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Canadians at odds with their government on Israel | Feb 17 2017 | Murray Dobbin | Pro-Israeli government policy is built on a foundation of untested assumptions about Canadian attitudes. A new EKOS poll reveals this to be convenient but quite false.

The West has been ripping off Africa for 700 years. Not the other way around | Feb 17 2017 | Gerry Caplan | The Trudeau government is looking for a new Africa strategy. Surely telling the truth about who is ripping off whom would be a very constructive way to begin.

Persecuted Falun Gong practitioners given a chance at justice | Feb 16 2017 | Hershy He, Kerry Foster | The practice of Falun Gong includes mass arrests, "re-education" through torture, executions and widespread allegations of organ harvesting for the medical market.

Trudeau's pro-Israel stance offside with Canadians -- and hampers bid for UN seat | Feb 16 2017 | Linda McQuaig | While Trudeau's persona of a progressive internationalist has won him kudos at home and abroad, his staunch support for Israel at the UN has left Canada significantly offside with public opinion.

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Israel's response to Syrian refugee crisis has much in common with Trump's ban | Feb 13 2017 | Yves Engler | Rather than contrasting Trump's ban with Israel's openness, if Israel supporters truly embraced universal human rights they would criticize Trump for mimicking Israeli policy.

In times of despair, utopias are preferable to dystopias | Feb 10 2017 | Rick Salutin | Dystopias are warnings, utopias are yearnings. They keep chugging ahead into the future, unlike dystopias, which are meant to forewarn but can as easily depress and demobilize.

Trump's Muslim ban first step toward re-establishing American dominance in the Middle East | Feb 10 2017 | Nahla Abdo | All U.S. presidents, including Obama, have taken part in wars attempting to bring the Middle East to heel. Now it is Trump's turn.

Adam Sneyd on Cotton, Globalization and Clothing Poverty.

Adam Sneyd on 'Cotton,' globalization, commodities and clothing poverty | Feb 8 2017 | Face2Face | Adam talks about his book Cotton, its empire, commodities and politics, "clothing poverty" and anti-globalization and why we need to be concerned about how the world works.

11 wishes for 2017 that will make Canada greener, more just and more equal | Feb 7 2017 | Cheryl McNamara | Last January, KAIROS released its wish list for the year -- 10 plus one hopes for the federal government and the provinces to fulfill. Two of these were realized. Here are our wishes for 2017.

March in Bucaramanga, Santander against Eco Oro Minerals and other companies

Colombia's resistance to Canadian mining interests is multi-faceted and fearless | Feb 7 2017 | Fernanda Sánchez Jaramillo | Indigenous people, Afro-Colombians, union leaders, farmers, students and academics in Colombia confront Canadian mining companies.

Making nice with Washington is not a foreign policy | Jan 31 2017 | Duncan Cameron | There has been no indication from Team Trudeau that it wants to add value to world politics, only that it wants to protect the status quo in relations with the U.S.

The civil war in Syria: A case study in propaganda | Jan 28 2017 | Redeye Collective | The story we are told about the civil war in Syria is that it's a fight for freedom and democracy against a brutal dictator. Journalist Rick Sterling says this narrative is based on lies and fraud.

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The new Russophobia 3 NDPP said... Western Media Coverage of Navalny and Le Pen Shows Breathtaking Hypocrisy https://on.rt.com/82s0 "...

Liberals brought Nazi vets to Canada: Glorifying Ukrainian-Canadian Veterans of OUN/UPA Terrorism Richard Sanders said... The main organization in Canada of the fascist Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists -- OUN(M) --...

NB NDP Leader Resigns Amid Unhappiness With Fed Party Position On Syria Mighty Middle said... Portion of Dominic Cardy statement The NDP is a one-stop shop. When you join the provincial NDP you...

Home Sweet Home: civil disobedience in Ireland to protest homelessness mark_alfred said... Interesting action in Ireland. News article: http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/act-of-...

Waffen-SS Galician Division still Revered by Canada’s Ukrainian Right MegB said... Richard, I've had a complaint against your thread. I think I need to remind you that the purpose of...

2017 will be the 100th anniversary of the Great October Socialist Revolution. 6079_Smith_W said... Of course, an interesting parallel to current events is the role played by the German high command...

Did Turkey declare war on Syria November 29 ? SeekingAPoliticalHome said... http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/turkey-entered-syria-to-end-al-assads-r... The Turkish military...

NDP MPP Jagmeet Singh On Fidel Castro "uplifted the lives of millions" Mighty Middle said... NDP MPP Jagmeet Singh tweeted about the passing of Fidel Castro by writing He saw a country wracked...

Fidel Castro dies at 90 alan smithee said... A great visionary. Forever to remembered for his courage to stand up to America and reject the vile...

Bolivia to declassify Operation Condor and Che murder files ygtbk said... Quote: The declassification includes the diplomatic files of the Bolivian military regime of Rene...

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