Part III of a Feature Analysis on Operation Protective Edge by Tascha Shahriari-Parsa and Alon Lapid Recently, discussions have taken place about a potential ceasefire, andNetanyahu has claimed that “Hamas’s rejection of the ceasefire gives Israel full legitimacy to expand the operation to protect our people”—a claim that has been used to warrant Israel’s ground …
Part IV of a Feature Analysis on Operation Protective Edge. by Tascha Shahriari-Parsa and Alon Lapid Ongoing Protests in Canada In response to all of the injustice, emergency demonstrations have erupted across Canada, declaring their support for Palestine and calling for an end to Israeli war crimes. Unfortunately, most Canadian media agencies have chosen not to …
Part V of a Feature Analysis on Operation Protective Edge By Tascha Shahriari-Parsa While many articles have debunked the myth that Israel is acting out of “self-defense,” very few have attempted to establish why Israel is continuing its assault on Palestine through Operation Protective Edge, aside from the supposition that Zionists have a fanatic penchant …
by Camila Uribe Rosales and Ashley M. Since 2004, over 2500 people have been killed in Pakistan by drone missile strikes by the U.S. Another 50, 000 have been killed by the Pakistan military or insurgent forces and millions have been displaced in the decade long ‘War on Terror.’ The documentary Wounds of Waziristan, directed …
By Roger Annis MOSCOW, Russia, July 14, 2014 | Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko is trying to make good on his announcement on July 11 that his army or the fascist militias fighting alongside it will kill “dozens and hundreds” of people in the east of the country for every Ukraine soldier dying in the war his regime is …
by Tascha Shahriari-Parsa and Alon Lapid On Tuesday, July 8th, 2014, the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) launched Operation “Protective Edge”, allegedly to “stop the terror Israel’s citizens face on a daily basis.” President Benjamin Netanyahu authorized the call-up of 40,000 reservists to supplement the Israeli Southern Command, and in no time struck 150 sites that …
by Roger Annis Yalta, Crimea | An antiwar, antifascist conference held between July 6-7 has just concluded in Yalta, bringing together more that than 100 people from across Ukraine as well as from Russia, Belarus, Poland, four countries in western Europe, and North America. It featured two days of intense discussion and debate of the …
Op-Ed by Muriam Salman There has been widespread condemnation of the attack on a 25-year old pregnant woman as she stood in front of Lahore Courthouse, Pakistan on May 27. Farzana Parveen died after being hit with bricks and sticks by her father, brother, and former fiancé. The stoning coincided with news of Elliot Rogers …
Vancouver – Unceded Coast Salish Territories | by Aiyanas Ormond “O you with bloodshot eyes and bloody hands, Night is short-lived, The detention room lasts not for ever, Nor yet the links of chains.” The words of Mahmoud Darwish, read as part of a street theatre performance at an emergency rally against escalating Israeli …
by Aiyanas Ormond “GN Saibaba is being targeted for opposing the Government’s anti-Naxal war.” – Arundhati Roy Members of Vancouver’s South Asian community, human rights activists and health workers gathered outside the Consul General of India in Vancouver on June 20 to protest the continued detention of Revolutionary Democratic Front leader and Delhi University professor GN …
