A central part of Jiu Jitsu is channeling your enemy’s power to your advantage. The left should learn from that. The Israel lobby’s panic over posters on an Indigo store should be thrown in their face by emphasizing Canada’s most important contribution to Palestinian dispossession. On November 10 some individuals put posters and fake blood... Continue Reading →
Government ministers served notice of abetting war crimes in Gaza
Canada’s top politicians were recently served a notice of intention to seek prosecution for aiding and abetting Israel’s war crimes in Gaza. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly, National Revenue Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau and Justice Minister Arif Virani were warned they could be liable and face charges before the International Criminal Court... Continue Reading →
Canada pushing unwinnable war harms Ukrainians
The Liberals and elements of the dominant media are criticizing the Conservatives for their insufficient commitment to Ukraine. But it’s those who have promoted the NATO proxy war that have damaged the country. The prime minister and Liberal ministers have denounced the Conservatives for not voting for the Canada-Ukraine free trade deal. They are seeking... Continue Reading →
Toronto police arrest Palestine activists, should target Heather Reisman
Aggressive pre-dawn police raids on homes and charging individuals with hate crimes for posting social justice messages is legal overreach at best and “thought crimes” reflecting creeping fascism at worst. Truth is Heather Reisman, not those putting up posters, is the one who should have been charged with breaking Canadian law. Between 4:30 and 6... Continue Reading →
Israel lobby’s war on students won’t end pro-Palestine activism
The Israel lobby’s contempt for student democracy is striking. In their bid to defend apartheid and genocide they are willing to sue, fabricate, blackmail and more. Recently, McGill students voted for the Policy Against Genocide in Palestine. In the largest referendum turnout in Students’ Society of McGill University (SSMU) history, 78.7% of undergraduates called on... Continue Reading →
For crazed pro-Israel crowd even Trudeau is an antisemite
“Justin Trudeau is and always has been an antisemite”, according to Canada’s former ambassador to Israel. While Vivian Bercovici has staked out an extreme position, other commentators have expressed some variation of this perspective since the PM expressed opposition to killing of babies. In a statement in which he repeatedly condemned Hamas and failed to... Continue Reading →
Demanding peace before and after Remembrance Day
An honest Remembrance Day came a day late this year, but at least it happened. A day that marks an armistice agreement and remembers the horrors of war ought to be an ideal moment to call for a ceasefire in a brutal military campaign. Unfortunately, most official Remembrance Day actions serve as celebrations of martial... Continue Reading →
When claims of ‘antisemitism’ are racist and antisemitic
Some of Canada’s English language media is claiming it’s anti-Jewish to condemn someone for setting up a charity assisting a military that’s recently slaughtered 5,000 Palestinian children. A leading media ‘critic’ agrees. On Friday morning someone pasted posters with a photo of Indigo CEO Heather Reisman on the window of one of its Toronto stores with the statement “Funding... Continue Reading →
The doublethink of ‘genocide education’
Fall 2023 is a strange time to be alive or to die. For example, “genocide education” is being instigated to enable current genocidal policies. The Nazi Holocaust is increasingly being deployed to justify killing and dispossessing Palestinians. Recently Israel’s delegation at the United Nations wore yellow stars, a symbol of Nazi persecution of Jews. The... Continue Reading →
How big does Palestine rally need to be for honest reporting?
On Saturday over 50,000 marched in Montréal against Justin Trudeau’s role in enabling Israel’s genocidal siege and slaughter in Gaza. I say this confidently having walked from one end of the march to the other and watched overhead drone footage. This was the largest antiwar/international solidarity mobilization in Montréal since the 2003 protests against the... Continue Reading →
Canadian special forces in Israel are not helping Palestinians
Canada’s most elite soldiers have been dispatched to Israel. While it’s unclear if they are assisting the onslaught on Gaza, their deployment highlights close Canadian ties to the genocidal apartheid regime. Global News has reported that JTF2 were in Israel. The stated reason for the deployment of Canada’s most specialized soldiers is to assist the... Continue Reading →
As puppet politicians enable genocide, Canadians protest
Over the past three weeks Israel has killed over 8,000 Palestinians and injured 20,000 more. The more than 8,000 missiles Israel has launched into the Gaza Strip have destroyed around 20,000 buildings. Reportedly, the quantity of explosives that have been dropped on an area the size of Montréal exceeds 12,000 tons, which is equivalent to the... Continue Reading →
Place where protests didn’t happen does support Israel
Apologists for Israeli crimes are constantly gaslighting Palestinians and their supporters. They seek to make those opposing violence and colonialism feel like oppressors. Last Friday a rally was held in front of Deputy Prime Minister Christya Freeland’s office in Toronto. Freeland recently declared that “Canada stands with Israel” and when she was foreign minister said Canada... Continue Reading →
New ‘antisemitism’ envoy’s record of anti-Palestinian bigotry
Who is Canada’s new antisemitism envoy? At a big apartheid lobby convention in Ottawa last week Justin Trudeau’s government announced its new Special Envoy on Preserving Holocaust Remembrance and Combatting Antisemitism. Deborah Lyons will replace Irwin Cotler in a position the Liberals created three years ago. Cotler used the platform and public funds allocated to... Continue Reading →
Israel’s ambassador pushes to shut down pro-Palestinian activism
Israel wants Canada to criminalize growing displays of solidarity with Palestinians. In a bid to amplify calls to ban Palestine solidarity marches, Israel’s ambassador Iddo Moed told the Canadian Press on Thursday, “I don't think that democracies allow people to hate and to incite, and I think that that is something that is looked at very carefully in many... Continue Reading →
Yes, there is an Israel lobby, as any decent journalist knows
Is the idea of a “highly organized Israel lobby” antisemitic? An apartheid-promoting Globe and Mail columnist claims as much. In attacking the Canadian Union of Public Employees for standing in solidarity with Palestinians Robyn Urback tweeted, “Points for alleging a Jewish conspiracy, but if CUPE really wanted to go full antisemitic trope, they should have... Continue Reading →
Canada’s complicity with crimes against humanity in Gaza
Melanie Joly traveled to Israel to support its genocidal policies in Gaza. The trip will go down as one of the more shameful moments in Canada’s odious anti-Palestinian history. Amidst the brutal siege of Gaza foreign affairs minister Joly traveled to Israel Friday. After meeting her Israeli counterpart, Eli Cohen, Canada’s top diplomat tweeted, “I... Continue Reading →
Why isn’t cheering Israel’s bombing of civilians a hate crime?
Most of the leading human rights groups say Israel is committing the crime of apartheid. It began its ethnic cleansing of Palestinians three quarters of a century ago and oversees an illegal occupation that’s being going on for more than half a century. During its decade and a half siege, Israel’s military has killed more... Continue Reading →
Resistance to Ukraine occupation good, Palestine bad: politicians
Jewish suffering matters to Canadian politicians. Palestinian suffering doesn’t. Soon after the resistance broke through their cage in Gaza, the leaders of Canada’s four main federal parties condemned the Palestinians. The same politicians who cheer on resistance to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine denounce Palestinian fighters who captured Israeli tanks, soldiers and bases, all instruments of... Continue Reading →
Liberal alliances with Nazis produce inevitable blowback
NaziGate highlights Canadian ties to far-right Ukrainian nationalism, support for NATO and a long history of conflict with Russia. It should also shine a light on a foreign policy entangled with fascistic groups in many places. But politicians and media, as well as many on the left, have minimized the most salient points of NaziGate.... Continue Reading →
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