Leave Afghanistan to the Afghans By Patrick Cockburn, Counterpunch, Nov. 9, 2009 Students of Kabul University, one holding a photo showing graves of Afghan victims killed in airstrikes, shout anti-U.S. slogans during a demonstration against coalition airstrikes in Farah in…
Does Judaism equal Israel? A Jewish Theologian Speaks Out
Does Judaism equal Israel? A Jewish Theologian Speaks Out Speaker: Dr. Mark Ellis, Director of the Center for Jewish Studies, Baylor University Date: Wednesday, November 18, 2009 Two Sessions 2:30 p.m., 306 Tier Building, University of Manitoba Co-sponsored by Global…
Indian Muslims declare terrorism anti-Islamic
Some of the most influential Muslim scholars in India have passed a resolution condemning all forms of violence in the name of Islam. The Deoband is an influential Islamic school inspiring tens of thousands of religious study centres across the…
The CIA’s Afghan Payroll
Security By Warlords By Gareth Porter, Counterpunch, Weekend Edition: Oct. 30-Nov. 1, 2009 The revelation by the New York Times Wednesday that Ahmed Wali Karzai, the brother of Afghan President Hamid Karzai, has long been on the payroll of the…
Middle East Water War
Amnesty International, the human rights organisation, is accusing Israel of deliberately denying Palestinians fair access to water. But the Israeli government has called Amnesty’s report “preposterous,” and says Palestinians have failed to develop their own water infrastructure. Al Jazeera’s Jacky…
Winnipeg Indigenous Sovereignty Week
Winnipeg Indigenous Sovereignty Week – October 25-31, 2009 Sunday, Oct. 25, 11AM-3PM Vegan ABC brunch with speakers starting at noon, including Darlene Necan of the Ojibways of Saugeen First Nation — Savant Lake, Ontario — on the struggles of her…