The destruction of this apartment tower is ridiculous. How is it in any way acceptable for a state to destroy an obvious civilian complex with weapons of war? We’re supposed to believe that the hundreds of occupants were all enemy combatants, and Israel is safer having made them homeless?
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The Canadian Progressive: Gazonto: Imagining Toronto Being Bombed Like Gaza (Video)
With short film, Gazonto, Canadian filmmaker and activist John Greyson reimagines Toronto as Gaza being bombed by Israel during the ongoing Gaza conflict. The post Gazonto: Imagining Toronto Being Bombed Like Gaza (Video) appeared first on The Canadian Progressive.
Continue readingCuriosityCat: New program can analyse your personality (and a politician’s)
Yair Neuman: Personality Analyzer Prof. Yair Neuman, a researcher at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev has developed such a program, and has used it to analyse the views of President Obama and Hillary Clinton towards Israel: Neuman’s method, which he describes as augmented intelligence, works with any text of a
Continue readingdrive-by planet: "Anti-Semitic" troll on Common Dreams site turns out to be Jewish Harvard grad
The progressive news website Common Dreams offers stellar content on a regular basis. It has been fearless and honest in its coverage of Israel and in so doing has attracted negative attention, including simulated anti-Semitic commentary. In a recent published report the site notes that such anti-Semitic posts “have been
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: On broken connections
The CP reported here on Sana Hassainia’s resignation from the NDP caucus and the immediate aftermath. And it’s worth taking a look at both the narrow view that seems to have led Hassainia (among others) to choose to be isolated from party politics, and the unfortunate response from the NDP.
Continue readingdrive-by planet: Chomsky on Israel’s Gaza assault – ‘hideous atrocity, sadistic, murderous’: video interview
In this edited Democracy Now interview Noam Chomsky graphically describes the vicious cycle of violence Israel visits time and again on Gaza… with particular reference to the most recent Israeli military assault dubbed Operation Protective Edge. It’s a hideous atrocity, sadistic, vicious, murderous – totally without any credible pretext. It’s
Continue readingLeft Over: The Mulcair Solution: Fence-Sitting as Political Suicide….
Quebec NDP MP Sana Hassainia defects over Mideast position By Susana Mas, CBC News Posted: Aug 20, 2014 1:48 PM ET Last Updated: Aug 20, 2014 7:16 PM ET Sad to say, the NDP has always waffled on this issue, and it’s one of many reasons I refuse
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: Canada’s Secretive Spy Agency CSEC Spies For Israel
A story recently published by Glenn Greenwald reveals that Canada’s highly secretive spy agency CSEC cooperates with with the NSA to support Israeli intelligence agencies with “cash, weapons and surveillance.” The post Canada’s Secretive Spy Agency CSEC Spies For Israel appeared first on The Canadian Progressive.
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Noam Chomsky on The Nightmare in Gaza
The following article reproduced in its entirety from Altnet.org. Noam Chomsky explores the history of repression and violence that stand as precursors to the current conflict. August 7, 2014 | Amid all the horrors unfolding in the latest Israeli offensive in Gaza, Israel’s goal is simple: quiet-for-quiet,
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: The Shooting May Have Stopped But, For Civilians, Gaza’s Suffering Deepens.
For good and obvious reasons, destruction of essential civilian infrastructure such as water supply and sewage systems is prohibited by the laws of war. Attacking such targets is a war crime. For Israel, it’s not just a war crime. It’s a strategy and it’s called Dahiyeh. It’s the deliberate targeting
Continue readingIsrael vs. Hamas or Likud vs. Gaza—framing the issue
A major goal in a propaganda war is to frame the issue on your terms. For example, in labour disputes, businesses (and their political and media allies) often claim the argument is not with the workers but with the “union bosses.” The objective is to convince the public and perhaps
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Israel & Palestine – It’s All a Game of Who Controls the Narrative
And it’s a game in which Israel and its collaborators abroad consistently win. The side with the loudest, most professional voice – Israel, of course – gets the all important advantage of fixing the beginning of the conflict. Israel decides what started it and exactly when. What happened before that
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: Noam Chomsky on media’s “shameful moment” in Gaza
by: Democracy Now! | Posted Mon. Aug 11, 2014 As a new 72-hour ceasefire takes hold in Gaza, we turn to part two of our interview with world-renowned dissident and linguist,MIT Professor Noam Chomsky. Criticizing U.S. media coverage of the Israeli assault on Gaza, Chomsky says: “It’s a shameful moment for U.S. media
Continue readingPolitics, Re-Spun: Welcome to the 1,000th Politics, Re-Spun Editorial!
Steve Harper, the greatest threat to Canadian security in the modern era. Happy August! Happy Day! I have a few comments about this, the 1,000th editorial at Politics, Re-Spun. But you can read them below, about my sabbatical plan, new visions for this almost 12-year-old website, and other things. But
Continue readingWhy a lifelong Dipper is disappointed with Thomas Mulcair
Born and raised in Saskatchewan, I’ve been a supporter of the CCF/NDP since before Thomas Mulcair was born. The major reason is simply that Canada’s social democratic party has always been the voice of the vulnerable and the oppressed. And that is also the major reason I am uncomfortable with
Continue readingdrive-by planet: Global Day of Rage calls for sanctions against Israel – photos: Barnaby Raine speech – "Jewish Bloc Against Zionism"
August 9 saw Day of Rage demos around the world protesting Israeli actions in Gaza and calling for sanctions. Behind the fold I’ve posted a selection of photos. I’ve also posted a video from the London Day of Rage featuring a speech by a nineteen-year-old British activist named Barnaby Raine
Continue readingLeDaro: John Baird thinks that it is Palestinians’ fault that they are being butchered by Israel
John Baird, Minister of Foreign Affairs, blames Palestinians that they are being butchered by Israel. He is a bigger jackass than his boss Stephen Harper who holds similar views. Tories Release Pro-Israel Ad Amid War In Gaza, But They Don’t Want Everyone To See It Other parties don’t have much
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: Gaza conflict: NDP urged to stop apologizing for war crimes, human rights abuses
Various concerned Canadian citizens and residents urge the NDP to stop apologizing for Israel’s alleged war crimes and breaches of human rights in the ongoing Gaza conflict. The post Gaza conflict: NDP urged to stop apologizing for war crimes, human rights abuses appeared first on The Canadian Progressive.
Continue readingPushed to the Left and Loving It: Jesus Was Not a Real Estate Agent Nor Did he Invent the Bomb
There was a very interesting segment on the documentary program Vice recently, called Armageddon Now. In it they discussed Evangelical Christians and their strange devotion to Israel. Vice’s Thomas Morton travelled with a group of Born Again Christian tourists, as they visited the “Holy Land”; and spoke with End Times
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: “Clear evidence” of war crimes committed by Israel
Palestinian Foreign Minister Riad al-Malki has informed the International Criminal Court that there was “clear evidence” of war crimes committed by Israel during the Gaza conflict. The post “Clear evidence” of war crimes committed by Israel appeared first on The Canadian Progressive.
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