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UID:http://octopusbooks.ca/event/cinema-politica-co-challenge-change-activist-documentary-national-film-board-canada
URL;VALUE=URI:http://octopusbooks.ca/event/cinema-politica-co-challenge-change-activist-documentary-national-film-board-canada
SUMMARY:Cinema Politica & co\: Challenge for Change - Activist Documentary at the NFB
DESCRIPTION:National Filmboard or Canada\, Cinema Politica and McGill-QUeen's University Press cordially invites you to join Thomas Waughn\, Michael Baker and Ezra Winton for the launch of Challenge for Change\: Activist Documentary at the National Film Board of Canada
 Challenge for Change\: Activist Documentary at the National Film Board of Canada\, published by McGill-Queen's University Press\, is a 600-page volume of essays and articles edited by Cinema Politica founder and programmer Ezra Winton\, along with Thomas Waugh and Michael Brendan Baker. Three years in the making\, this collection&nbsp\; brings together for the first time historical and contemporary literature and research on one of the National Film Board of Canada's most (in)famous initiatives to date.
 Friday\, March 12\,&nbsp\; 5 - 7 PM&nbsp\;
 Reader's Digest Resource Library\, 346 St. Patrick's Building\, Carleton University<br />
 For more information\: <a href=\\"http\://www.cinemapolitica.org/challenge-for-change\\" title=\\"http\://www.cinemapolitica.org/challenge-for-change\\">http\://www.cinemapolitica.org/challenge-for-change</a>
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100315T230000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100316T010000Z
UID:http://octopusbooks.ca/event/cinema-politica-fair-trade-carleton-black-gold
URL;VALUE=URI:http://octopusbooks.ca/event/cinema-politica-fair-trade-carleton-black-gold
SUMMARY:Cinema Politica & Fair Trade Carleton\: Black Gold
DESCRIPTION:Fair Trade Carleton and Carleton Cinema Politica present... BLACK GOLD
 When\: Monday\, March 15 at 7\:00 PM<br />
 Where\: Unicentre (UC) 378<br />
 Cost\: Admission by Donation<br />
 Info/Trailer\: <a href=\\"http\://www.cinemapolitica.org/carleton\\" title=\\"www.cinemapolitica.org/carleton\\">www.cinemapolitica.org/carleton</a>
 Synopsis\:
 Multinational coffee companies now rule our shopping malls and supermarkets and dominate the industry worth over $80 billion\, making coffee the most valuable trading commodity in the world after oil.
 But while we continue to pay for our lattes and cappuccinos\, the price paid to coffee farmers remains so low that many have been forced to abandon their coffee fields.
 Nowhere is this paradox more evident than in Ethiopia\, the birthplace of coffee. Tadesse Meskela is one man on a mission to save his 74\,000 struggling coffee farmers from bankruptcy. As his farmers strive to harvest some of the highest quality coffee beans on the international market\, Tadesse travels the world in an attempt to find buyers willing to pay a fair price.
 Against the backdrop of Tadesse's journey to London and Seattle\, the enormous power of the multinational players that dominate the world's coffee trade becomes apparent. New York commodity traders\, the international coffee exchanges\, and the double dealings of trade ministers at the World Trade Organisation reveal the many challenges Tadesse faces in his quest for a long term solution for his farmers.
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100318T230000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100318T230000Z
UID:http://octopusbooks.ca/event/launch-revolutionary-traveller-john-s-saul
URL;VALUE=URI:http://octopusbooks.ca/event/launch-revolutionary-traveller-john-s-saul
SUMMARY:REVOLUTION 1\: Revolutionary Traveller by John S. Saul
DESCRIPTION:We are excited to host the launch of Revolutionary Traveller\, by John S. Saul at the store on Thursday\, March 18 at 7 pm. 
 No admission fee\, wheelchair accessible.
 In Revolutionary Traveller\, John S. Saul draws on a series of his own occasional articles written over a span of forty years which\, together with a linking narrative\, serve to trace not only his own career as an anti-apartheid and liberation support movement activist in both Canada and southern Africa but also help recount the history of the various struggles in both venues in which he has been directly involved. He thus shapes a unique memoir\, capped by some longer summary pieces on the global processes of empire and decolonization that he has witnessed and on the reading\, listening\, playing and family pleasures that have enlivened his life&rsquo\;s passage.
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100320T180000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100320T200000Z
UID:http://octopusbooks.ca/event/launch-you-dont-play-revolution-edited-david-austin
URL;VALUE=URI:http://octopusbooks.ca/event/launch-you-dont-play-revolution-edited-david-austin
SUMMARY:REVOLUTION 2\: You Don't Play With Revolution edited by David Austin
DESCRIPTION:We are excited to organize the launch of <em>You Don't Play With Revolution\: The Montreal Lectures of C.L.R. James </em>edited by <strong>David Austin.</strong> 
 The event will take place in the auditorium\, Main Library (120 Metcalfe) on Saturday\, March 20 at 2\:00 p.m.
