Judith Siers-Poisson's News Articles

A View of 9/11 from North of the Border

by Judith Siers-Poisson — September 13, 2006 - 8:28am
  • Topics: Iraq, Terrorism, Health, International, Politics, War / Peace

    • I happened to be in Vancouver Sunday evening and all day Monday, so spent 9/11 north of the border. While people in the U.S. and other parts of the world only had The Path to 9/11 docudrama as a television viewing choice, I was fortunate to be able to watch two excellent documentary films about 9/11 and its aftermath aired by the Canadian Broadcasting Company (CBC).

    Funding the Left

    by Judith Siers-Poisson — July 28, 2006 - 3:59pm
  • Topics: Politics, Think Tanks

    • The July 2006 issue of In These Times magazine carries an enlightening and overdue article about how the Left is funded, or not. The New Funding Heresies, written by Senior Editor Christopher Hayes, focuses on the relatively new group of very wealthy liberal and progressive funders called the Democracy Alliance. This group of close to one hundred donors has pledged to individually donate a minimum of $1 million over five years to organizations chosen from a docket that is vetted by the staff and board of the Alliance. In addition, each Democracy Alliance donor pays a $25,000 entry fee and annual dues of $30,000 to cover the operating expenses of the Alliance according to the article.

    War Is For Children: Reading, Writing and Recruitment

    by Judith Siers-Poisson — July 19, 2006 - 9:07am
  • Topics: Iraq, Children, Politics, U.S. Government, War / Peace

    • As a child I absolutely adored Cricket magazine, published by Carus Publishing. I now have a twelve-year old daughter who likewise enjoys their magazines for kids, but the May 2006 issue of Cobblestone Magazine floored me with its blatant pro-military marketing pitch to children.

    Chances are, depending on your age, that either you or your children have read one of Carus’ publications at home, school, the library, or a doctor’s waiting room. For the smallest tykes—those under seven years old—they offer Ladybug, Babybug, and Click magazines. For six- to nine-year olds they put out Spider, Ask, and Appleseeds. And for the “tweens,” Calliope, Cobblestone, Cricket, Dig, Faces, Muse, Odyssey, and Cicada.

    From Russia with Spin

    by Judith Siers-Poisson — April 5, 2006 - 12:06am
  • Topics: Crisis Management, Terrorism, Public Diplomacy, Democracy, International

    • All is not champagne and caviar in Moscow. Pro-Putin political forces are concerned that the West -- particularly the US -- is growing increasingly distant from President Vladmir Putin and the current Russian administration.

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