By Chris Hedges, Truthdig, Jan. 10, 2011 Power does not rest with the electorate. It does not reside with either of the two major political parties. It is not represented by the press. It is not arbitrated by a judiciary…
“Let them stay” rally at Vic Toews’ office
Let them stay! Stop deporting U.S. war resisters from Canada! You are invited to help an important humanitarian and social justice cause and to help restore Canada’s tarnished international image. Where: Hon. Vic Toews’ consitituency office, 8-227 Main Street, Steinbach,…
Manitoba MLAs urged to allow free debate on Israeli apartheid
By Paul S. Graham Last April, the Manitoba Legislature debated a resolution calling on the provincial government to “denounce Israeli Apartheid Week as divisive, promoting intolerance and undermining a balanced debate of the Israeli-Palestinian question.” The resolution was never put…
Banning Israel anti-apartheid weeks at universities: a reply to David Matas, Senior Legal Counsel, B’nai Brith
By Howard S. Davidson “If this bloc of millions of Palestinians cannot vote, that will be an apartheid state.” Ehud Barak, Israel’s Minister of Defence, February 2010 “There is no apartheid in Israel,” writes David Matas, senior legal counsel for…
Public Forum: Examining the Continuing Disaster in Haiti
Where: the Rudolph Rocker Cultural Center, 91 Albert St, 3rd Floor. Admission: Free A year after the earthquake in Haiti, the country faces many challenges that are socially imposed. From the ongoing UN occupation and the emergence of cholera, to…
New Year to mark intensification of West’s war in Afghanistan and Pakistan
by Rick Rozoff, Global Research, Jan. 1, 2011 No stranger to armed conflicts over the past 70 years, the United States has completed its first decade of continuous warfare: 2001-2010. On January 1 the U.S. and its allies in the…