On Tuesday, June 3rd, at 3 p.m., Canada’s Parliament will vote on an historic motion to support U.S. Iraq War Resisters in Canada.
The motion calls on the Government of Canada to stop removal orders against those who refuse to fight in Bush’s illegal war in Iraq, and has the support of [...]

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U. Utah Phillips died yesterday. As news of his passing spreads across the world, those of us who have been moved by his music and tickled by his outrageously funny story telling pause to remember a favourite song, or performance.
My all time favourite expresses Utah’s unconditional affirmation of working people and his uncompromising critique of [...]

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A Palestinian family piles into a truck, becoming part of the Nakba in 1948. (UNWRA).
Source: Institute for Middle East Understanding

Like many Canadians of my generation, I came of age in the 1960s, a time of great idealism and social upheaval. As a teenager living in rural Manitoba, my personal exposure to the great movements for [...]

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Malalai Joya addressing the Afghan Parliament, April 15, 2006,
shortly before the Speaker disconnected her microphone because
she criticised the government.
On May 21, there will be an international day of action in support of suspended Afghan MP Malalai Joya. Joya was suspended from the Afghan Parliament May 21, 2007 for three years. Her crime: speaking out about [...]

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