Foreign military intervention wrong response to Mali crisis
By Gerry Caplan, rabble.ca France is knocking on Canada’s door seeking assistance for its intervention in Mali, and Canada’s door seems to be open a crack. Besides providing the French military, a...
View ArticleStop the war on Mali
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...
View ArticleThe invasion of Africa
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...
View ArticleIraq 10 years after: Carl Ridd’s Prophetic Warning
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...
View ArticleIsrael’s coming “civil war”
Haredi men in Israel. Photo: Marc Israel Sellem / The Jerusalem Post Israel’s Coming “Civil War”: The Haredi Jews Confront the Militarized Secular Zionist State By Professor James Petras, Global...
View ArticleBehind the invasion of Mali
Roger Annis at the Feb. 24, 2013 annual meeting of Peace Alliance Winnipeg. Photo: Paul S. Graham Is the military intervention in Mali by France, with the assistance of the United States, Canada and...
View ArticleThe Crisis in the Ukraine and Canada’s dangerous role
March 4, 2014: Canadian Foreign Minister John Baird with Ukraine’s ambassador to Canada, Vadym Prystaiko, Photo: iPolitics by Glenn Michalchuk, Chair, Peace Alliance Winnipeg There is a need at this...
View ArticleThe Strangelove effect – or how we are hoodwinked into accepting a new world war
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...
View ArticleWorld War One: 100 Years Later
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...
View ArticleIndependent probe of Ukraine catastrophe needed
A view of a house destroyed in an air strike carried out by Ukrainian armed forces in the village of Stanitsa Luganskaya , on July 2, 2014. (AFP Photo) RT OPINION: Civil Society Calls For Impartial...
View ArticleCanadian intervention in Ukraine contrary to peace and democracy
April 17, 2015: Jason Kenney, the minister of National Defence, General Tom Lawson, the chief of defence staff at a news conference detailing Canada’s growing military intervention in Ukraine. Photo:...
View ArticleMuslims unfairly targeted in Canadian Senate report
Shahina Siddiqui. Photo: Paul S. Graham By Shahina Siddiqui The Senate’s Conservative-dominated standing committee on national security and defence released its interim report Thursday — and it is...
View ArticleHarper and terrorists misuse the term “jihad”
Photo: Paul S. Graham by Shahina Siddiqui Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s obsession with what he considers jihad is reaching the point of fatal attraction. In his latest assault on Canadians’ rights...
View ArticleDon’t let fear dictate our refugee policy
by Shahina Siddiqui The horrific and cowardly attacks by IS in Turkey, Beirut and Paris are a reminder that violence begets violence. French President François Hollande, by declaring war on IS, has...
View ArticlePalestinian situation similar to that of First Nations
June 11, 2016: Mary Elizabeth Stanley speaking at the 35th annual Winnipeg Walk for Peace on the parallels between First Nations and Palestinian struggles. Photo: Paul S. Graham by Mary Elizabeth...
View ArticleSelling war and exploitation in Canada
Yves Engler in Winnipeg, Nov. 2, 2016 Photo: Paul S. Graham Winnipeg, Nov. 2, 2016: Author/activist Yves Engler was at the University of Winnipeg to promote his most recent book, “A Propaganda System:...
View ArticleThe making of Lia Tarachansky’s “On the Side of the Road”
Filmmaker Lia Tarachansky in Winnipeg Nov 9, 2016. Photo: Paul S. Graham Winnipeg, Nov. 9, 2016: Israeli filmmaker and correspondent for The Real News Network Lia Tarachansky screened and then...
View ArticleTrump threats on South China Sea heighten war risk
by Peter Symonds, World Socialist Website Just days after taking office, the Trump administration has set course for a conflict with China over the South China Sea that threatens military clashes and...
View ArticleWill NATO’s growth lead to world war?
by Glenn Michalchuk NATO was established on April 4th 1949. This is its 60th year of existence and the values which created it 60 years ago have been expanded so that today NATO’s reach and domination...
View ArticleIsrael Palestine International Law Symposium
By Paul S. Graham In September, I attended and recorded the proceedings of the Israel Palestine International Law Symposium. While I thought I was better informed than the average Canadian going into...
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