By Paul S. Graham Making war has been a human pursuit for thousands of years. Playing at war, it would seem, is at least as old. This ancient Greek toy, a model of a war chariot, fashioned from clay, has…
Category: Opinions and Debates
Libyan slaughter – a warning to Africa
If the Libyan war was about saving lives, it was a catastrophic failure NATO claimed it would protect civilians in Libya, but delivered far more killing. It’s a warning to the Arab world and Africa By Seumas Milne, The Guardian,…
Canadian vets Occupy on Remembrance Day
By Elizabeth Littlejohn, rabble.ca, Nov. 17, 2011 I have seen the best and worst of humanity. I’ve seen countries that no longer exist. I have seen war, ethnic cleansing, and real revolution. I have seen the death and destruction…
They are fanning the flames of the Iran war option
By Richard Falk, rabble.ca, November 12, 2011 How many times have we heard in recent weeks either outright threats to attack Iran mainly emanating from Israel or the more muted posture adopted by the United States that leaves ‘all options’…
Reframing Remembrance Day
By Jason Kunin, rabble.ca, November 11, 2011 As we honour today the men and women who have fought and died in uniform, it is important that our remembrance of them not be taken as an endorsement of war or a…
Afghanistan: the “training” mission is a combat mission
Bring the Troops Home Now by the Canadian Peace Alliance, Oct. 31, 2011 The attack on a NATO convoy which resulted in the death of Canadian Master Corporal Byron Greff highlights, once again, that the Harper government is lying to…
Washington’s black ops against Iran
Extensive range of covert operations envisaged by US Congress by Dr. Ismail Salami, Global Research, Oct. 30, 2011 The US secret agenda for tightening its vice-like grip on the Islamic Republic of Iran has taken on an apparently new form…
Obama, the Son of Africa, claims a continent’s crown jewels
by John Pilger, Global Research On 14 October, President Barack Obama announced he was sending United States special forces troops to Uganda to join the civil war there. In the next few months, US combat troops will be sent to…
Israeli privilege is unsustainable – Amira Hass
by Paul S. Graham “Inhuman, immoral and unsustainable” are the words used by Amira Hass to describe what she terms “the State of Israel and the privileges it endows to Jews only, at the expense of Palestinians.” Hass was at…
Say No To Islamophobia
Canadian Peace Alliance, September 7, 2011 With the 10th year anniversary of September 11 only days away, Stephen Harper is using the occasion to whip up more hatred against Muslims. While Harper claims that so-called “Islamicism” is the biggest security…