Canadian Author and Activist
Does Avi Lewis “profoundly disagree” with my campaign’s call to shut down the tar sands? Or to convert Real Estate Investment Trust units into co-ops? Or to expand indigenous jurisdiction? Or to eliminate billionaires? Or did Avi just want to distance himself from an anti-imperialist who has been widely smeared for challenging power? In a... Continue Reading →
Iran just labeled the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) a terrorist organization. To the surprise of many, it may be justified. In response to Ottawa designating Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps a terrorist organization last year, that country’s government labeled the RCN a terrorist group. While Tuesday’s listing may appear extreme to most Canadians — because... Continue Reading →
There’s a glaring double standard on the self-proclaimed left. On the one hand, no one who proudly proclaimed themselves “racist” would be described as progressive; but on the other hand, some who call themselves Zionists are designated exactly that. One can still be viewed as a progressive liberal while pledging allegiance to a lawless genocidal... Continue Reading →
The Mark Carney government can find billions in “aid” to prolong a brutal proxy war but is cutting assistance for global health. Ukraine highlights how Canadian “aid” is principally a geopolitical tool. Enroute to meet Donald Trump Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stopped in Halifax Saturday. During a meeting with the prime minister, Carney announced $2.5... Continue Reading →
The year 2025 marked Canada’s radical militarist turn. But, for a Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement ally it was a year of de-militarization. Canada spent five times more on its military than Mexico. In the 2025 fiscal year Mexico budgeted $12 billion Canadian (152 billion pesos) for its military. Canada budgeted $63 billion. Yet Canada’s GDP is... Continue Reading →
Most NDP supporters would be scandalized by the UK police arresting Greta Thunberg for holding an anti-genocide placard. But the party backs the type of legislation responsible for her detention. On Tuesday famous youth climate activist Greta Thunberg was arrested in London. She was sitting with a sign that said “Support Palestine Action Prisoners. Oppose... Continue Reading →
The year of Canada’s radical militarist turn. 2025 was also “the year the No Debate Party refused to discuss this most significant political development”. “History will view 2025 as the year that our allied capital markets and banks swung full force supporting defence and security," explained Kevin Reed, president of the development research group for... Continue Reading →
“I think Yves should be allowed to run”. That would have been a simple, principled, statement from Avi Lewis. Nonetheless, his criticism of the unelected three person NDP vetting committee’s exclusion of our insurgent campaign adds to the pressure on the Federal Council to intervene against the subversion of party democracy. Yesterday Lewis emailed a... Continue Reading →
Those justifying mass slaughter in Palestine and everywhere Israel drops its bombs are obsessively seeking to suppress any statement they don’t like. Zionist snowflakes have instigated a series of police complaints in response to my social media posts challenging genocidal violence. Saturday National Post columnist Terry Newman posted, “I filed a report about Engler at... Continue Reading →
There’s little space for internationalism in official ‘left’ politics. From the Greens to NDP, imperialism and militarism dominate Canadian politics. A few weeks after backing Mark Carney’s radical militarist budget, Elizabeth May recently criticized Palestinian civil society’s call for non-violent solidarity. According to a Global Green News report, “May reiterated her long-standing opposition to the... Continue Reading →
Canada is directly supporting Donald Trump’s criminal blockade of Venezuela. It’s also assisting US violence that could spur unimaginable devastation. The US navy recently seized a tanker carrying oil from Venezuela to Cuba. A few days after this act of piracy, Trump announced a “total and complete blockade” of oil tankers the US has sanctioned... Continue Reading →
Avi Lewis has driven his supporters down an authoritarian, anti-socialist, path. The NDP leadership candidate’s role in assisting the party establishment’s bid to crush an insurgent campaign doesn’t portend well for an individual whose family’s history is steeped in crushing the left. NDP leadership candidate Heather McPherson has applauded an individual who fought for Hitler... Continue Reading →
Mark Carney is setting up a “people’s army”. The Former Goldman Sachs banker and chair of Brookfield Assets is turning Canada into socialist republic and anti-imperialist beachhead. If you believe Carney is setting up a “people’s army”, Charlie Angus has a bridge to sell you in Moose Jaw. The former NDP MP and member of... Continue Reading →
Ignoring our leader’s geopolitical belligerence towards Russia has cost Canadians greatly. Hundreds of billions of dollars are being wasted because we failed to restrain our leaders from ousting an elected government and promoting NATO expansion. A friend recently emailed saying Canada has funnelled $50 billion into Ukraine since the 2014 ouster of elected President Viktor... Continue Reading →
The NDP vetters are either comfortable with being anti-Palestinian or embarrassingly ignorant. As a rationale for rejecting my leadership application, the NDP’s unelected three person vetting committee asserted I “repeatedly called to abolish Canada’s list of terrorist organizations, which would remove a key national condemnation of groups that have violated international human rights law.” Yes,... Continue Reading →
The NDP’s almighty vetters are incompetent. As a reason for rejecting my leadership application, the unelected three person vetting committee wrote that I “expressed an intention to run for the Green Party of Canada” while campaigning for NDP leader. That’s odd. Is a Green Party leadership race taking place? Or maybe I announced early to... Continue Reading →
The unelected three person NDP vetting committee’s decision to block members’ right to choose who they want to lead has revitalized No Democracy Party claims. But if you read their rationale it gives oxygen to the No Activism Party descriptor. In the largest international focused protest movement in Canadian history, there have been several thousand... Continue Reading →
Heather McPherson has some strange ways of demonstrating she is pro-Palestinian and a foe of Israel’s genocide, apartheid and ongoing ethnic cleansing. Yesterday Heather McPherson introduced the NDP’s leading anti-Palestinian into the party’s gamed leadership race. She sent thousands an email from recently retired MP Randall Garrison. One of the party’s most prominent Zionists in... Continue Reading →
“Pro-Palestinian activist Yves Engler barred from running for NDP leadership”, noted the Canadian Press. The headline should have added “once again”. At the NDP’s recent leadership debate in Montreal there wasn’t a single question about the Canadian-backed slaughter in Gaza. And none of candidate on the debate stage raised the subject. Heather McPherson talked about... Continue Reading →
Up is down. Right is left. International law is whatever empire says it is. Democracy is following our rules. The audacity, chauvinism and absurdity of the NDP vetting committee is a sight to behold. To justify denying party members the right to choose whether they want me to lead the party, the three-person backroom committee... Continue Reading →
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