By Glenn Michalchuk The decision of the Canadian government to send 200 troops to train the Ukrainian army will only intensify the divisions that have erupted in Ukraine since the installation of the Poroshenko government. Harper is pursuing his “new”…
OPINION: Civil Society Calls For Impartial Inquiry on Air Crash and Catastrophe in Ukraine By Alice Slater NEW YORK, Sep 2 2014 (IPS) – It is ironic that at this moment in history when so many people and nations around…
August 4, 2014 was the hundredth anniversary of Canada’s entry into World War One. Was this war a struggle for democracy or an inter-imperialist feud that got out of control? Was it the crucible in which Canadian nationhood was forged…
By John Pilger I watched Dr. Strangelove the other day. I have seen it perhaps a dozen times; it makes sense of senseless news. When Major T.J. ‘King’ Kong goes “toe to toe with the Rooskies” and flies his rogue…
by Glenn Michalchuk, Chair, Peace Alliance Winnipeg There is a need at this time to go into the facts about the crisis in the Ukraine. The simple arguments of Baird and Harper about “democracy”, “sovereignty”, “independence” are a prescription for…
Is the military intervention in Mali by France, with the assistance of the United States, Canada and others an example of a humanitarian intervention launched to protect a fragile democracy from the incursion of Muslim terrorists? Or is France meddling…
Israel’s Coming “Civil War”: The Haredi Jews Confront the Militarized Secular Zionist State By Professor James Petras, Global Research Israel is heading towards a profound internal crisis: a Jew-on-Jew confrontation, which has major implications for its relations with the Palestinians,…
Editor’s Note: The United States invaded Iraq on March 19, 2003, insisting that the Iraqi government possessed “weapons of mass destruction” that posed an imminent threat to world security. These claims were later shown to be bogus, but the damage…
The real invasion of Africa is not news and a licence to lie is Hollywood’s gift By John Pilger A full-scale invasion of Africa is under way. The United States is deploying troops in 35 African countries, beginning with Libya,…
By the Canadian Peace Alliance Jan. 15, 2013 The Government of Canada has recently announced that it is sending a CF-17 transport plane to northern Mali to add to the military buildup by the NATO powers in the area. The…
