Articles By Dru Oja Jay

Dru Jay is currently finishing up a BA in Philosophy, Sociology, and a few other things at Mount Allison University. He posts thoughts and interesting links on Misnomer with some regularity. He is currently serving as Editor-in-Chief at the Argosy, a weekly student journal.

Crichton: "Environmentalism is a religion, because I say so"
Michael Crichton says environmentalism is a religion, and offers science as an alternative in word but not deed.
8 January 2004

Thoughts on Liberation
What will "liberation" look like?
12 April 2003

AIDS, Africa and Aid
40 million people worldwide live with AIDS, 30 million of whom live in Africa. Of these, 58% are women and 3 million are children under 15. 3.1 million people died of AIDS in 2001.
18 March 2003

Technology, Democracy and Liberation: an interview with Darin Barney
Darin Barney is a professor of Communications at the University of Ottawa and the author of Prometheus Wired: The Hope for Democracy in the Age of Network Technology.
18 March 2003

A Coalition of the Willing?
As it turns out, only one of the countries named as supporting the US in a "coalition of the willing" actually has a majority in support of the war.
19 February 2003

War in Iraq: Selected Articles
A short list of links to essential readings about the US push to invade Iraq.
18 February 2003

Invading Iraq or Courting Calamity?
A second look at the humanitarian consequences of war in Iraq, and an argument for deterrence instead of preemption.
14 February 2003

Morality, War, and Journalism
What if we started paying attention to the civilian casualties we know are inevitable?
14 October 2002

WEEKLY REVIEW
07/29 to 08/03
5 August 2002

G7 Finance Ministers Meet, Others Protest
Photos of folks protesting the G7 finance ministers' meeting in Halifax, June 14-15.
21 June 2002

Small Peaces
What could Israel do to stabilize the situation in the West Bank?
20 June 2002

Direct Action, Direct Democracy
Popular social movements respond to economic and political crisis in Argentina.
14 March 2002

The "War on Terror": Sense and Nonsense
Allowing the distortions of propaganda to insinuate themselves into everyday language is a danger to truth and democracy.
17 January 2002

How We Hate Democracy
Before we can talk about the best course for helping the developing world, we have to stop explicitly undermining its development.
15 January 2002

Civilian Casualties in Afghanistan
Civilian casualties in the "War on Terror".
13 December 2001

I Am Homophobic
On heterosexist fear and privilege.
5 November 2001

Rushdie's Rhetoric and Righteous Response
Dru Oja Jay explains why, in rushing to defend the U.S. against "anti-Americanism", Salman Rushdie is wrong and, in the process, attempts to understand the sources of terrorism.
10 October 2001

Shedding Democracy for Tears
The effects of using tear gas against democratic dissent are medically and politically problematic.
14 July 2001

Quebec City A20 Protests: A Photo Essay
A selection of photos from Quebec City.
12 May 2001

When it comes.
Don't we lack the urgency or understanding of nuclear weapons today that people worked so hard for only a few decades ago?
28 January 2001

The Best of the Churn, Issue #3
The best links from Monkeyfist's Daily Churn, according to the lackey assigned to slog through the archives.
20 December 2000

Junk Science, Corporate Ideology, and Genetically Modified Food: An Interview with Ann Clark
Interview with Ann Clark, crop science researcher and voice of dissent in biotech.
19 December 2000

A better way to "buycott" the RIAA
A simple way to bypass the record industry and support artists.
8 September 2000

The Best of the Churn, Issue #2
A long-overdue selection of links from the Daily Churn.
23 August 2000

Of rice and men meddling
Golden Rice, billed as a panacea for "a million kids" by Time Magazine, has a more complex story behind it.
8 August 2000

RNC: A photo essay of sorts.
A collection of photos from RNC-Philly.
4 August 2000

The truth has been known to interrupt cell phone conversations.
A picture from RNC Philadelphia.
4 August 2000

The Best of the Churn, Issue #1
A selection of links from the Daily Churn.
4 July 2000

Mcluhan's Message Clarified
99% of the people who talk about the medium and the message are pretty misinformed.
5 June 2000

Global Warming Petitions
An overview of a few anti-global warming petitions, including the infamous 17,000 'scientists'.
22 May 2000