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This week Ottawa is boosting ties with a bloody Zionist monarch, may vote against Cuba and will likely devote more resources to war with Russia. While there’s no short-term solution to Carney’s international depredations, an upcoming conference could sow the seeds of a movement challenging Canadian imperialism. Monday and Tuesday Prime Minister Carney is hos…
Does a single Canadian MP seek peace or do they all want Ukraine wrecked? On Saturday the Financial Times reported on a 2023 proposal to end the devastating war by exchanging land for neutrality. Vladimir Putin endorsed a plan to withdraw troops from most of the four oblasts Russian declared “annexed” — to positions held before the February 2022 invasion — i…
Africa’s most ruthless dictator just murdered another critic abroad. News in Canada? Barely. Canada has backed Paul Kagame while he’s assassinated countless opponents, including a president that ignited the 1994 genocide. On Monday the remains of Rwandan dissident Sgt. Maj. Robert Kabera were found just outside Kampala, Uganda’s capital. The popular YouTuber…
The mayor of Canada’s most Jewish municipality plead guilty to a complaint regarding his racist, genocidal statements. Hampstead mayor Jeremy Levi offers a fascinating window into supremacism masquerading as victimhood. During a hearing before the Quebec Chartered Accountants’ disciplinary body on Thursday Levi plead guilty to professional misconduct. The re…
The US and Israel are likely to launch another major attack on Iran and Canada has helped set the stage for a conflict that could engulf the region. All evidence points to an Israel/US plan to instigate a new round of violence against Iran. On Monday dozens of Israeli fighter jets reportedly crossed Syrian and Iraqi airspace to the edge of Iranian territory …
The Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs wants the ability to campaign to revoke my wife and millions of other Canadians’ citizenship. And anyone who believes they wouldn’t seek to expel opponents of genocide, hasn’t been paying attention. Historically, Canadian Jewish organizations were viewed as sympathetic to refugees and immigrants because there’s a hist…
If you promote Jewish supremacy, you can aggressively deny genocide and still counsel government on “rights, equality and inclusion”. The latest example of Jewish exceptionalism highlights left anti-Palestinianism. On Monday, Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East put out an action alert critical of Marc Gold’s membership on the government’s nine…
Despite establishment and media hostility, Canada’s Palestinian solidarity movement has shown its strength in recent days. Here are ten gains: - In the Vancouver elections, the pro-genocide incumbent mayor was defeated on Saturday. Pro-Palestinian left party COPE won all four of their council, as well as school and parks board, seats. Sean Orr, who played a …
A version of this piece was also published by Canada’s National Observer [here.] Good news friends. A couple weeks ago, I warned that Vancouver’s historic climate leadership hung in the balance in last weekend’s municipal election. Thankfully, that leadership is once again secure. Last Saturday, voters across British Columbia elected their local mayors, muni…
Several are dead and dozens injured in a horrific accident at a military base in Alberta. The incident should spark a debate about the level of funding for and the function of Canada’s armed forces. According to initial reports, four soldiers were killed in a training mishap that sparked a fire at CFB Wainwright on Saturday. Several dozen remain in hospital …
Another TO election episode, gearing up for October 26! Diana Yoon is running for Toronto City Council in University-Rosedale. Yoon came to tenant organizing through climate work, helping ACORN secure a climate grant to survey tenants before and after energy retrofits, and later joined the board of the Federation of Metro Tenants’ Associations. Her professio…
By E. A. Halevi In November 2025, I joined international and Israeli activists in the Palestinian community of Masafer Yatta, a rural area in the South Hebron Hills. There and in other communities across the West Bank, Palestinians have responded to attacks from settlers and the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) by inviting volunteers to stay in their homes, help …
As part of Marc Carney’s extreme militarism, he’s putting $2 billion into one of the most secretive, US aligned parts of the Canadian government. But the media focus has been almost entirely about controversy over data centres. On Friday the Globe and Mail and several other outlets reported that the Communication Security Establishment (CSE) will construct a…
War is peace. Donald Trump has killed thousands of Iranians, kidnapped Venezuela’s president and bombed Somalia 200 times but for what does Marc Carney criticize him? An energy deal. Since Donald Trump began his second term, the US has bombed nine countries/territories. According to New America, the Trump administration has hit Somalia 211 times. Over the pa…
‘Many vs the Money’ Counter-Summit and the ‘Anti-CEO Summit’ Counter-Protest: Old Patterns or New Opening The weekend of September 11-14th marked an important step toward building a movement against Prime Minister Mark Carney’s neoliberal agenda, with its anti-worker, extractivist, export-oriented, pro-business model of development. A number of left and soci…
UAE’s ties to Israel, hostility to Iran and its large wealth funds explain Mark Carney’s obsession with the federation of seven monarchies situated at the eastern end of the Arabian Peninsula. Last week Prime Minister Carney talked with United Arab Emirates President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed (MBZ). On X, Canadian researcher Anthony Fenton quipped, “Carney pl…
Ottawa wants its colonial lacky to hold long delayed elections but is demanding a leading Palestinian party be excluded. And its statement largely reflects Zionist pressure and the two-state charade. On Saturday Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas postponed upcoming legislative and presidential elections for nearly a year. In response the fore…
It’s revealing that Avi Lewis ignores the most successful leftist leader in the imperial core. It’s not Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s anti-capitalism that explains the NDP leader’s reticence, but the French presidential candidate’s opposition to NATO. In a summary of a recent interview with Lewis Politico noted, “He has worked before with ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZ (on…
Alberta separatism is a tool for building far-right power beyond the referendum The separatist movement is turning alienation into a vehicle for anti-immigrant and white nationalist political organizing Coverage of what CBC’s The Fifth Estate recently called “The Alberta Question” has oscillated between dismissing the prospect of independence as implausible …
Many cities on Turtle Island are hoping Mamdani fever comes to town. But Toronto is seriously considering rolling out the red carpet for a right wing populist climbing in the polls. I’m joined by Inori Roy, Features Editor at The Local, to discuss her in-depth profile of Toronto mayoral candidate Brad Bradford, published just 2 weeks before the October 26 el…