Ironically, genuine internationalism must be nationalistic
Deflection is the answer when they have run out of ways to defend immoral and illegal behaviour by their favourite apartheid state. But Canadian critics of Israel will not let them change the channel...
View ArticleBehind the scenes of Canadian universities’ ties to Israel
Divesting from corporations selling Israel arms is OK but cutting ties with Israeli universities is a bridge too far. That’s been the reaction to Canada’s student uprising against genocide even though...
View Article‘Not one cent of Canadian tax-dollars should be funding genocide’
A New York state bill to strip tax-exempt status from charities assisting Israeli settlements and the Israeli military should boost a similar initiative in Canada. Last week high profile left-Democrat...
View ArticleThe ‘Israel Effect’ in Canada
Below is a Foreword Yves Engler wrote for Peter Eglin’s just released Analysing the Israel Effect in Canada: A Critical AutoEthnography Israel is the outgrowth of a European colonial movement...
View ArticleWhy do Canadians subsidize dispossession of Palestinians?
“Taxpayer-subsidized charitable donations may well be Canada’s most important contribution to Palestinian dispossession”, begins a parliamentary petition drawing attention to an underappreciated...
View Article45 ways Ottawa could push peace, justice for Palestinians
Justin Trudeau’s Liberals now say they oppose Israel’s onslaught on Rafah, want a ceasefire in Gaza and that they are no longer offering permits for new arms shipments to Israel. But this rhetorical...
View ArticleNuseirat refugee camp massacre endorsed by Canadian envoy to support Israel’s...
Canada’s Special Envoy on Preserving Holocaust Remembrance and Combatting Antisemitism is celebrating the slaughter of over 200 Palestinians. All Canadians are paying to have her promote Israel’s...
View ArticleReal scandal is undermining discussion of tax subsidies for Israel
Is it a coincidence that a controversy about Niki Ashton’s expenses for a one-and-a-half-year-old trip to Quebec emerged after she challenged Canada’s biggest contribution to Palestinian dispossession?...
View ArticleJust say no to the Ugly Canadian
Around the world Canadian mining companies are in disputes with local communities and governments. Last week Human Rights Watch released a report detailing a string of abuses at Toronto-based Barrick...
View ArticleRemembering Al Engler, union militant, environmentalist, uncle
Over the weekend Allan Engler died in his care home in New Westminster. My uncle was a few weeks shy of 86. Born in rural Saskatchewan and raised in Moose Jaw, Al spent most of his adult life in...
View ArticleMuseum defending Gaza genocide gets government grants
One would expect a “holocaust museum” to oppose every genocide as well as all forms of racism. But, the Montreal Holocaust Museum (MHM) is offering excuses and cover for the perpetrator of what the...
View ArticleBolivia coup attempt shows Ottawa’s real view of democracy
Yesterday a faction of the Bolivian military moved against elected leftist president Luis Arce. The attempted coup was defeated by popular protests, “massive international condemnation” and splits...
View ArticleWhy no ‘responsibility to protect’ Palestinians?
Canada’s “humanitarian” interventionists clamor for military intervention to overthrow governments in black and brown nations but want Palestinians victimized by Israeli violence put under UN...
View ArticleCanada’s ‘guy’ in Honduras sentenced to 45 years in prison
The imprisonment of a former Honduran president is an indictment of Canadian foreign policy but due to imperial power it will be ignored by most of this country’s media. On Thursday Juan Orlando...
View ArticleThe sad reality of a community supporting genocide
“What has it come to when you are booing Oxfam?” — Mehdi Hasan, at Munk Debates Apparently, Toronto Jews largely support Israel’s holocaust in Gaza. Many also claim victimhood while being amongst the...
View ArticleThe foreign interference behind foreign interference act
The foreign interference panic sweeping Canadian media and politics reflects US power and racism. The frenzy has already led to dangerous new legislation. The Canadian institutions most strongly...
View ArticleLiberals create yet another ‘support Israel’s crimes’ position
A genocidal Jewish supremacist political culture rewards, well, a genocidal Jewish supremacist. That explains Anthony Housefather’s recent appointment as Special Adviser on Jewish Community Relations...
View ArticleMcGill shuts down Gaza camp, but cannot silence students
Those running McGill University are deeply anti-Palestinian. Soon after Israel was reported to be responsible for upwards of 200,000 deaths in Gaza, the university hired a private security company to...
View ArticleAssaulted for questioning ‘charitable’ donations by billionaire
On Friday I asked Heather Reisman about giving nearly $200 million to support non-Israelis joining an occupation force brutalizing Palestinians. I was violently removed before I heard whether the CEO...
View ArticleOttawa’s roundabout way of enabling Israel’s genocide
Canada recently listed the military of a country of 90 million people a “terrorist” organization. Even though the move assists Israel’s holocaust in Gaza there’s been little criticism of the decision....
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