Today, in the wake of the shootings in Paris, the Conservative government in Ottawa is working to exploit the deaths and by extension the larger neo-colonial political crisis in France, to expand the role of state surveillance agencies, like CSIS and CSEC, that define contemporary neo-liberal authoritarianism, a political orientation that is firmly rooted and extends from the colonial era. Instead of embarking on a real political discussion on the ways that contemporary western systems of power are central to creating the conditions for terrorism, Harper is simply expanding the surveillance practices of neo-colonialism and by extension justifying war. CSIS=CIA CSEC=NSA
Posted on: Mon, 12 Jan 2015 22:51:36 +0000
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