Harrison Samphir

Harrison Samphir is a Winnipeg-based writer and editorial assistant at Canadian Dimension Magazine. He can be reached at [email protected]. Follow him on Twitter @HarrySamphir.

News Analysis

Hillary Clinton in Winnipeg: An Exercise in Cognitive Dissonance

The former US secretary of state spoke about terrorism and human rights, but hid a damaging foreign policy record.

By: Harrison Samphir ,; Truthout

February 5, 2015

Interview

Making Sense of Gaza: An Interview With Ilan Pappe

In this interview, dissident Israeli historian Ilan Pappu00e9 discusses current events in Gaza, the effectiveness of the BDS movement, the possibility of a two-state solution and the progression of …

By: Harrison Samphir ,; Truthout

July 23, 2014

Interview

Paul Craig Roberts on Crimea, US Foreign Policy and the Transformation of Mainstream Media

Paul Craig Roberts, former assistant secretary of the treasury under Ronald Reagan, argues that there's no evidence the American people support Washington's meddling in Ukraine.

By: Harrison Samphir ,; Truthout

March 18, 2014

News Analysis

Libya: The Revolution That Never Was?

So far, the “Libyan revolution” has created dramatically increased physical and economic insecurity for the mass of Libyan civilians, a weak state and the continuing activity of shadowy militias.

By: Harrison Samphir ,; Truthout

March 2, 2014

Op-Ed

Dirtiest Oil: Why In Situ Bitumen Extraction Is Dangerous for Canada, the World

The Primrose leak contamination of the lands of the Beaver Lake Cree and Cold Lake First Nations demonstrates the dangers of in situ bitumen extraction and Canada's abusive energy …

By: Harrison Samphir ,; Truthout

December 26, 2013

News Analysis

Reaching the First Step: Humanity is Still Far From Confronting Climate Change

The Warsaw Climate Change Conference began discouragingly just days after Typhoon Haiyan thrashed the Philippine islands of Samar, Leyte and Negros.

By: Harrison Samphir ,; Truthout

November 25, 2013

Interview

Noam Chomsky | On Shutdown, Waning US Influence, Syrian Showdown

Noam Chomsky gives his perspective on the US government shutdown, the Syrian civil war, capitalist reform in South America and more in a Truthout interview.

By: Harrison Samphir ,; Truthout

October 8, 2013

Op-Ed

The Myth of American Exceptionalism

The horrific events at the DC Navy Yard on September 16 are still metastasizing within the shellshocked American psyche. Faced with gratuitous images of a killer who should remain …