Australian PM Gillard rips into misogynist, sexist Tony Abbott
I’m not a big fan of Australian PM Julia Gillard. She placed US interests ahead of the rights and security of Australian citizen, Julian Assange, in an extremely prejudicial fashion……
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‘Roadmap to Apartheid’: Israeli and South African parallels
Clips from “Roadmap” that draw Israel/ S. African parallels A feature-length documentary Roadmap to Apartheid is the first time close parallels between the apartheid of the old South African regime…
Chavez re-elected: called for calm on eve of the vote
Hugo Chavez has won a historic victory in the hotly contested Venezuelan election. With 90% of the ballot tallied Chavez took 54.42% of the vote to 44.97% for opposition candidate,…
Pakistan drone protest: American Code Pink campaigners join PTI peace convoy
According to Pakistan’s Dawn online news, the Tehrik-i-insaf’s (PTI) peace convoy protesting drone attacks made it to the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa town of Dera Ismail Khan late Saturday. The peace convoy was…
Pam Geller’s racist ‘savages’ ad generates angry backlash
There has been quite a bit of angry backlash generated by the racist ad activist Pamela Geller and group succeeded in placing on public transit in San Francisco and New…
Harper downsizes Canada with plan to share embassy space with Britain
This week Harper’s foreign affairs minister, John Baird, announced plans to share embassy/consulate space and resources with Britain in what is being described as a cost cutting arrangement. According to…
Toronto Palestine Film Festival 2012: Marcel Khalifé concert
The Toronto Palestine Film Festival (TPFF) will run from September 29 – October 7. Online ‘about’ info for the festival includes: The Toronto Palestine Film Festival (TPFF) is a volunteer-run,…
‘Mass trauma’ in Pakistani tribal areas under threat of drone attack
An important new report – ‘Living Under Drones‘ – disputes the Obama administration’s claim that few civilians have died in drone strikes. The report details the mass trauma caused by…
Ana Tijoux: ‘Shock’ and student protest in Chile
Earlier in the year the Chilean rapper Ana Tijoux was at the New Parish in Oakland where she performed with 2Mex, Raw-G and others. She has a new album coming…
New PQ government cancels tuition hike: victory for student movement
Bottom: Photo from last Saturday’s march in Montreal celebrating victory and calling for free tuition. Pauline Marois, the newly elected premier of Quebec, announced that her government has cancelled the…
Tariq Ramadan on Muslim protests, Islam and the Arab awakening
There has been so much heat and accusation lately over the protests sparked by the schlock anti-Islam film Innocence of Muslims it has been hard to find measured voices that…
Banksy photos: Zapatista murals and ‘Cowboys’ football
Turns out the British graffiti artist Banksy was once a goalie – and a decent one at that by all accounts. He played for a cool football team called the…
Stephen Harper’s farcical democracy award
News that Stephen Harper has been granted an award as World Statesman of the Year for his alleged work as a “champion of democracy, freedom and human rights” is beyond…
‘The Innocence of Muslims’: Bacile film all about insult and provocation
Sam Bacile, an alleged California property developer is reportedly behind the film The Innocence of Muslims that sparked recent attacks on US missions in Libya and Egypt. Bacile – a…
Harper gov calls Iran ‘a threat to global peace’: Chomsky on the real threat
In a move that has greatly pleased Israeli PM Netanyahu the Harper government has shut down its Iran embassy and expelled Iranian diplomats in Canada. On Sept 7 Harper’s foreign…
Democratic Party platform and the dismal record on civil liberties
The Republican Tampa outing was like an outsized town hall meeting compared to the Democrats’ mega-convention in Charlotte. The DNC audience was like a sea with no horizon… a microcosm…
First Nations protest Kinder-Morgan pipeline: Naomi Klein at Salish Festival
Over Labour Day weekend in Vancouver members of the Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh Nations launched a protest flotilla against the proposed twinning of Kinder Morgan’s oil pipeline. It transports crude from…