Terrorism is highly personal, rooted in identity and romance. It needs no framework, no training, just beliefs and the will to act on them. That’s why it’s so potent and adaptable. Our attitudes need to match this simplicity. (Photo: Kim Bach / flickr.com / CC BY 2.0)
The first week of the new year is a stark reminder of how present and diverse terrorism is. It started with Boko Haram laying waste to the town of Baga, a Turkish suicide bomber at an Istanbul police station, and the attacks on Charlie Hebdo and the kosher supermarket in Paris. (Photo: Ren Kuo / flickr.com / CC BY 2.0)
FreedomWritersCA Guest bloggers Charles Larratt-Smith offers a critique of over-simplifying the variables at play in the unrest seen in many parts of the world like Turkey, Brazil or Egypt.
MOSECON CEO Yan St-Pierre in a candid interview with Samuel Ramos, contributor to the Canadian online news portal RABBLE.ca, on the situation in Turkey and the revolutionary process.