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…
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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...
Canada is still blocking aid to Afghanistan
A Taliban soldier in Kabul, August 21, 2022. Photo by Callum Darragh/Wikimedia Commons. It has been almost three years since the Taliban regained power in Afghanistan. Since then, the United…
Barrick Gold bristles at Mali’s new mining code
Recent reports indicate that the relationship between Mali’s military government and Canadian mining companies are growing more strained, particularly around the investments of mining giant Barrick Gold. Canada is a…
In blow to Canadian mining companies, Ecuador rejects international arbitration
Members of Mujeres Amazónicas, an Indigenous environmental rights collective, march in Quito, Ecuador. Photo courtesy Mujeres Amazónicas/Instagram. On April 22, Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa held a public referendum on 11…
Keffiyeh bans and the fragility of apartheid supporters
Independent Ontario MPP Sarah Jama wearing a keffiyeh. Photo by Liam Casey/CP On April 25, independent Ontario MPP Sarah Jama wore a keffiyeh, a checkered scarf traditionally worn in parts…
Rift between US and Niger reveals failure of ‘counterterrorism’ in West Africa
A formation of Nigerien soldiers from the 322nd Parachute Regiment march to a training site where they will learn combat and counterterrorism skills from US Army soldiers during Operation Flintlock,…
NDP motion on Palestine a step forward, but not nearly enough
NDP MP and Foreign Affairs Critic Heather McPherson rises to introduce a motion on the situation in the Middle East, Monday, March 18, 2024. Photo courtesy Heather McPherson/X. On March…
Did Mulroney really ‘lead the fight’ against apartheid?
Prime Minister Brian Mulroney speaks after a visit to the United States, 1984. Photo from Wikimedia Commons. On February 29, former Prime Minister Brian Mulroney passed away at the age…
AMLO’s push for environmental reforms angers Canadian mining sector
Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador waving the flag of Mexico. Photo from Wikimedia Commons. In early February, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) proposed a package of 20…
The NDP is incoherent on Gaza genocide
While criticizing the Trudeau government’s military exports to Israel, NDP leadership has largely adopted Israel’s framing of the war and condemned voices speaking out in support of Palestinians. This has…
How Canada benefits from instability in Ecuador
Military personnel stands guard at Canela Radio in Quito. Photo by Franklin Jacome/Agencia Press South. On January 7, infamous drug lord Adolfo Macías (Fito), leader of the Los Choneros cartel,…
Ottawa shrugs off ICJ genocide verdict while cutting funds to Palestinian refugees
Health center operated by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) in the southern Gaza Strip. UNRWA was established by the General…
Events in Iraq and Niger put spotlight on Canadian troops abroad
Special Forces Operators from the Canadian Special Operations Regiment alongside soldiers from the Forces Armées Nigériennes in Niger, 2016. Photo courtesy Canadian Armed Forces/Facebook. In the latest episode of On…
While Canadian workers struggle, CEOs keep getting richer
While living conditions across Canada decay and the future looks increasingly grim for many, the richest CEOs in the country continue to fatten their pockets at the majority’s expense. Image…
As French embassy closes in Niger, West Africa charts a new course
French embassy in Niger. Relations between the two countries have broken down since a July coup d’état overthrew President Mohamed Bazoum. Photo courtesy France24. Over the past few years, numerous…