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 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…
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…
“If I Must Die.” Illustration by @beqararkarke/X. In contexts of class struggle, national liberation, and the fight for self-determination, art is a cultural weapon. It is a tool for educating,…
United Nations General Assembly hall in New York City. Photo by Patrick Gruban/Wikimedia Commons. On November 7, the Third Committee of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) convened to vote…
Environmentalists and workers march during a protest against Canadian miner First Quantum’s contract for an open-pit copper mine in the Central American country. Photo courtesy the National Union of Workers…
Geert Wilders’ Party for Freedom won 37 seats in the Netherlands’ 150-seat legislature, the largest single bloc, after an historic election win last week. Photo from Flickr. The victory of…
The government of Panama is pushing ahead on a deal with Canadian mining giant First Quantum Minerals, which operates the contentious Cobre Panamá mine. Photo courtesy @SuntracsPanama/X. The Cobre Panamá…
On October 23, Ontario NDP MPP Sarah Jama was expelled from the party’s caucus and censured in the provincial legislature for comments she made about Palestine. Photo by Bobby Hristova/CBC.…
People gather around the bodies of Palestinians killed in Israeli air strikes on the al-Ahli Arab Hospital in central Gaza after they were transported to Shifa Hospital. Photo by Dawood…
Ukrainian-born Canadian lawyer Peter Savaryn. During World War II, he belonged to the Waffen-SS Galician Division. Photo courtesy the University of Alberta. The fallout from the Canadian Parliament’s decision to…
Volunteers of the 14th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS are sworn in, 1943. As many as 2,000 members of the unit arrived in Canada in the 1950s. Photo courtesy…
Parliamentarians gave a standing ovation to Yaroslav Hunka, a former member of the 14th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS, the military wing of the Nazi Party, during Ukrainian President…
On September 6, the Libyan poet Mustafa al-Trabelsi attended a meeting at the House of Culture in Derna. The meeting was held to discuss the risks that a flood would…
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau meets with Rwandan President Paul Kagame on the margins of the G7 Summit in Biarritz, France, August 2019. Photo courtesy the Prime Minister’s Office. For three…
LAV-25 of the 12th Armoured Regiment, January 14, 2012. Photo courtesy the United States Marine Corps/Flickr. For several decades, Liberal and Conservative governments have steadily militarized Canada. Since the end…
Illegal gold mining in Ghana. Photo by Randy Olson. Canadian mining companies are some of the largest investors in West African gold. Every year, these firms generate billions in revenue…
On August 20, 2023, Ecuadorians voted overwhelmingly to stop oil drilling in the Amazon’s Yasuní National Park (pictured here) by a margin of nearly 20 percent. Photo by Paul Bertner/Minden…
Photo by Chris LeBoutillier/Unsplash The Canadian Mining Journal, an industry magazine catered to insiders, has released its annual ranking of Canada’s top 40 miners. Describing 2022 as “a remarkable year”…
Supporters of the coup with a picture of General Abdourahamane Tchiani in Niamey, Niger. Photo by Sam Mednick. Events in Niger have been moving fast. After overthrowing President Mohamed Bazoum…
