Canadian Author and Activist
Canada’s politicians and media are outraged over graffiti at the Ottawa Holocaust monument. But, what’s truly appalling is the use of the 80-year-old Nazi holocaust to justify Israel’s ongoing one. On Sunday night the National Holocaust Monument in Ottawa was vandalized with red paint stating, “feed me”. It’s a strange message that might be a... Continue Reading →
Twenty-five years ago, Norman Finkelstein detailed how Hitler’s destruction of European Jewry was weaponized against Palestinians. In his 2000 book The Holocaust Industry: Reflections on the Exploitation of Jewish Suffering, Finkelstein, whose grandparents perished in Nazi death camps, argued the US Jewish establishment exploited the memory of the Nazi Holocaust for economic and political gain... Continue Reading →
As a general principle “education” about racism and the horrors a vile ideology has inflicted upon the world is a good thing and should be encouraged. But as is the case with many things the devil is in details. This is especially true of history. For example, over many decades children were taught that Scottish... Continue Reading →
Canada’s preeminent left-wing publication has found itself on the same side as Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center for Holocaust Studies, B’nai B’rith and the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA). This doesn’t bode well for Palestine solidarity and the left’s ability to withstand being ‘Corbynized’. Recently the Ottawa Citizen published Royal Military College professor... Continue Reading →
The far right and far left are equally racist, Canada’s Liberal prime minister said last week. Mimicking Donald Trump’s “fine people” on both sides statement after white supremacists rampaged in Charlottesville in 2017, Justin Trudeau bemoaned “a rise in intolerance” in Canada and elsewhere. “We see the organizations of extremist groups on the far right... Continue Reading →
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