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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
Stench from cheering Nazis not confined to Parliament
Amidst NaziGate the Ukrainian Canadian Congress (UCC) has largely escaped scrutiny. But the powerful lobby group should be queried about their support for the former SS soldier applauded by Parliament and its Canadian government connections. After six days of remaining mum about the Jaroslav Hunka scandal the UCC released a cryptic statement that doesn’t mention... Continue Reading →
Canada’s envoy to defend apartheid gets Israel medal
Canada’s special envoy to combat antisemitism is actually a government emissary to promote Jewish supremacy. In a stark example of the Liberals’ anti-Palestinian policies, they have given public resources and prestige to an aggressive apartheid proponent. Recently foreign affairs minister Mélanie Joly tweeted, “I spoke with Canada’s Special Envoy on Preserving Holocaust Remembrance and Combatting... Continue Reading →
Russophobia a 150-year-old official Canadian passion
There has been a great deal of reporting about parliament celebrating a World War II Nazi soldier. But even though he was praised specifically for fighting Russia the media has ignored the horrors inflicted by the Nazis on Russians. During Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s recent speech to Parliament, 98-year-old Yaroslav Hunka was labeled a “hero”... Continue Reading →
Good guys, bad guys and Ukrainian nationalism
Parliament’s standing ovation for a Nazi soldier highlights deep ties to far-right Ukrainian nationalism and staunch support for NATO. The embarrassing incident could unravel the political consensus on the proxy war. During Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speech to Parliament on Friday Yaroslav Hunka received two standing ovations from MPs. The 98-year-old was labeled a “hero”... Continue Reading →
Military PR hails Canada’s role in war against Vietnam
A military museum celebrating Canadians who fought in Vietnam highlights DND’s propaganda apparatus and Canada’s role in the horrendous US war. Recently, the Canadian Forces’ Lookout Newspaper reported on an exhibit at HMCS Alberni Museum & Memorial. It noted: “The memorial contains the names of 149 Canadians who were killed in Vietnam while serving... Continue Reading →
Hear no NATO evil, see no NATO evil
To maintain public support for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s proxy war with Russia it’s important to erase its history of violence. The media’s refusal to mention NATO’s role in Libya’s instability partly reflects the requirements of Ukraine propaganda. In their coverage of the devastating flooding in eastern Libya, the Canadian media have all but... Continue Reading →
We broke it, but refuse to own Libya’s disaster
Amidst the horrific devastation in eastern Libya the Canadian media has largely refused to mention the central role NATO’s war played in the country’s instability. In a report on the thousands killed by flooding in eastern Libya Global National offered some context to the tragedy that’s thought to have left over 10,000 dead. It noted,... Continue Reading →
Depleted uranium added to toxic mess in Ukraine
Following on from its decision to donate widely banned cluster munitions to Ukraine the US is sending armor-piercing depleted uranium (DU) munitions to fight Russia. Indifferent to the poisonous effect of these weapons, the Justin Trudeau government has remained mum on Washington’s escalatory move. Depleted uranium (DU) is a by-product from the production of fuel... Continue Reading →
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