George Galloway paid a visit to Jason Kenney’s Calgary constituency office yesterday, looking for answers. But the immigration minister who illegally denied him entry to Canada last year was not there. Said Galloway: “If I can’t see him in Ottawa,…
Chomsky: Threat of war with Iran is real
Paul Jay interviews Noam Chomsky on the expansion of post-WW 2 power and the recent signs of it’s decline: America can no longer force countries to do its bidding, as evidenced by growing independence in South America, and Turkish-Brazilian initiatives…
George Galloway pledges to help fund Canada’s peace movement with lawsuit proceeds
By Paul S. Graham In an interview, today, on Winnipeg’s CKUW-FM community radio station, peace and human rights activist George Galloway pledged to spend the proceeds of his lawsuit against the Canadian government to help fund the anti-war movement in…
A Cry From Argentina: ‘Close Guantanamo’
By Amy Goodman, Truthdig, Nov. 16, 2010 “Gitmo is going to remain open for the foreseeable future,” said an unnamed White House official to The Washington Post this week. For guidance on the notorious U.S. Navy base in Cuba, President…
Join the Virtual March on Ottawa, Nov. 18: Bring them home!
By the Canadian Peace Alliance On November 18, Call your MP and the Party Leaders and demand…. Don’t Extend It. End It. The Conservative government, with the support of the Liberals are about to extend Canada’s war in Afghanistan. The…
Factory, coal mine show connections matter most in Afghan business
By Jonathan S. Landay, McClatchy Newspapers, Nov. 14, 2010 KARKAR COAL MINE, Afghanistan — Shovel-wielding miners in rags and plastic shoes, some with the protruding ribs and work-ravaged pallor of labor camp prisoners, toil deep inside this remote northern mountain,…