Georgia Straight
May 8, 2008

The defendants in a lawsuit brought by CanWest MediaWorks Publications Inc. over a Vancouver Sun parody got support this week from a magazine editor who knows much about satire and getting sued. (Keep reading…)

rabble.ca
May 5, 2008

Last year, peace activist Mordecai Briemberg was served with a lawsuit by CanWest. The charge? Producing a fake edition of CanWest’s Vancouver Sun, and infringing upon the company’s trademark related rights in the process. The four-page parody, produced by a group calling itself the “Palestine Media Collective,” focused on what they perceived to be biased media coverage of the Israel/Palestine conflict in the Vancouver newspaper. (Keep reading…)

Globe & Mail April 25, 2008

Case 1: The Ontario Human Rights Commission has declined to rule on a complaint brought by Arab and Muslim groups against Maclean’s and writer Mark Steyn. The OHRC said its mandate doesn’t cover such things but added, like a consolation prize: “Freedom of expression should be exercised through responsible reporting.” This is clearly wrong. Freedom of expression is exercised through irresponsible reporting — or what some people see that way. That’s when the need to protect it arises. (Keep reading…)

Winnipeg Free Press March 30

When Winnipeggger Aaron James learned that Robert Dziekanski died after being tasered by RCMP at the Vancouver Airport in October, his first reaction was deep compassion. His second was the feeling of renewed dread common to people suffering post-traummatic stress. (Keep reading…)

Seriously Free Speech Committee, PO Box 57112, RPO East Hastings Street, Vancouver, B.C., V5K 5G6
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Don’t Let Canwest SLAPP Briemberg and YOU! (Keep reading…)

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Special to Canadian Dimension March 12, 2008

March 11, 2008—It’s Democracy Day in Canada, and liberal types on the CBC and in the papers are gushing about the wonders of this country. One wonders what they would have thought had they been attending the hearing today hosted by Federal Court Chief Justice Alan Lutfy in Ottawa, with affected parties listening in by speaker phone in Toronto and Montreal. (Keep reading…)

The Coalition Against Israeli Apartheid (CAIA) calls on all supporters of Palestinian rights to defend the right to organize at McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario. Last week, the McMaster Provost office, second in authority to that of the President’s office, announced that student clubs were banned from using the term ‘Israeli Apartheid’. This is an unprecedented attack on the right to free speech, academic freedom, and the right to organize. (Keep reading…)

Truthdig Feb 11, 2008 http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20080211_the_war_against_tolerance/

Walid Shoebat, Kamal Saleem and Zachariah Anani are the three stooges of the Christian right. These self-described former Muslim terrorists are regularly trotted out at Christian colleges—a few days ago they were at the Air Force Academy—to spew racist filth about Islam on behalf of groups such as Focus on the Family. It is a clever tactic. Curly, Larry and Mo, who all say they are born-again Christians, engage in hate speech and assure us it comes from personal experience. They tell their audiences that the only way to deal with one-fifth of the world’s population is by converting or eradicating all Muslims. Their cant is broadcast regularly on Fox News, including the Bill O’Reilly and Neil Cavuto shows, as well as on numerous Christian radio and television programs. Shoebat, who has written a book called “Why We Want to Kill You,” promises in his lectures to explain the numerous similarities between radical Muslims and the Nazis, how “Muslim terrorists” invaded America 30 years ago and how “perseverance, recruitment and hate” have fueled attacks by Muslims. (Keep reading…)

The Independent 31 January 2008

After six years in control, this government has proved itself to be as bad as the Taliban – in fact, it is little more than a photocopy of the Taliban. The situation in Afghanistan is getting progressively worse – and not just for women, but for all Afghans. (Keep reading…)