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…
Owen Schalk
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…
Assassination plot in Bolsonaro’s office raises question—why did Canada support him?
Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro. Photo by Fabio Rodrigues Pozzebom/Agência Brasil/Flickr. As world leaders met in Rio de Janeiro for the G20 summit on November 19, Brazil’s Federal Pol...
Why socialists need to understand the legacy of Malcolm Norris and Jim Brady
Jim Brady and Malcolm Norris. Image taken from the cover of Murray Dobbin’s 1981 book, The One-and-a-Half Men: The Story of Jim Brady and Malcolm Norris. This December marks the…
In West Africa, Canadian mining firms come up against bloc of independent states
Mali’s Assimi Goïta, Niger’s General Abdourahamane Tchiani, and Burkina Faso’s Captain Ibrahim Traoré at the first summit of heads of state and governments of the Alliance of Sahel States (AES)…
Why doesn’t Canada want Mexicans to elect their own judges?
Claudia Sheinbaum and current Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador. Photo by Raj Valley. Canada and the US are continuing their pressure campaign on Mexico’s widely popular Morena gover...
Serbia’s ‘green transition’ undermining local interests
Thousands of activists attend a protest in Belgrade, Serbia, against Rio Tinto’s plan to mine lithium in the Balkan country. Photo courtesy FoNet Zoran Mrđa. For world leaders, Serbia is…
JNF’s loss of charitable status a win for international law and Palestinian rights
JNF donation collection boxes are found in most communal mainstream Jewish spaces across Canada and beyond. Photo from Wikimedia Commons. In a small but significant step for defenders of Palesti...
Lancet: 186,000 Palestinians or more killed in Gaza
Peer-reviewed medical journal The Lancet has just published an article “conservatively” estimating that the death toll from Israel’s assault on Gaza could be 186,000 people or more. Photo by Humberto…
Israel is stoking all-out war, and Canada is complicit
Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Artillery Corps operating near the border with Lebanon. Photo by Sgt. Ori Shifrin/IDF Spokesperson’s Unit/Wikimedia Commons. Israel’s genocide in Gaza i...
Poverty rising in Canada as Ottawa boosts military spending
Ottawa’s updated military policy allocates an additional $8.1 billion to military spending, with a promise to increase the defence budget from $30 billion to $50 billion by 2029. Photo by…
How will Canada deal with new Mexican president Claudia Sheinbaum?
Claudia Sheinbaum will be Mexico’s first female president and the first president from Mexico’s Jewish community. Photo by EneasMx/Wikimedia Commons. On June 2, Mexico held elections for preside...
