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Terry Glavin

Terry Glavin's most recent book is Waiting for the Macaws and Other Stories from the Age of Extinctions (Penguin). His column for The Tyee, Dissent, appears twice monthly.

Stories by Terry Glavin

opinion

Wrong Exit in Afghanistan

Latest promise of peace talks is a cruel hoax to Afghan rights and civil society groups.

By Terry Glavin, 1 Feb 2010

opinion

Iran: Whose Side Are We Really On?

Growing revolt should topple some easy assumptions here.

By Terry Glavin, 29 Jun 2009

opinion

Heed These May Day Distress Calls

In Iran, Afghanistan, Gaza, repressed unionists deserve Canadian solidarity.

By Terry Glavin, 1 May 2009

opinion

In Kabul, Obama Fans Ready to Party

First in a series of US '08 dispatches from around the world.

By Terry Glavin, 4 Nov 2008

opinion

Truth and Native Abuse

How one man's wild claims threaten success of Truth and Reconciliation.

By Terry Glavin, 30 Apr 2008

opinion

Fresh Start on Afghanistan Debate

Manley report: No one gets off easy, and that's good.

By Terry Glavin, 23 Jan 2008

opinion

Mark Steyn, Last Straw?

Free speech and the Canadian Islamic Congress.

By Terry Glavin, 13 Dec 2007

opinion

What Iranian Dissidents Need

And why they deserve more from North America's left.

By Terry Glavin, 23 Oct 2007

books

Michael Moore, Fictitious Guy?

How his slippery way with truth hurt his cause.

By Terry Glavin, 17 Apr 2007

artsculture

Samson as Suicide Bomber

Victoria choir cast the Hebrew icon as a terrorist. This helps?

By Terry Glavin, 6 Apr 2007

opinion

An Enviro's Case for Seal Hunt

Opponents prefer sentiment to sustainability.

By Terry Glavin, 7 Mar 2007

books

Solidarity Whenever

'What's Left?' asks Brit Nick Cohen, and his answer isn't pretty.

By Terry Glavin, 31 Jan 2007

books

'Nonviolence' Teaches Wrong Lessons

Kurlansky's book fails to measure a noble tactic's fatal limits.

By Terry Glavin, 10 Jan 2007

opinion

To Stop Tories, Vote Grit or NDP?

Once more with feeling: Glavin versus Tieleman.

By Terry Glavin and Bill Tieleman, 13 Dec 2006

opinion

Voting NDP Just Got Harder

Dion will make his party more progressive, and can turf Tories.

By Terry Glavin, 7 Dec 2006

opinion

Anti-War Movement's Strange Allies: Hard Line Islamists

Canada's progressive Muslims wonder why left would embrace theocrats.

By Terry Glavin, 22 Nov 2006

opinion

What Do We Owe Iraq?

Don't give up on building new society, says Iraq's ambassador.

By Terry Glavin, 2 Nov 2006

opinion

Terry Glavin Brings His 'Dissent' to The Tyee

Is the left too smug? New column aims to stoke debate.

By Terry Glavin, 18 Oct 2006