 No admission\, wheelchair accessible.
 Revolution is a serious business\, and C.L.R. James knew more than most. Our brand-new collection presents eight never-before-published lectures by the celebrated Marxist cultural critic\, delivered during his stay in Montreal in 1967 and 1968. Ranging in topic from Marx and Lenin to Shakespeare and Rousseau to Caribbean history and the Haitian Revolution\, these lectures demonstrate the staggering breadth and clarity of James' knowledge and interest.
 Strikingly little information exists today about the period of time James spent working with West Indian intellectuals and students in Canada in the late 1960s\, but the research of editor David Austin demonstrates the critical role these encounters played in the development of James' more mature critical theory. Readers just beginning to delve into James work will find this collection accessible and engaging\, an ideal introduction to a complex and multi-faceted body of scholarship. Also included are two seminal interviews produced with James during his stay in Canada\, selected correspondence from the time period\, and an appendix of essays on James' work\, which includes the seminal Marty Glaberman essay\, &quot\;C.L.R. James\: The Man and His Work.&quot\;.
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100322T230000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100323T010000Z
UID:http://octopusbooks.ca/event/cinema-politica-h2oil
URL;VALUE=URI:http://octopusbooks.ca/event/cinema-politica-h2oil
SUMMARY:Cinema Politica\: H2OIL
DESCRIPTION:Carleton Cinema Politica presents... H2OIL
 When\: Monday\, March 22 at 7\:00 PM<br />
 Where\: Azrieli Theatre (AT) 301<br />
 Cost\: Admission by Donation<br />
 Info/Trailer\: <a href=\\"http\://www.cinemapolitica.org/carleton\\" title=\\"www.cinemapolitica.org/carleton\\">www.cinemapolitica.org/carleton</a>
 Synopsis\:
 Ever wonder where American gets most of its oil? If you thought it was Saudi Arabia or Iraq you are wrong. America&rsquo\;s biggest oil supplier has quickly become Canada&rsquo\;s oil sands. Located under Alberta&rsquo\;s pristine boreal forests\, the process of oil sands extraction uses up to 4 barrels of fresh water to produce only one barrel of crude oil.
 It goes without saying that water &mdash\; its depletion\, exploitation\, privatization and contamination &mdash\; has become the most important issue to face humanity in this century. At the same time\, the war for oil is well underway across the globe. A struggle is increasingly being fought between water and oil\, not only over them.
 Alberta&rsquo\;s oil sands are at the centre of this tension. As the province rushes towards a large-scale extraction\, the social\, ecological and human impacts are hitting a crisis point. In only a few short years the continent will be a crisscross of pipelines\, reaching from the arctic all the way to the southern US\, leaving toxic water basins the size of Lake Ontario\, and surface-mines as large as Florida.
 H2Oil follows a voyage of discovery\, heartbreak and politicization in the stories of those attempting to defend water in Alberta against tar sands expansion.
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100323T213000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100323T230000Z
UID:http://octopusbooks.ca/event/polaris-institute-launches-tarnation
URL;VALUE=URI:http://octopusbooks.ca/event/polaris-institute-launches-tarnation
SUMMARY:Polaris Institute Launches \\"TarNation\\"
DESCRIPTION:Join the Polaris Institute as they launch Canada's first Tar Sands video game - TarNation!
 @ D'arcy McGee's (44 Spark St)
 March 23rd 2010
 5\:30 - 7 pm
 &nbsp\;
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100323T230000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100324T010000Z
UID:http://octopusbooks.ca/event/launch-global-fight-climate-justice-ian-angus
URL;VALUE=URI:http://octopusbooks.ca/event/launch-global-fight-climate-justice-ian-angus
SUMMARY:Launch of The Global Fight for Climate Justice by Ian Angus
DESCRIPTION:We are thrilled to host the launch of <em>The Global Fight for Climate Justice Anticapitalist Responses to Global Warming and Environmental Destruction </em>edited by <strong>Ian Angus</strong>. 
 The event takes place at the store\, on Tuesday March 23 at 7 pm. 
 No admission fee\, wheelchair accessible.
 As capitalism continues with business as usual\, climate change is fast expanding the gap between rich and poor\, and between and within nations\, as well imposing unparalleled suffering on those least able to protect themselves. In The Global Fight for Climate Justice\, anti-capitalist activists from five continents offer radical answers to the most important questions of our time\: Why is capitalism destroying the conditions that make life on Earth possible? How can we stop the destruction before it is too late? In essays on topics ranging from the food crisis and carbon trading to perspectives from Indigenous peoples\, the authors make a compelling case that saving the world from climate catastrophe will require much more than tinkering with technology or taxes. Only radical social change can prevent irreversible damage to the earth and civilization.
 
