The Unspoken Holocaust
American wars have resulted in the deaths of millions of civilians. Why are we not hearing more about this?
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F-35 For Australia and Canada
It’s amazing how expensive a stealth fighter jet can be. And it just gets more and more expensive the longer Canada contemplates actually forking over cash for the fictional fighter…
Occupy Boston: No War On Iran
On Saturday, February 4, The Action for Peace Working Group of Occupy Boston will co-sponsor a rally and march as part of an international day of action to demand NO…
Occupy Boston: No War On Iran
On Saturday, February 4, The Action for Peace Working Group of Occupy Boston will co-sponsor a rally and march as part of an international day of action to demand NO…
Take Time To Renew Your Spirit
“It is evident that many wars are fought over resources which are now becoming increasingly scarce. If we conserved our resources better, fighting over them would not then occur…so, protecting…
Prime Minister Chicken Shit, or Chicken Hawk?
“I’ve watched and listened to what the leadership in the Iran regime says, and it frightens me,” Mr. Harper said in a CBC interview. Prime Minister Stephen Harper takes a…
Radical Good Sense
The “Fight for Canada”, did not happen in 1812, since Canada did not exist as a nation for decades later in 1867. The Department of “Canadian Heritage” ought to be…
How the corporate media manipulates public support for international wars
The drums of war with Iran are beating. Once again, the corporate media, on behalf of the ever-hungry military-industrial complex and it’s puppets in position of political power, will force…
The Great Oil War [Chapter 2] : Iran
In chapter 1 of what now may be considered the beginnings of a World-War III we discussed what was then the active military action against Libya. We covered economic hitmen…
Take Time To Renew Your Spirit
“Those who love peace must learn to organize as effectively as those who love war.” Martin Luther King, Jr.
Hitchens: a contrarian view
Nobody should have to silently watch someone with this history * be converted into some sort of universally beloved literary saint. * Or as Murray writes: A strange and extremely…
A Few Good Men v. Sheep
A group of military “heroes” in Afghanistan demonstrate their bravery in the field: There may be some background “context” to this film that may explain why a group of U.S.…
That Annoying Twitter Access
I’ve seldom seen a journalist whine so much about politicians who are too accessible to the public. Look no further, you can find them in the Calgary Herald. Mayor Nenshi…
ExxonMobil and Shell Stamp Huge Oil and Gas Deals in Iraq
Rumaila Oil Field Explosion.jpg Just a few weeks after President Barack Obama announced U.S. troops are "leaving" the war-torn country, ExxonMobil and Shell each announced major new oil and gas…
Polanski’s ‘The Pianist’
A very good movie. Mostly based on the memoirs of Wladyslaw Szpilman a classical pianist who managed to survive the Warsaw Ghetto and the holocaust. Parts of the story came…
Remember When There Wasn’t So Much War
I was listening to the CBC the other day (normally a benign sort of radio experience) and a newscaster was describing, with some enthusiasm, bombs being dropped by Canadians or…
We must remember war in order to stop it – Friday Film Pick: Come and See
For Remembrance Day watch Klimov's classic anti-war film COME AND SEE.
Remembrance Day 2011
I belong to a family, and a clan, with a 300-year military tradition. I have attended more Remembrance Day ceremonies than I can count. And hated them all.I shudder at…
Remembering Peace
Let's use today as an excuse to begin spreading words of peace instead of banging the drums of war.
I am a pacifist…
… I detest war and its machinery. I hate the glorification of war or the use of the military as a political tool. I see no need for guns in…