By Yves Engler, Electronic Intifada, Jan. 13, 2011 Canada’s tax system currently subsidizes Israeli settlements that Ottawa deems illegal, however, the Conservative government says there’s nothing that can be done about it. In June of last year, Guelph activist Dan…
Category: International
Haiti – another year older and deeper in misery
The International Community and Haiti a Year Later: The Failure of an Imperial Trusteeship By Alex Dupuy, Canada-Haiti Action Network, Jan. 10, 2011 The international community responded immediately and massively to the devastating earthquake that struck Haiti on January 12,…
Even lost wars make corporations rich
By Chris Hedges, Truthdig, Jan. 10, 2011 Power does not rest with the electorate. It does not reside with either of the two major political parties. It is not represented by the press. It is not arbitrated by a judiciary…
New Year to mark intensification of West’s war in Afghanistan and Pakistan
by Rick Rozoff, Global Research, Jan. 1, 2011 No stranger to armed conflicts over the past 70 years, the United States has completed its first decade of continuous warfare: 2001-2010. On January 1 the U.S. and its allies in the…
Gazan youth issue manifesto to vent their anger with all sides
By Ana Carbajosa, The Observer/Guardian, Jan. 2, 2011 An anonymous group of students has created a document to express their frustration born of Hamas’s violent crackdowns on ‘western decadence’, the destruction wreaked by Israel’s attacks and the political games played…
Worry grips Sudan as new year looms
by Fayez el-Zaki Hassan and Ahmed Sayed KHARTOUM, Dec. 23 (Xinhua) — As 2010 is drawing near to an end, the Sudanese people are gripped by anxiety for a new year that could see their country split in two and…
Bitter Memories of War on the Way to Jail
By Chris Hedges, Truthdig, Dec. 20, 2010 The speeches were over. There was a mournful harmonica rendition of taps. The 500 protesters in Lafayette Park in front of the White House fell silent. One hundred and thirty-one men and women,…
Video: Afghans For Peace
afghans4peace | December 18, 2010 Afghans for Peace (AFP) is an alliance of Afghans from various ethnic, religious, socio-economic, cultural, and political backgrounds with a united vision for a democratic, all inclusive, just and peaceful Afghanistan. They demand an end to…
History is repeating itself in Afghanistan
By Patrick Cockburn, The Independent – UK, Dec. 18, 2010 One hears again and again Afghans say that the Taliban may not be liked but that the US is distrusted, even hated. During the mid-1960s, America’s goal during a crucial…
Palestinian president hosts rare meeting with Israeli legislators, activists
By Karin Laub and Mohammed Daraghmeh, The Associated Press, Dec. 19, 2010 Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas hosted dozens of Israeli legislators and activists Sunday, and urged them to relay a simple message to the Israeli public — he is serious…