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Warmonger Confessions: More Frankness on AUKUS
The problem with satellite states and subject powers is that their representatives are rarely to be trusted, especially on matters regarding security. Their idea of safety and assurance is tied up in the interests of some other power, one who supposedly guarantees it through a promised force of arms come the place and come the […]
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The DNC Fiddles While the World Burns

DNC delegates unfurl banner during Biden’s speech at the DNC. Photo credit: Esam Boraey An Orwellian disconnect haunts the 2024 Democratic National Convention. In the isolation of the convention hall, shielded from the outside world behind thousands of armed police, few of the delegates seem to realize that their country is on the brink of direct […]
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Why the Genocide Continues

According to the New York Times, U.S. officials say there’s no excuse, on the warmakers’ own terms, for the genocide they are arming: “Israel has achieved all that it can militarily in Gaza, according to senior American officials, who say continued bombings are only increasing risks to civilians while the possibility of further weakening Hamas […]
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Something’s Coming, We Don’t Know What It Is But It Is Going To Be Bad

With a click, with a shock Phone’ll jingle, door’ll knock, open the latch Something’s coming, don’t know when but it’s soon . . . — “Something’s Coming,” West Side Story, lyrics by S. Sondheim, music by L. Bernstein. Shock should not be the word, but when World War III breaks fully loose many who are […]
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We Must Oppose Israel’s Dangerous Gamble Before It’s Too Late
Following World War II, Albert Camus posed a “formidable gamble” to those who had survived a tragedy of immense proportions. “We’re in history up to our necks,” he observed, yet we must wager that “words are more powerful than munitions.” “Leave or die” are the horrid words threatening largely unprotected Palestinian civilians in Gaza as […]
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Let’s Think About How to Build a More Peaceful World

Although the current U.S. presidential campaign has focused almost entirely on domestic issues, Americans live on a planet engulfed in horrific wars, an escalating arms race, and repeated threats of nuclear annihilation. Amid this dangerous reality, shouldn’t we give some thought to how to build a more peaceful future? Back in 1945, toward the end […]
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NATO Imperialist Insistence Will Continue to be Met with Global South Resistance
This July, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) held its annual summit in Washington, DC, where they celebrated themselves for continuing to exist for 75 years, despite the growing opposition around the world to Western hegemony that the US, EU, and their military gang of thugs NATO carry out. Even after months of massive and […]
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7 Ways that Canada Must Support the ICJ Decision on Israel

Earlier this month, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) finally concluded that Israel’s occupation of Palestine is illegal and must end immediately. This was a massive ruling from the world’s top court that affirmed what Palestinians, UN experts, and human rights groups have been saying for decades. But what does it mean for Canada? Last […]
