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BDS: a key tactic in the struggle for the liberation of Palestine
By Rimmy Riarh On July 9 in 2005, 170 Palestinian civil society organizations called on the international community to stand in solidarity with Palestine. Specifically, they appealed for boycotts, divestment and sanctions: “We, the representatives of Palestinian civil society, call upon international civil society organizations and people of conscience all over the world to impose…
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The Economic Basis of Canada’s Support for Israel
What is driving Canada’s support for Israel? Canada’s foreign policy toward Israel and Palestine has a very convoluted history. While the King government supported the 1947 UN plan which partitioned Palestine and created the state of Israel, it also maintained a “none is too many” policy on Jewish migration through the 1940s, which closed the…
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Hiroshima Day
ONCE AGAIN ON THE BRINK OF NUCLEAR WAR On August 6, 1945 U.S. imperialism dropped “Little Boy” on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. Three days later this act of mass carnage was repeated on the city of Nagasaki. “Little Boy” was the nickname given to a weapon with explosive energy equivalent to 15 kilotons of…
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Students Rise Up for Palestine!
Beginning at Columbia University in NYC on April 17, students from across the USA, Europe, Canada & Quebec have now joined the movement in support of Palestine & against the Zionist genocide now taking place in Gaza & the West Bank. In all cases, students are demanding that universities disclose & divest their investments in…
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Oppose Israeli Attempts to Provoke a Regional War in West Asia
On April 1, 2024 Israel attacked Iran, bombing its embassy compound in the Syrian capital of Damascus, killing 16 people including seven top military officers. This attack clearly violated diplomatic norms and international treaties, including the Vienna Convention and Article 2.4 of the UN Charter. In addition, the attack on the embassy in Damascus violated…
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Canada: HANDS OFF YEMEN!
The dreaded expansion of the war in West Asia (Middle East)is confirmed by imperialist attacks on Yemen carried out byboth the USA and the UK. Starting on January 11/12 bothcountries launched “more than 100 precision-guided missiles”at Yemen to suppress efforts made by that country in supportof the heroic Palestine in its struggle against the genocidebeing…