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CANADA AND EMPIRE: the new canadian imperialism in central america

Published September 25, 2012

by iris_author

CERLAC presents

CANADA AND EMPIRE: the new canadian imperialism in central america

with Grahame Russell and Tyler Shipley

 Weds Sept 26, 2012

3:30 – 5:00 pm

956 YRT (York Research Tower)

York University

 Join us in a discussion of Canada’s particular role in exploitation and injustice in Guatemala & Honduras

While the role of U.S. imperial power in Central America has long been the subject of much warranted critique, Canada’s participation in the projects of empire has too often slipped below the radar.  This is of particular significance in the context of the increasingly aggressive imperial strategies that Canada has undertaken in recent decades, which both dovetail with traditional U.S. imperial strategy and, at the same time, present Canadian capital as an imperial competitor to Washington.  

The painful consequences of this shift have fallen, not surprisingly, to the peoples and communities of Central America, whose land, resources and bodies are treated as cheap inputs in the quest for profits for North American companies engaged in mining, manufacturing, tourism and other industries.  Join us in a discussion of Canada’s particular role in exploitation and injustice in Guatemala and Honduras.   

More info

http://www.yorku.ca/cerlac/events12-13.htm#russell

cerlac@yorku.ca

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