By Paul S. Graham, March 31, 2010 A CBC online poll is asking “Should Canadian combat forces remain in Afghanistan past 2011?” At the moment, 74 per cent have answered “No.” While encouraging, this is somewhat higher than what we’ve…
How the media spins the Afghan war
U.S.-led forces in Afghanistan are committing atrocities, lying, and getting away with it By Jerome Starkey, Nieman Watchdog, March 22, 2010 “Tied up, gagged and killed” was how NATO described the “gruesome discovery” of three women’s bodies during a night…
E-mail your M.P. now to support Iraq War resisters and Bill C-440
by the Canadian Peace Alliance, Mar. 29, 2010 In only a matter of a few weeks, Parliament could be debating and voting on Bill C-440, a bill that would make legally binding two motions that have already passed in the…
CBC publishes Afghan detainee documents
Who wants to read some Afghan detainee documents? By Janyce McGregor, CBC News, March 26, 2010 Reading, sorting, and analyzing pages and pages of documents (even though there IS an awful lot of the censor’s black ink) isn’t everyone’s thing.…
Opposing “Project Hero”
Letter from University of Regina professors opposed to Project Hero scholarships Regina Leader Post, March 26, 2010 Faculty of the University of Regina say No to “Project Hero” and Canadian Imperialism: An Open Letter to President Vianne Timmons March 23,…
Have a nice world war, folks
By John Pilger, March 25, 2010 Here is news of the Third World War. The United States has invaded Africa. US troops have entered Somalia, extending their war front from Afghanistan and Pakistan to Yemen and now the Horn of…