Syrian Revolution: Caught Between Repression & Imperialism
The first and foremost thing that must be said is that the people of Syria, who have resisted an utterly vicious military repression of their aspirations for nearly a year,…
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Shafia Becomes An Excuse For Anti-Muslim Racism
Of course the horror of the multiple murders of three young girls and their mother by the father, son and second wife ought to be condemned. It ought to be…
Did NATO’s Libyan "Liberation" Blow-Up In Their Faces
During NATO’s bombing campaign to dominate and destroy the Libyan revolution liberate Libya last year, I wrote that their real interests lie with intervening into the Arab Spring in such…
Gingrich: Vote For the Kook, I Mean Crook, I Mean Astronaut
This is awesomely awesome stuff and further proof that the American political system can only be defined as being from outer space. Newt Gingrich made a campaign speech in Florida…
Year One Of The Egyptian Revolution
There will be gobs and gobs of text filling the pages, websites and on air coverage today about the 1 year anniversary of the start of the Egyptian revolution. A…
Why Peter MacKay Is So "Highly Regarded"
I didn’t hear Harper’s weasel words defense of our frequent flying Defence Minister, the Honourable Peter MacKay, so I can’t for certain. But I can only assume that Harper took…
Is Siri Anti-Choice?
My wife, who is a pro-choice photographer and activist, sent me a tumblr post the other day about the inability of people using the Siri, personal assistant on the iPhone…
Arab Democracy Makes Netanyahu Nervous
I’ll give the Israeli PM this: he’s at least honest. Israel’s interests lie with the continued existence of Arab dictatorships that are bought and paid for by the USA. Why?…
Occupy Toronto: The Beginning Of A Much Needed Revolt
When the New York City cops went in hammer and tongs - or rather, truncheons and pepper spray - to try and drive out the Occupy Wall Street protesters a…
Harper’s Unearned Economic "Credibility"
It's one of those "truths" in politics that is beyond questioning, like the "necessity" of an independent (i.e. free from democratic controls) central bank, but which, like everything else has…
Saint Jobs In Perspective
Been a bit swamped with work - and building a mud hut for my daughter - for the last week but even up to my elbows in mud and straw…
Dirty Oil Has More Freedom To Move Than People
Free ride for dirty oil, border checks for people. But which is more dangerous? It's one of those typical injustices of capitalism that money, capital and dirty, earth-destroying, toxic oil…
US Sacrificed Aid Agencies That Help Children To Kill Bin Laden
If you ever had any doubt that the hunt to locate and then kill Osama bin Laden was about anything other than vengeance and demonstrating to the world that Captain…
Nobody Says "F*** You" Like Israel
As vile and racist as the regime is, you have to give them points for sheer chutzpah. Having denounced the Palestinians at the UN for not being serious about peace,…
Video: "The Collapse Is Coming… Goldman Sachs Rules The World"
I have to say that it's not often that people at the heart of the stock market casino come out and tell the truth about the operation of the system,…
Baird’s UN Rant Is A Museum Piece
Baird was the attack dog for the Harper government at the UN yesterday with his meandering rant that read like it was written by the Israeli ministry of international propaganda.…
Pakistan: When Thieves Fall Out
As Neil Sedaka once crooned "breaking up is hard to do", especially when you're a superpower who needs the help of an unstable and corrupt government to have any chance…