The world’s stock markets did what they do this week — go up and down. And as always, investors and the media reacted as if this was something they had never seen before. Following last week’s plunge/freefall/spiral (chose your adjective) in prices, there was more panic on Monday as prices
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Politics and its Discontents: Harper’s Jihad
The closer we come to an election, the more strident and McCarthyesque the Harper regime is becoming over ‘radical Islam.’ There is, of course, the political opportunism of Bill C-51, a piece of legislation designed not only to keep us in a constant state of suspicion but also to quash
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: Mohamed Fahmy “has no relation to the Muslim Brotherhood”
A billionaire telecoms tycoon has told an Egyptian court that Mohamed Fahmy, a journalist and Canadian citizen, “has no relation to the Muslim Brotherhood” The post Mohamed Fahmy “has no relation to the Muslim Brotherhood” appeared first on The Canadian Progressive.
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: Retrial of Al Jazeera Journalists Must Pave Way to Their Unconditional Freedom
Egypt’s retrial of Canadian-Egyptian Mohamed Fahmy and two other jailed Al Jazeera journalists acknowledges major flaws in their original convictions, says Amnesty International. The post Retrial of Al Jazeera Journalists Must Pave Way to Their Unconditional Freedom appeared first on The Canadian Progressive.
Continue readingNorthern Reflections: Politically Inconvenient
Hypocrisy is at the heart of the Harper regime. That hypocrisy was on display once again this week when John Baird — the prime minister’s bullhorn — declared that, in the case of Mohamed Fahmy, bullhorn diplomacy wouldn’t work. Harper has been using his bullhorn against the tyranny of Vladimir
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Mohamed Fahmy and the Shameful Silence of Stephen Harper
It's a trial that has caused outrage all over the world. The sentencing of three Al Jazeera journalists, including a Canadian citizen Mohamed Fahmy, to long prison terms in Egypt.For the crime of committing journalism.But even though world leaders have been lining up to condemn that travesty of justice.Even though journalists all
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