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Describing itself as a “platform” for the US empire, NATO is supporting war on Iran and radically increased military spending. Yet the ‘left’s’ standard bearer in the NDP leadership race won’t support members calling for Canada to withdraw from NATO even as leading left politicians in Europe push to exit the alliance. On Thursday... Continue Reading →
Does Avi Lewis back monarchical rule in Iran? The NDP leadership candidate and the party’s foreign critic have echoed some of the pretext for the US/Israeli aggression, which has already killed over 1,200. In a statement critical of Mark Carney’s support for US/Israeli war on Iran Lewis wrote, “These leaders justify this war as serving... Continue Reading →
The US and Israel are pushing their proxies to invade Iran and foment unimaginable chaos. Canada has played a small part in bolstering these forces. On Sunday the US president called the leaders of two Kurdish factions based in Iraq. Donald Trump wants groups the US has long cultivated to invade Iran from their base... Continue Reading →
NATO support for aggression against Iran makes it even more important for Avi Lewis to declare his position on the belligerent military alliance. Will the NDP frontrunner support members who are bringing a resolution to the upcoming convention calling for Canada to withdraw from NATO? In multiple recent interviews NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte has... Continue Reading →
The Liberals are backing away from their extreme support for US/Israeli aggression on Iran, but they must be pressed to go far further and end their bid to isolate that country. After a series of statements over the weekend strongly endorsing the aggression, foreign affairs minister Anita Anand toned down her belligerence on Monday. She... Continue Reading →
Canada has defended every country harmed by the conflict except the victim of aggression. It’s part of Ottawa’s longstanding support for war on Iran. After the prime minister released a written statement and made a public declaration expressing “support” for US/Israeli aggression, foreign affairs minister Anita Anand released two more statements criticizing Iran on Saturday.... Continue Reading →
Mark Carney has fully endorsed Donald Trump's bid to balkanize Iran on behalf of the genocidal Jewish supremacist state and a US empire that insists on ruling the world. Tens of thousands will likely be killed unless Iran can deliver a decisive blow to US and Israeli interests in the region. In a statement posted... Continue Reading →
Many self-described “Jewish” institutions should be considered crime scenes. They are gathering places for those who ought to be prosecuted under the War Crimes Act and are often places where young Canadians are illegally “induced” into joining a foreign military while flouting genocide statutes and charity law. A La Presse investigation published Thursday into... Continue Reading →
Some Montreal schools have long promoted genocidal Jewish supremacy. In a big step forward Quebec politicians are finally questioning why all taxpayers subsidize the illegal inducement of kids into a murderous foreign military. Thursday La Presse published an investigation detailing Israeli military involvement with two Montreal Jewish schools. Herzliah and Bialik schools have had... Continue Reading →
Why did Conservatives Dimitri Soudas, Barbara Kay and Lisa Macleod join Sid Ryan and Rachel Gilmore in defending an NDP icon? Nationalist imperial mythology spans the political spectrum. In “To break with imperialism, NDP must break with Layton legacy” I recently detailed Jack Layton’s warmongering. The former NDP leader supported two House of Commons resolutions... Continue Reading →
The first leg of my Failure of Social Democracy tour was well attended and we intervened at the NDP debate. Now, can we pull off something similar at the party convention in Winnipeg? At The Failure of Social Democracy: NDP militarism and imperialism tour out west last week turnouts in Victoria, Powell River and Kelowna... Continue Reading →
Bravo to Avi. Shame on Lewis supporters who attacked me. Now let’s get him to say, “yes I agree with NDP members calling for Canada to withdraw from NATO”. On February 6, I began an article asking “Is Avi Lewis a war monger? Does he want to prolong the costliest proxy war in Canadian history?”... Continue Reading →
Jack Layton was a warmonger and Tommy Douglas was deeply anti-Palestinian. To end complicity in empire and Zionism NDP members need to hear the truth. In response to my recent article “To break with imperialism, NDP must break with Layton legacy”, Jimothy McGill posted “If you thought the NDP had no political instincts, may I... Continue Reading →
The NDP is once again supporting Canadian militarism. The party’s response to Carney’s Defence Industrial Strategy is stunningly disingenuous. This week Mark Carney announced the largest militarization of Canada in 75 years. The Liberals Defence Industrial Strategy will further militarize the economy, universities and government institutions in a bid to reach the NATO spending target... Continue Reading →
Avi Lewis isn’t responsible for the decades of anti-Palestinian activism, but his recounting of family lore shouldn’t lead some to believe the family most responsible for NDP anti-Palestinianism were “anti-Zionist”. Yesterday Keith Porteous of Island Grapevine News emailed me to complain about an article in which I (in passing) labelled grandfather David Lewis a “fanatic... Continue Reading →
Jack Layton was a warmonger and the veneration of the late NDP leader highlights the party’s militarist ethos. A few months ago, leadership candidate Heather McPherson declared, “Jack believed that hope could triumph over fear, that everyone deserves a seat at the table in the fight for something better. Standing at his statue in Toronto... Continue Reading →
A socialist review published an interview about “Reclaiming Socialism” in Canada’s NDP but ghosted a Socialist Caucus instigated campaign promoting a platform titled “Capitalism can’t be fixed — onwards to a socialist future”. The omission highlights the professional left’s hostility to an insurgent bid to expand the “Overton window” that launched with call for a... Continue Reading →
Yes, Avi Lewis is a “warmonger”. He’s more hawkish than Jean Chrétien on the NATO proxy war and has been silent on NDP militarism. I began a recent article asking “Is Avi Lewis a war monger? Does he want to prolong the costliest proxy war in Canadian history?” The piece detailed Lewis’ support for sending... Continue Reading →
I’m in BC next week to discuss the Failure of Social Democracy: NDP militarism and imperialism and protest the NDP leadership debate. Left supporters of Avi Lewis should back our ongoing push to challenge the NDP brass and capitalism. Two weeks ago, the NDP’s unelected three person vetting committee rejected Bianca Mugyenyi’s candidacy. Despite supporters... Continue Reading →
Does Avi Lewis support NATO? Now is the time for leftists to ask his position on the belligerent military alliance. On Monday BC NDP Premier David Eby said he wants a new NATO bank to be headquartered in Vancouver. A few weeks earlier former NDP MP and Toronto mayor Olivia Chow called for her city... Continue Reading →
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