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“Trade for Yourself, Think for Yourself” Says Defector Yeonmi Park Yaël Ossowski | PanAmPost North Korean defector Yeonmi Park addresses the Oslo Freedom Forum on October 21, 2014. (YouTube) Among the many speeches I heard while at the Oslo Freedom Forum last month, there is one in particular that stuck with me. Not just because…
HRF Brings New Level of Professionalism to Unofficial Dissident Capital Yaël Ossowski November 4, 2014 The streets of Oslo during the Oslo Freedom Forum. (PanAm Post) Though the world is strife with conflict, oppression, and the changing of political vanguards, fighters for individual rights and peaceful resistance put time aside last week to share strategies,…
Famed Peruvian Author Imparts Wisdom for Next-Generation of Liberals By Yaël Ossowski October 28, 2014 | PanAm Post Standing tall behind the podium before the Italian crowd, famed Peruvian writer and Nobel laureate author Mario Vargas Llosa spoke with confidence and fervor. He was surrounded by ideological friends. “It is only liberalism which promises the liberty…
Dispatches from the Battleground in What Could Be a New Nation By Yaël Ossowski | September 12, 2014 | PANAM POST It’s been said we’re all witnesses to history. In just a few days, ordinary Scots have the rare opportunity to be promoted far beyond that, to the level of active participants in a major…
A French-Canadian Visits the Nation Which Could Soon Become Free by Yaël Ossowski | PanAm Post What is it like to cross a tract of land which may soon become a border between two countries? From behind the wheel of my rented Spanish SEAT Léon, the vast territory looked rather similar. The sight of the…
Despite being popular with travelers and hosts alike, the government of Quebec is doing everything it can to stop AirBnb. (PanAm Post) Español By Yaël Ossowski – August 20, 2014 During a recent stint back in Montreal, I decided to try the service AirBnb, by now a ritual of my international travel. I’ve used it…
Federal Bureaucracy, Migration Criminalization Put Forward Nation’s Worst Face YAËL OSSOWSKI JULY 21, 2014 | PanAm Post A migrant attempts to cross the US-Mexico border fence. (Wikimedia) Español When families with young children escape the perils of economic hardship and gangster-dominated neighborhoods in Latin America to make their way to the American border, their chances for a better life are just…
Sting Operations Mislead US Public on Domestic Terrorism Threat By Yaël Ossowski | PanAm Post If you’ve heard news about a domestic terrorist plot in the United States, it’s more than likely the federal government had a hand in it. A hand not just in arresting, prosecuting, and exposing the suspected masterminds of these so-called terrorist…
Obama’s Top Diplomat Leads with Doomsday Fiction, Follows with Policy Delusion By YAËL OSSOWSKI JUNE 4, 2014 PanAm Post John Kerry has made tackling climate change his top priority as US Secretary of State. It’s a mission doomed from the beginning, and we should be glad to see Kerry fail. The reasons for this are more about policy and…
Two Years After Facebook’s IPO, the Company Can No Longer Be Trusted By Yaël Ossowski — 20. May, 2014, PanAmerican Post On May 18, 2012, Facebook, the world’s most popular social networking website, was taken from the hands of the programmers and innovative entrepreneurs and thrust into the world of Wall Street. Facebook’s 2012 IPO…