While it is clear that the relationship between the US and China will come to define the geopolitical terrain for decades to come, many among the Western left are unsure about what their own positions and responsibilities should be. As…
Category: International
Making Canadian Mining Companies Accountable
Canadian mining companies dominate the sector in many parts of the world. Largely unregulated, they are able to profit from weak protection for the environment, workers, indigenous peoples and human rights in many countries. Two thirds of the value of…
Israel’s Attacks on Gaza Intensify As Palestinians Mark 73rd Anniversary of the Nakba
by Candice Bodnaruk On Saturday, May 15th Israeli airstrikes hit a high rise in Gaza that housed The Associated Press and Al Jazeera offices. [AP May 15, 2021 12:21 p.m cdt] The AP has operated from that building for 15…
The Palestinian Nakba: 73 years of Palestinian resistance
by Candice Bodnaruk and Lawrence Sutherland Saturday, May 15, 2021 marks the 73rd Anniversary of the Palestinian Nakba or Catastrophe, when about 750,000 Palestinians were ethnically cleansed from their homes and villages in 1948 to make way for the establishment…
The Curious Case of Alexei Navalny
by John Ryan The mainstream media considers Alexei Navalny to be Vladimir Putin’s main opponent. However, a “Levada Center poll from November 2020 — three months after Navalny’s poisoning — found that only 2% of Russians would vote for Navalny…
Where’s Palestine? The Nakba is Missing From the Canadian Museum for Human Rights
By Candice Bodnaruk RANA ABDULLA has waited nine long years to have her story told in the Canadian Museum for Human Rights (CMHR). Before the museum was even built, the CMHR put out a request to Canadians for content ideas.…
Shining a Light on the Dark Aftermath of Nuclear War
by Sean Howard “We now send greetings and thanks to our eldest Brother, the Sun. Each day without fail he travels the sky from east to west, bringing the light of a new day. He is the source of all…
Just say “No!” to NATO
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization has embarked on a dangerous plan to expand its reach and military strength by the year 2030. Not only does this increase the risk of world war, it promises to rob even more of the…
Prominent artists, academics and politicians demand end to Liberal’s support for dictatorship in Haiti
Former UN ambassador Stephen Lewis, broadcaster David Suzuki, author Naomi Klein, Professor Noam Chomsky, poets El Jones and George Elliott Clarke, rock legend Roger Waters, Green MP Paul Manly, as well as former MPs Svend Robinson, Libby Davies and Jim…
Say “No” to the Latest U.S. Aggression Against Cuba!
by Isaac Saney, Spokesperson Canadian Network On Cuba January 13, 2021 The Canadian Network On Cuba (CNC) vigorously and unequivocally condemns the deceitful and duplicitous designation of Cuba by the Trump regime as a sponsor of terrorism. This is an…