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,…
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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…
Refaat Alareer: Literature as resistance
“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,…
Canada votes against democracy, human rights at UN—promotes mercenaries, sanctions
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…
After years of public pressure, Panama finally closes Canadian copper mine
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…
Merkelism is collapsing in Europe. What will succeed it?
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…
Ottawa silent as Panama rises up against Canadian copper mine
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…
Ontario NDP and Conservatives unite to punish Sarah Jama for criticizing Israeli violence
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.…
Canada’s weak stance on Gaza crisis gives green light to Israel’s war crimes
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…
Scandal builds at University of Alberta over Nazi endowments
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…
Canada’s Nazi war criminal past can no longer be ignored
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…
World War II revisionism on full display in Nazi’s visit to Parliament
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…
How Canada’s bombing of Libya contributed to the flooding disaster
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…
Despite widespread abuses, Canada maintains support for Rwandan government
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…
How Canada came to be one of the world’s leading arms dealers
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…
As West African states take greater role in mining sector, how will Canada respond?
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…
Ecuador oil drilling referendum a victory for biodiversity
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…