 Ian Angus is one of the world&rsquo\;s best-known ecosocialist activists. He edits the online journal Climate and Capitalism (<a href=\\"http\://climateandcapitalism.com/?page_id=264\\" title=\\"http\://climateandcapitalism.com/?page_id=264\\">http\://climateandcapitalism.com/?page_id=264</a>)\, which has been described as &ldquo\;the most reliable single source of information and strategic insights for climate justice.&rdquo\; Ian is also an editor of Socialist Voice\, director of ReadingfromtheLeft.com and a founding member of the Ecosocialist International Network.
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100325T130000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100325T150000Z
UID:http://octopusbooks.ca/event/paul-dewar-and-john-mckay-address-mining-africa
URL;VALUE=URI:http://octopusbooks.ca/event/paul-dewar-and-john-mckay-address-mining-africa
SUMMARY:Paul Dewar and John Mckay to Address Mining in Africa
DESCRIPTION:<strong>MPs Paul Dewar (NDP) and John Mckay (Liberal) to address Mining in Africa</strong>
 &nbsp\;
 Join a distinguished panel of politicians and prminent voices from civil society to disucss the matter of Corporate Social Responsibility in the cotnext of the extactive industry in sub-Saharan Africa.
 &nbsp\;
 <strong>Addtional Panelists Include\:</strong>
 <ul>
 <li>Eric Shiller\, a retired UofO prof and water engineer that has been to Africa forty times with various projects and now is heavily engqaged in humaan rights inititatives in eastern Demovcratic Repuiblic of Congo.</li>
 </ul>
 <ul>
 <li>Jamie Keen of Mining Watch Canada</li>
 </ul>
 &nbsp\;
 @ Carleton University
 Thursday\, March 25
 9\:00 - 11\:00 am
 Southam Hall 624
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100325T233000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100326T013000Z
UID:http://octopusbooks.ca/event/save-sylvia-olden-park
URL;VALUE=URI:http://octopusbooks.ca/event/save-sylvia-olden-park
SUMMARY:Save the Sylvia Olden Park
DESCRIPTION:Public Meeting about the park.
 Meet with City staff.
 @ Glebe Community Center (175 Third Avenue)
 Email\: <a href=\\"mailto\:save.sylvia.holden.park@gmail.com\\">save.sylvia.holden.park@gmail.com</a>
 Blog\: <a href=\\"http\://savesylviaholdenpark.blogspot.com\\">savesylviaholdenpark.blogspot.com</a>
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100327T170000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100327T190000Z
UID:http://octopusbooks.ca/event/public-rally-against-secret-trials-canada
URL;VALUE=URI:http://octopusbooks.ca/event/public-rally-against-secret-trials-canada
SUMMARY:PUBLIC RALLY AGAINST SECRET TRIALS IN CANADA
DESCRIPTION:<strong><br />
 PUBLIC RALLY AGAINST SECRET TRIALS IN CANADA
 ABOLISH SECURITY CERTIFICATES </strong>
 &nbsp\;
 The weekend before the closing arguments\, and with months expected to pass before a crucial decision on the reasonableness of Mohamed Harkat&rsquo\;s Security Certificate is forthcoming\, the Justice for Mohamed Harkat Committee will hold an important last public rally Saturday as follows\:
 &nbsp\;
 <strong>Date\:&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; Saturday\, March 27th\, 2010<br />
 Time\:&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; 1\:00 PM<br />
 Place\:&nbsp\;&nbsp\; Human Rights Monument (Elgin at Lisgar)</strong>
 &nbsp\;
 Line-up of speakers\:
 <ul>
 <li>Sophie Harkat\, wife of Mohamed Harkat</li>
 <li>Paul Dewar\, MP\, Ottawa Centre</li>
 <li>Imam Khan</li>
 <li>Denis Lemelin\, President\, CUPW (Canadian Union of Postal Workers)</li>
 <li>Ihsaan Gardee\, Executive Director\, CAIR-CAN</li>
 </ul>
 &nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; (Canadian Council on American-Islamic Relations)
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100330T230000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100330T230000Z
UID:http://octopusbooks.ca/event/exploring-right-birthing-option-you-and-your-baby
URL;VALUE=URI:http://octopusbooks.ca/event/exploring-right-birthing-option-you-and-your-baby
SUMMARY:Exploring the Right Birthing Option for You and Your Baby
DESCRIPTION:<ul>
 <li>Learn about the different prenatal care options abailable to you\, inlcuding midwives\, doulas\, family physicians and obstetricians.</li>
 <li>Learn about the range of support services available to Ottawa families\, from prenatal services to school age.</li>
 <li>Be empowered to stay informed\, and in charge of your birth experience.</li>
 <li>Learn how to access breastfeedeing support BEFORE you deliever.</li>
 </ul>
 
