As Israel continues to bomb Gaza and build more illegal settlements in the West Bank, global citizens are rising up. Inspiring stuff: On 29 March 2011, students at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada, shut down the scheduled Board of Governors (BoG) meeting after the body refused to consider a motion calling for divestment of pension…
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Suleiman adds another victim to his list
Australian Mamdouh Habib was tortured by the US and Israeli favourite and now information of another poor soul: Omar Suleiman – spymaster, CIA ally and heir apparent to Egypt’s throne – has been accused in the interrogation of a Canadian citizen tortured overseas. The allegation appears in the federal findings from a former Canadian Supreme…
Rape of the third world continues apace in PNG
The toxic mix of Western multinationals, private security and a thoroughly poor nation: Private security personnel employed at a gold mine in Papua New Guinea have been implicated in alleged gang rapes and other violent abuses, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. The Porgera mine has produced billions of dollars of gold…
Australia and Canada working together to kill Afghans (and private firms keen to help out)
This is an explosive story that appears to have received no coverage in Australia. So many questions need to be asked. The privatisation of war, the targeting of so-called insurgents by Australians and the involvement of Israeli equipment: Canadian aircrew played a significant, largely unheralded role in helping Australia get its unmanned aerial vehicle program…
The deep love between Canada and Israel
Fascinating Al-Jazeera/Avi Lewis documentary on the incestuous relationship between Israel and Canada. Australia take note. Defending every Israeli action – war, occupation, humiliation – simply makes you look like a clueless idiot with no principle. But at least Washington will love you:
What’s a little drone attack against Assange via Canadian TV?
Tom Flanagan, senior advisor and strategist to the Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, calls for the murder of Julian Assange:
Are former Tiger fighters really a threat to Canada?
Here in Canada, Colombo propaganda about the supposed threat from “Tamil Tiger terrorists” heading towards the country continues in full swing. The source is always the Sri Lankan government; about as reliable as Tel Aviv. We’ve been reading similar “reports” in Australia for months: A ship full of Tamil migrants — including members of the…
Canada hearts Israel just a little too much
The Electronic Intifada: Canada is (at least diplomatically) the most pro-Israel country in the world.
How much did Britain know about the death of Mahmoud al-Mabhouh?
A curious addition by Robert Fisk to the murder of the Hamas commander in Dubai: It’s a propaganda war. Whoever killed the Hamas official in Dubai – let’s speak frankly – it’s part of an old, dirty war between the Israelis and the Palestinians in which they have been murdering their secret police antagonists for…
Canadian students lead the way on BDS
Students Against Israeli Apartheid (SAIA) Carleton in Ottawa, Canada, have released a stunning video explaining why their university should divest from companies intimately involved in the Israeli occupation. It’s just the latest example of civil society taking up the issue of Palestine when governments and the elites continue backing gross human rights abuses in Palestine.…