The following News Release by the Canadian Arab Federation is in response to Immigration Minister, Jason Kenney’s threats to cut funding to newcomer service agencies served by the CAF. By these latest actions, Mr. Kenney shows that his government will use the threat of funding cuts to silence any voices it deems dissenting, especially those [...] …
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NO NEW NUKES IN ONTARIO – A TEACH-IN Mar 13-14, 2009, at the U of T Join us for a teach-in on nuclear energy in Ontario. What are the concerns surrounding nuclear energy, and what are the alternatives? Registration is now live! To register go to http://nuketeachin.eventbrite.com On the evening of Friday March 13 at [...] …
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February 22, 2009 Tomgram: Nick Turse, Closing Down Main Street [Note for TomDispatch readers: Last week, I asked you to consider writing friends, colleagues, relatives -- whomever -- to urge them to go to the "sign up" window at the upper right of TD's main screen, put in their email addresses, and receive the mailing [...] …
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The terminology keeps changing. Deep integration is now ‘plug and play interoperability’. But changing the words will not change the odious Security and Prosperity Partnership. Alison over at Creekside has an excellent post about this: A year ago the U.S. Department of Homeland Security gave Arizona State University $15 million to establish a Center of [...] …
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Faces of Resistance: The Future of the Tar Sands and You Sunday, March 15th, 2009 9:30am-5:30pm Third Floor, McMaster University Student Centre McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario Faces of Resistance is a day-long conference bringing together diverse groups opposed to the Alberta Tar Sands. We are combining the voices of citizens, labourers, environmentalists, indigenous communities, youth, [...] …
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The News Release below is from the U.S. media watch group FAIR (Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting), challenging the CBC’s bias against Palestinians. Press Release FAIR Challenges CBC Ombud’s Report 2/4/09 As the BBC continues to come under fire for refusing to carry an aid appeal for Gaza, the U.S. media watch group FAIR is [...] …
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Canadian Landmine Action Week is fast approaching! It’s that time of year again!  The 10th annual Canadian Landmine Action Week (CLAW) will take place from February 23rd-March 1st, 2009. In the past, the participation of our supporters during CLAW has helped reinforce the Canadian public’s and government’s commitment to realizing a world free of landmines and cluster [...] …
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STOLEN LAND!! For the Continental Unity & Sovereignty of Our Indigenous Nations!! With Lemun and Catrileo in Revival with Wisdom and Strength for the Reconstruction of the Mapuche Nation. In Chile, Native Men, Women, & Youth are Killed, Tortured, Raided & Jailed under the Fascist Policies and Set-Ups Conducted by the Michelle Bachelet Government. Night [...] …
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July 9, 2009 Tomgram: Michael Schwartz, Twenty-First-Century Colonialism in Iraq One of the earliest metaphors President George W. Bush and some of his top officials wielded in their post-invasion salad days in Iraq involved bicycles. The question was: Should we take the “training wheels” off the Iraqi bike (of democracy)? Then-Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, [...] …
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March 27, 2009 For Immediate Release Urgent Galloway update Minister of Censorship Jason Kenney’s decision to ban British MP George Galloway from speaking in Canada has ignited a firestorm of protest across the country. Kenney’s office ­ and the entire Conservative caucus ­ has been bombarded with thousands of e-mails, phone calls and messages of [...] …
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