Israel lobby’s racist attacks against Left-wing Toronto restaurant
The Israel lobby has waged a remarkably successful campaign to bankrupt a small left-wing Toronto restaurant. Despite claiming to fight bigotry, it is the Israeli nationalists who have committed the...
View ArticleCanada’s relationship to China rooted in century of imperial violence
Canada is locked in a hostage standoff with China that doesn’t look likely to end anytime soon. As relations with the world’s most populous nation deteriorate, it’s important to consider some history...
View ArticleQuébec’s not a counterweight to US dominance of Haiti
Le Devoir’s Christian Rioux is right to highlight the ruinous nature of US power in Haiti. But, he’s wrong to focus on Black American cultural influence or to suggest Québec has challenged US power...
View ArticleNeo-Nazi bad, left wing anti-Israel store owner much worse?
Contrasting the Jewish establishment’s reaction to alleged bigotry from a left-wing Toronto restaurant and unambiguous hatred from a far-right politician is a sad comment on their political...
View ArticleCommemorating US occupation of Haiti
While remembering their past has not prevented history from repeating itself, it is not possible for the descendants of the world’s first successful large-scale slave revolt to forget the trauma...
View ArticleEnd the Canada Israel Free Trade Agreement
On Sunday a demonstration is planned in Montréal against the Canada Israel Free Trade Agreement (CIFTA). Under the banner “Against Israel’s annexation of the Jordan Valley. No to the Canada Israel...
View ArticlePropaganda or principle? Trudeau on Venezuela and Haiti
Propaganda or principle? In the world of foreign affairs the latter is often claimed but the former is much more common. One way to evaluate the seriousness of the Trudeau government’s stated...
View ArticleBolivia general strike exposes Canada’s undemocratic policy
If Indigenous lives really mattered to the Trudeau Liberals the Canadian government would not treat the most Indigenous country in the Americas the way it has. Canada’s policy towards Bolivia is...
View ArticleThe scandal is us, not WE
Delving deeper into the WE scandal offers an unflattering image of us. The most concerning element of the WE story is not that the prime minister and finance minister aided an organization with ties to...
View ArticleFormer Israeli soldier sues pro-Palestinian Toronto restaurant
As part of a well-organized, multilayered, Israel nationalist lobby bid to bankrupt a small left-wing restaurant a prominent Toronto interior designer sued Kimberly Hawkins for $800,000. Shai DeLuca is...
View ArticleHistoric event with Venezuelan Foreign Minister on “Canadian Interference”
Join an historic event on Thursday, August 20. The foreign minister of a country of 30 million that’s had diplomatic relations with Canada for seven decades will discuss Ottawa’s efforts to overthrow...
View ArticleCanadian Left rejects Organization of American States
When people say “America” everyone understands they mean one country, the USA. In a similar fashion it is time for all to understand that the Organization of American States (OAS) serves the interests...
View ArticleDoes Trudeau need an intervention? Venezuela plan a path of misery and failure
Justin Trudeau requires an intervention. A friend needs to tell him his obsession with Venezuela has led him down a path of misery, destruction and failure. During a call on Monday with Chilean...
View ArticlePalestinian envoy fails to criticize Canada
With a representative like this Palestinians might be better off with no envoy in Canada. A recent profile of the Palestinian Authority’s agent in Ottawa confirms the PA is more a colonial tool than...
View ArticleCanada’s regime change efforts in Nicaragua rife with hypocrisy
Canada is supporting US efforts to overthrow Nicaragua’s government. A recently leaked USAID document highlights “the breadth and complexity of the US government’s plan to interfere in Nicaragua’s...
View ArticleGreen leadership candidates to debate foreign policy
Debate is the lifeblood of democracy and a good one is fun to watch or listen to. Hopefully an upcoming Green Party debate will accomplish that while simultaneously strengthening progressives’ foreign...
View ArticleLiberal ‘feminist’ policy funds Haitian police (for real)
An important component of Trudeau’s international branding has been his government’s purported “feminist foreign policy”. A recent aid contract to Haiti highlights the hollowness of these Liberal...
View ArticleCanadian troops in Saudi Arabia a legacy of support for Iraq war
The revelation that Canadian soldiers have been in Saudi Arabia for 17 years highlights Canada’s ties to the repressive monarchy, contribution to the Iraq war and hollowness of Canadian foreign policy...
View ArticleHidden history of Canada’s influence and interference in Guyana
Reflecting an extreme imbalance in power, people in Guyana are well informed about Canadian activity in their country, but our media seldom mentions the Caribbean country of 800,000. As such, it was...
View ArticleDoes Stephen Lewis want Palestine to disappear?
Stephen Lewis seems to want Palestine to disappear. The latest example in a long history of anti-Palestinian activism is his claim that Canada’s anti-Palestinian voting record at the UN didn’t...
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