Joya rejects the NATO coalition, Harper and the excuses for war By Malalai Joya, rabble.ca, October 18, 2010 In the United States, many looked to the ballot box and hoped for real change when Barack Obama was elected President in…
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Why Canada lost its bid for a Security Council seat
by Yves Engler In a stunning international rebuke Stephen Harper’s government lost its bid for a UN Security Council seat last week. The vote in New York was the world’s response to a Canadian foreign policy designed to please the…
NGOs compromised
The Soros Syndrome By Alexander Cockburn, Counterpunch, Oct. 8-10, 2010 George Soros announced a few weeks ago that he is giving $100 million to Human Rights Watch—conditional on the organization to find a matching $100 million a year from other…
About Manitoba premier’s coming trip to Israel
An open letter to Manitoba Premier Greg Selinger concerning his plan to do business with Israel By Paul S. Graham, Oct. 7, 2010 Dear Premier Selinger, To put it politely, I am deeply upset by your decision to deepen economic…
War resisters, vets and gov’t hypocrisy
On Harper’s hatred for the troops, and the medicalization of trauma By Dr. J, Your Heart’s on the Left, Oct. 4, 2010 Despite admitting the Iraq War was “absolutely an error”, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper once again refused to…
Ken O’Keefe – Survivor of the Mavi Marmara
talkingsticktv | October 3, 2010 Talk by Ken O’Keefe, former U.S. Marine, Veteran of Operation Desert Storm, survivor of the Mavi Marmara and co-founder of Aloha Palestine given October 2, 2010 at Trinity United Methodist Church in Seattle.
C-440: War Resisters versus War Criminals
By Paul S. Graham, Oct. 2, 2010 Michael Ignatieff and Co. can’t get enough criticism for their desertion of Bill C-440 to suit me. But let’s not deny the Tories their fair share of the shame. Against the will of…
From sea to shining sea
America Threatens Russia: U.S. Consolidates New Military Outposts In Eastern Europe Bases, troops and missiles along the entire length of Eastern Europe from the Baltic Sea to the Mediterranean by Rick Rozoff, Global Research, Sept. 24, 2010 With NATO as…
A setback for war resisters
Bill C-440 voted down by slim majority By Paul S. Graham, Sept. 29, 2010 Bill C-440, An Act to amend the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (war resisters) failed to make it through second reading Wednesday evening by a vote…
War in cyberspace
Obama’s Internet Wiretap Move: Just One Small Facet Of Total Domination Project by Steve Watson, Infowars.com, September 27, 2010 The Obama administration is drafting legislation that will see all internet providers and other online communication services, including email clients and…