 $10 Donation Fee<br />
 All proceeds going to Mothercraft Birthing Companion Program
 @ Arbour Environmental Shoppe<br />
 800 Bank St @ Third Ave.<br />
 613-567-3168
 March 30th\, 2010<br />
 7 - 9 pm
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100401T140000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100401T160000Z
UID:http://octopusbooks.ca/event/batik-social-spring-sunshine
URL;VALUE=URI:http://octopusbooks.ca/event/batik-social-spring-sunshine
SUMMARY:Batik Social in the Spring Sunshine
DESCRIPTION:Please join us\, you will be astonished at the gorgeous\, meticulously hand-crafted batiks created by the Skycloud women's batik co-operative on the island of Java!
 
 Virgil Grandfield is on hand to explain the process of hand-making these batiks. See in person how these Javanese women are using beautiful fabric artworks to help end human suffering in their region.&nbsp\; <br />
 Chat with Virgil about their work to expose human trafficking practices in Red Cross operations\, as featured in the recent Radio Canada and CBC documentaries &quot\;Les Ouvriers Oubliees\: The Forgotten Workers.&quot\;
 
 Come visit\, have a snack\, see these gorgeous fabric art pieces\, and chat with Virgil!
 
 Location\:<br />
 Octopus Books <br />
 116 Third Avenue\, Ottawa 
 octopusbooks.ca
 
 Date and Time\:<br />
 Thursday\, April 1\, 10 AM to noon.
 
 Related links\:<br />
 Links to &quot\;The Forgotten Workers.&quot\;\, on The National <br />
 Part 1 <a href=\\"http\://www.cbc.ca/video/#/Shows/The_National/ID=1448093102\\" title=\\"http\://www.cbc.ca/video/#/Shows/The_National/ID=1448093102\\">http\://www.cbc.ca/video/#/Shows/The_National/ID=1448093102</a><br />
 Part 2 <a href=\\"http\://www.cbc.ca/video/#/Shows/The_National/ID=1448093118\\" title=\\"http\://www.cbc.ca/video/#/Shows/The_National/ID=1448093118\\">http\://www.cbc.ca/video/#/Shows/The_National/ID=1448093118</a>
 
 Radio Canada/Enquete Report\:
 
 <a href=\\"http\://www.radio-canada.ca/emissions/enquete/2009-2010/\\" title=\\"http\://www.radio-canada.ca/emissions/enquete/2009-2010/\\">http\://www.radio-canada.ca/emissions/enquete/2009-2010/</a>
 
 Whistleblower calls for probe of Red Cross slave-labour allegations
 
 Read more\: <a href=\\"http\://www.montrealgazette.com/news/canada/Whistleblower+calls+probe+Cross+slave+labour+allegations/2740832/story.html#ixzz0jo4jRiLO\\" title=\\"http\://www.montrealgazette.com/news/canada/Whistleblower+calls+probe+Cross+slave+labour+allegations/2740832/story.html#ixzz0jo4jRiLO\\">http\://www.montrealgazette.com/news/canada/Whistleblower+calls+probe+Cro...</a><br />
 <a href=\\"http\://www.montrealgazette.com/news/cana\\" title=\\"http\://www.montrealgazette.com/news/cana\\">http\://www.montrealgazette.com/news/cana</a>
 
 da/Whistleblower+calls+probe+Cross+slave
 
 +labour+allegations/2740832/story.html
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DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE:20120524T044033Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100401T140000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100401T160000Z
UID:http://octopusbooks.ca/event/batik-social-spring-sunshine-0
URL;VALUE=URI:http://octopusbooks.ca/event/batik-social-spring-sunshine-0
SUMMARY:Batik Social in the Spring Sunshine
DESCRIPTION:Please join us\, you will be astonished at the gorgeous\, meticulously hand-crafted batiks created by the Skycloud women's batik co-operative on the island of Java!
 
