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The Human Rights Council, Palestine and Canada
(Mar 28. By Arnold August) On March 26, 2009, the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) adopted several resolutions on the Israeli/Palestinian question. According to a UN Office at Geneva (UNOG) News Release dated that same day, one of these resolutions opposed, amongst other problems, the Israeli human rights violation of Syrian citizens in the occupied territories. The HRC demanded that Israel desist from these actions. Thirty-three countries voted in favour of the resolution and thirteen abstained. Only one voted against: Canada.…
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Canada, the Cuban 5 and the US Supreme Court
(By Arnold August) Canada presented its candidacy to the new United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) through an April 10, 2006 official declaration. This statement indicated that the Canadian Government “…is committed to making a positive contribution to ensuring that the Human Rights Council [HRC] becomes an effective body for the promotion and protection of human rights.” During the May 9, 2006 UN General Assembly, Canada and forty-six other countries were elected to the HRC. The Canadian representative was also elected…
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Myths for profit: Canadian documentary expose
(Review by Yves Engler. Mar 27) A major obstacle for anyone organizing to “right” a Canadian foreign policy “wrong” is the widely held notion that this country acts benevolently on the world stage. “Myths for Profit,” a recently released documentary written and directed by Amy Miller, challenges this assumption head-on. A summary of the film reads: “The Canadian government and the military would like us to believe that we are altruistic peacekeepers helping people around the world. But is this accurate?”…
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Noam Chomsky on the economy and democracy
Noam Chomsky speaks to Real News Network founder Paul Jay on the Obama-Geithner plan. His insights here are of no less value than his foreign policy commentary, and I’m always facinated to hear his take on the evolution of capitalism. Your thoughts?
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Avigdor Lieberman, Israel’s Shame
(By Neve Gordon. Mar 26) Thanks to Binyamin Netanyahu’s overweening ambition, Israel is to be saddled with a foreign minister who is a national disgrace. Imagine a country that appoints someone who has been found guilty of striking a 12-year-old boy to be its foreign minister. The person in question is also under investigation for money- laundering, fraud and breach of trust; in addition, he was a bona fide member of an outlawed racist party and currently leads a political party…
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URGENT Galloway update please read and forward!
Learning of Galloway has been an interesting experience, but to quote the man himself, “to ban a five-times elected British MP from addressing public events or keeping appointments with television and radio programmes is a serious matter.” So, here is the Canadian Peace Alliance on the matter: Minister of Censorship Jason Kenney’s decision to ban British MP George Galloway from speaking in Canada has ignited a firestorm of protest across the country. Kenney’s office and the entire Conservative caucus …
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These colours won’t run… Afghanistan
(ZNet. Mar 25. By Norman Solomon) Is your representative speaking out against escalation of the Afghanistan war? Last week, some members of Congress sent President Obama a letter that urged him to “reconsider” his order deploying 17,000 additional U.S. troops to Afghanistan. Everyone in the House of Representatives had ample opportunity to sign onto the letter. Beginning in late February, it circulated on Capitol Hill for more than two weeks. The letter was the most organized congressional move so far to…
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Palestinian children sing for Holocaust survivors
(AP. March 25 by DIAA HADID) The Palestinian youths from the tough West Bank refugee camp stood facing the elderly Holocaust survivors Wednesday, appearing somewhat defiant in a teenage sort of way. Then they began to sing. The choir burst into songs for peace, bringing surprised smiles from the audience. But the event had another twist: Most of the Holocaust survivors did not know the youths were Palestinians from the West Bank, a rare sight in Israel these days. And the…
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Jam and biscuit delivery banned from Gaza
“Items banned by the Israeli authorities last week included jam, biscuits and tomato paste, resulting in 498 boxes of USAID cargo and 2,488 boxes of World Vision cargo stopped from delivery to Gaza. According to COGAT*, food parcels containing these foodstuffs, as well as tea, sweets and date bars, will be rejected in the future.” *COGAT - [Israeli military] Coordinator of Government Activity in the Territories. For full UN report: http://epalestine.blogspot.com/2009/03/epalestine-can-someone-explain-excerpt.html
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Canada Can’t Muzzle Me, by George Galloway
(The Guardian. March 23) The Canadian immigration minister Jason Kenney gazetted in the Sun yesterday morning that I was to be excluded from his country because of my views on Afghanistan. That’s the way the rightwing, last-ditch dead-enders of Bushism in Ottawa conduct their business. Kenney is quite a card. A quick trawl establishes he’s a gay-baiter, gung-ho armchair warrior, with an odd habit of exceeding his immigration brief. Three years ago he attacked the pro-western Lebanese prime minister, Fuad Siniora,…
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