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July/August 2005

Murray Dobbin asks if Jim Harris can bring the Green Party to the mainstream; love letters by Margaret Atwood, David Bezmozgis, Leonard Cohen, Sheila Heti, Jonathan Lethem, MG Vassanji, and Juli Zeh; fiction by Wayne Johnson, Helen Humphreys, Robin Collyer, Yiorgos Skabardonis, and Richard Hahn…

Illustration by Mark Saunders
July/August 2005

Green Party Blues

July 12, 2005May 6, 2020 - by Murray Dobbin

Can Jim Harris rescue the environment by mainstreaming the Greens?

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Illustration by Sam Weber
Fiction / July/August 2005

Pericles

July 12, 2005May 6, 2020 - by Yiorgos Skardonis

May 1941. The corn is high. There are two goatherds keeping watch over all the goats in Zostiko. A Greek and a Bulgarian. The Bulgarian is a big guy, enormous. …

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July/August 2005

Arsenal of Illusion

July 12, 2005May 6, 2020 - by Jake MacDonald

Hollywood know-how is helping to create new kinds of military weapons that target the brain — but not with a bullet

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Illustration by Jason Logan
July/August 2005 / Technology

Torrential Reign

July 12, 2005May 6, 2020 - by Matthew McKinnon

A mega file-sharing protocol called BitTorrent is making the music piracy of yesteryear look like petty theft

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July/August 2005

Fictional Houses

July 12, 2005April 30, 2017 - by Robin Collyer

During the 1950s and 1960s, “transformer houses” were built in quiet suburban neighbourhoods across Canada. Necessary illusions, these normal-looking houses were, in fact, electrical substations owned by hydro companies and …

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July/August 2005

Revolver

July 12, 2005February 10, 2018 - by Richard Hahn
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Books / July/August 2005

A Civilizing Influence

July 12, 2005May 26, 2020 - by Charles Foran

Tariq Ali’s Islam Quintet paints a softer face on the historical interactions between Muslims and the West

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July/August 2005 / Poetry

When I Went Out

July 7, 2005May 6, 2020 - by Leonard Cohen

A poem by Leonard Cohen

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