 Virgil Grandfield is on hand to explain the process of hand-making these batiks. See in person how these Javanese women are using beautiful fabric artworks to help end human suffering in their region.&nbsp\; <br />
 Chat with Virgil about their work to expose human trafficking practices in Red Cross operations\, as featured in the recent Radio Canada and CBC documentaries &quot\;Les Ouvriers Oubliees\: The Forgotten Workers.&quot\;
 
 Come visit\, have a snack\, see these gorgeous fabric art pieces\, and chat with Virgil!
 
 Location\:<br />
 Octopus Books <br />
 116 Third Avenue\, Ottawa 
 octopusbooks.ca
 
 Date and Time\:<br />
 Thursday\, April 1\, 10 AM to noon.
 
 Related links\:<br />
 Links to &quot\;The Forgotten Workers.&quot\;\, on The National <br />
 Part 1 <a href=\\"http\://www.cbc.ca/video/#/Shows/The_National/ID=1448093102\\" title=\\"http\://www.cbc.ca/video/#/Shows/The_National/ID=1448093102\\">http\://www.cbc.ca/video/#/Shows/The_National/ID=1448093102</a><br />
 Part 2 <a href=\\"http\://www.cbc.ca/video/#/Shows/The_National/ID=1448093118\\" title=\\"http\://www.cbc.ca/video/#/Shows/The_National/ID=1448093118\\">http\://www.cbc.ca/video/#/Shows/The_National/ID=1448093118</a>
 
 Radio Canada/Enquete Report\:
 
 <a href=\\"http\://www.radio-canada.ca/emissions/enquete/2009-2010/\\" title=\\"http\://www.radio-canada.ca/emissions/enquete/2009-2010/\\">http\://www.radio-canada.ca/emissions/enquete/2009-2010/</a>
 
 Whistleblower calls for probe of Red Cross slave-labour allegations
 
 Read more\: <a href=\\"http\://www.montrealgazette.com/news/canada/Whistleblower+calls+probe+Cross+slave+labour+allegations/2740832/story.html#ixzz0jo4jRiLO\\" title=\\"http\://www.montrealgazette.com/news/canada/Whistleblower+calls+probe+Cross+slave+labour+allegations/2740832/story.html#ixzz0jo4jRiLO\\">http\://www.montrealgazette.com/news/canada/Whistleblower+calls+probe+Cro...</a><br />
 <a href=\\"http\://www.montrealgazette.com/news/cana\\" title=\\"http\://www.montrealgazette.com/news/cana\\">http\://www.montrealgazette.com/news/cana</a>
 
 da/Whistleblower+calls+probe+Cross+slave
 
 +labour+allegations/2740832/story.html
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DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE:20120524T044033Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100408T230000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100409T010000Z
UID:http://octopusbooks.ca/event/joan-baxter-dust-our-eyes
URL;VALUE=URI:http://octopusbooks.ca/event/joan-baxter-dust-our-eyes
SUMMARY:Joan Baxter\: Dust from our Eyes
DESCRIPTION:We are excited to have <strong>Joan Baxter\,</strong> award-winning author\, journalist and anthropologist\, to visit Ottawa and talk about her book <em>Dust from Our Eye\: An Unblinkered look at Africa.</em> 
 <strong>The event takes place on Thursday\, April 8\, in the auditorium of the Main Library (120 Metcalfe) at 7 pm.</strong>
 Joan Baxter is a Canadian anthropologist\, journalist and award-winning author who lived and worked for 21 years in Africa. For many years and from many countries she reported for the BBC World Service\, Associated Press\, and also Reuters. She has contributed to many radio programs of the CBC and to WGBH&rsquo\;s The World in Boston. Her writing &mdash\; articles\, features and columns &mdash\; have also appeared in The Globe and Mail\, The Toronto Star\, The Sunday Telegraph\, Washington Post\, the EU Courier\, BBC Focus on Africa Magazine\, and the Chronicle Herald in her native Nova Scotia.
 <em>Dust from Our Eye\: An Unblinkered look at Africa</em> is part memoir\, part adventure tale\, part political thriller - a compelling read that dissolves stereotypes and exposes paradoxes about Africa. Joan Baxter draws on more than two decades of living in and reporting from Africa to reveal that there is more to the continent than poverty and suffering\, and far more to Western involvement than benevolent charity. Alternately funny\, chilling\, moving and disturbing\, Dust from our Eyes is a fast-paced\, passionate narrative told with journalistic accuracy and anthropological acumen.
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