Trump’s war on Venezuela is a war on Latin America
Street art depicting Nicolás Maduro, Simón Bolívar, and Hugo Chávez. Photo by Guaiquerí/Wikimedia Commons. After more than two decades of coup attempts and destabilization efforts against Venezu...
Owen Schalk
Canada pursues Gulf markets as its weapons fuel war in Sudan
RSF troops before the war with the Sudanese Armed Forces erupted in 2023. Photo courtesy RSFSudan/Telegram. On November 21, Mark Carney landed in Abu Dhabi, becoming the first Canadian l...
How a nationalization threat shook Canadian oil interests in Libya
Photo by Ben Sutherland/Flickr The following is an excerpt from Targeting Libya: How Canada went from building public works to bombing an oil-rich country and creating chaos for ...
Canada flying in lockstep with the United States
An F-35B Lightning II fighter jet prepares to take off from the flight deck of the USS America in the South China Sea. Photo courtesy the United States Pacific Fleet/Flickr.…
Canada dismissed Kyrgyzstan’s environmental concerns as ‘pretext’ in mine dispute, documents reveal
The Kumtor mine is one of the largest gold mines in Central Asia. Photo courtesy the Kumtor Gold Company. When Kyrgyzstan nationalized the Kumtor gold mine in 2021, citing environmental…
What is BRICS and where is it going?
World leaders attend the 2025 BRICS Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, July 7, 2025. Photo courtesy the Government of India/Wikimedia Commons. From July 6 to 7, BRICS—a bloc of…
Panama’s revolutionary youth are confronting imperialism and dictatorship
Formed in 2019, Juventudes Revolucionarias (Revolutionary Youth) has become a leading voice of youth resistance against foreign intervention, authoritarianism, and neoliberal policy in Panama. Photo courtesy JR-16/Instagram. ...
Carney’s military buildup benefits the US, not Canada
On June 9, Prime Minister Mark Carney announced that Canada will meet the two percent of GDP spending target pushed by Washington, committing $9 billion in new funding for the…
As election looms, Poilievre threatens Trump-like attack on Canadian universities
Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre during a recent campaign event. Photo courtesy Pierre Poilievre/X. Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre is having a hard time challenging the public pe...
Yale professors flee US for Toronto school linked to massive human rights abuses
Photo courtesy the University of Toronto’s Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy/LinkedIn In late March, three professors at Yale University—scholars Marci Shore and “fas...
Israel and the US resume their war of extermination in Gaza
Destruction caused by Israeli bombing of Jabalia camp, Gaza Strip. Photo by Hussein Jaber/UNRWA. On Monday, Israel resumed its bombing of civilians in Gaza, killing over 400 in a single…
Cuba, Canada, and the second Trump administration
Locals repaint a revolutionary mural in Havana. Photo by Carsten ten Brink/Flickr. The following article is adapted from a presentation given by the author at the 2025 annual general meeting…
Free Yves Engler
Montréal-based writer and political activist Yves Engler is a long-time contributor to CD. On February 20, long-time Canadian Dimension columnist and contributor Yves Engler was arrested by Mont...
Will Poilievre’s pro-Trump past boost an ailing Liberal Party?
US President Donald Trump’s annexation threats and looming tariffs have become topic number one in Canadian political discourse. To some degree, Trump’s threats and insults have reinvigorated de...
Forced disappearances in Kandahar show need for Canadian Afghanistan Papers
Canadian troops arrive at Kandahar airfield on March 8, 2002. Photo by Stephen J. Thorne. Last month, the Globe and Mail published an article about “enforced disappearances” of Afghan pr...
Sidelined in Mali, Barrick turns Tanzania mine into ‘armed encampment’
Barrick Gold’s North Mara gold mine in Tanzania. Photo by Twiga Minerals/Instagram. Three months ago, Canadian mining giant Barrick Gold received some good news. A case filed again...
Why be a doormat?
Political cartoon published in July 1870 depicts Canada as a child, with Great Britain, represented as Mother Britannia, holding out her protective arms. Uncle Sam, representing the United States, stands…
Remembering Canada’s support for the US invasion of Panama
An American armoured personnel carrier guards a street near the Panamanian Defense Force headquarters building during the second day of Operation Just Cause, December 1989. Photo from Wikimedia Commons. ...
Israeli historian accuses Canadian media of enabling Gaza war crimes
Lee Mordechai is a professor of history at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Photo supplied. On December 5, 2024, Israeli historian Lee Mordechai released a 124-page report titled “Bearing Wit...
Mali’s arrest of Barrick employees shows continued push for sovereignty in West Africa
The Malian government under Colonel Assimi Goïta, pictured here, is demanding Resolute Mining and Barrick Gold pay hundreds of millions of dollars in taxes and fines. In the past few…