Canada and other Western powers are trying to stifle the Arab spring - escalating the threat of military intervention against Syria and Iran, while quietly supporting repression in Palestine, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Bahrain.more
Francoise David, one of Quebec's leading activists and political figures, has written an important primer on the politics and fault lines of the Quebec left, which should be read across Canada.more
A new border deal means that Canada will adopt the draconian (and often unconstitutional) Bush-Obama positions on privacy, security, immigration, and surveillance.more
TheDurban climate talks have offered little or nothing, writes Jonathan Neale, in this eyewitness report. Now is the time for climate activists to take their message into the new radical movementsmore
nine years of injustice and secret trials in Canada
This weekend - International Human Rights Day - marks the ninth anniversary of the detention of Mohamed Harkat under a security certificate - a draconian detention for which no charge is laid, and the information on which the allegation is based is kept secret from the detainee and their lawyers.more