam's Doctor Rebutts Iraq's Story
- Southern Sudan: Oil Exploitation vs Wildlife Protection
- "The New Imperial Order Foretold" by Varda Burstyn
- A Biography of Orwell & Huxley - Part One: Key Influences
- A special evening of screenings and discussions - June 2, 2010
- A Tale of Two War Criminals: Bush and Clinton do Toronto
- American war resister wins another victory in federal court
- American war resisters struggle on
- Back On The Map: A New Vision for Canada's Role in the World
- Brave New 1984 - web project description
- Brave New 1984: a word from the director, Magnus Isaccson
- Brave New 1984: the Orwellian and "Huxley-ian" in contemporary times
- Challenges Facing Sudan’s April 2010 National Elections
- Conflict Threats & Peace Assessment: Juba, Malakal, Aweil, Kadugli, Kauda & Abyei
- Danger Mine!
- Deportations ordered: Critical time for war resisters in Canada
- Descriptions of George Orwell and Aldous Huxley
- Don't Forget Iraqi Refugees
- Election Ballots Printed by Sudan’s Currency Printer Controversial
- Films about Iraq
- Forced Migration Review: Sudan, prospectives for peace (Nov. 2005)
- ForeignPolicy Camp
- Foreword from Amusing Ourselves to Death
- Friends or Foes? - Peacekeeping Forces, Humanitarian Aid and Media Development
- From Bush to Obama: War is still a racket
- From the Bottom of the Pit
- Hell No, She Won't Go
- Historic vote in Parliament for war resisters
- Inter Pares aims to ‘Take Back the Day’ by reclaiming the true meaning of Mother’s Day
- Inter Pares offers soul-nourishing alternative to traditional gift-giving
- Inter-Governmental Relations in Southern Sudan
- Juba Assessment Town Planning and Administration, November 2005 Draft
- Juba Declaration By Southern Sudan Women
- Juba, Wau, Malakal Community Planning for Resettlement
- Khartoum Government Undermining South Sudan Self-Determination Referendum?
- Landmine Removal Frees Land for Agriculture
- Local Peace Processes in Sudan: a baseline study
- Logistical Challenges Facing Sudan Elections
- Part II: Soldiering on? The invisible injuries of war
- Permanent Court of Arbitration Makes Ruling on Abyei Border
- Perspective: Sudan – Land of Water and Thirst; War and Peace
- Post-2012 Scenarios for Sudan: War vs Peace, United vs Secession
- Press Freedom Post-Conflict: A cause of instability or Foundation of Democratic Development? (April 2007, Copenhagen, Denmark)
- Psychologists and torture
- Sanctuary for war resister: Rodney Watson takes refuge in Vancouver church
- Seven-Weeks in Southern Sudan Beckons a Return Visit
- Soldiering on? The human cost of war
- St. Stephen N.B. protest rally for Gagetown Agent Orange Public Inquiry.
- Support for the BN 1984 project from some young filmmakers
- The Already Big Thing on the Internet: Spying on Users
- The Comprehensive Peace Agreement (a sumary booklet)
- The courage to resist: war resisters fight to stay
- Total Returns to South Sudan Post CPA to June 2008
- Two Million Southern Sudanese Returned Home Since 2005
- U.S. deserter faces deportation Christmas Eve
- U.S. War Resisters: Warriors with Conscience
- Universal Soldiers
- Voter Registration Verification Begins in Sudan
- Voting Begins in Sudan Despite Rigging Accusations and Boycott
- War and punishment, crime and peace
- What is the difference between a refugee and an IDP and what happens to them now that the war is over?
- Why the Internet is a double-edged sword
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