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Bradley Manning: Soldier of Humanity | NDPP said... Bradley Manning And The Appalling Silence of Gay, Inc.    -   by Andy...
Stop the Drone War! Speaking Tour | Boom Boom said... Sounds good. I hope they get tons of support. in
American Imperialism and its Supporters | voice of the damned said... Nice attempt at a trolling. But seriously, try for some subtlty next time. the monstrous...
Canada 'Cuts and Runs': The Afghan People Will Win - #26 | NDPP said... New Order of the Day in Afghanistan: Cut and Run  - by Scott Taylor http://thechronicleherald....
Canada Complicit in Afghan Detainee Torture | M. Spector said... NDPP wrote: He said he sent evidence to the ICC because he believes top Canadian authorities have...
The Silver Snoopy is a special Cheap True Religion honor | Freedom 55 said... When's the next census? I know what my new religion is. in
american soldiers show the world | Ken Burch said... Those idiots have also given the Taliban a GREAT recruiting film with this.  Nothing like the...
FILM FEST 4 PEACE! 9th Annual Vancouver International | noahfine said... http://www.filmfest4peace.blogspot.com/ in
The True Cost of 9/11 | Catchfire said...  Noam Chomsky's article  And here's a wonderful article about babble's role and...
The Foreign Policy Elephant | Aristotleded24 said... With the NDP now the government-in-waiting, NDP foreign policy is going to be that much more...

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Militarism in Canada
Kitchener-Waterloo Peoples' Summit discussion, part one: Canadian Militarism | Jun 14 2010 | Adam Lewis, Alex Hundert, Dan Kellar, Luke Stewart, Peter Eglin | The first of many discussions at the Kitchener-Waterloo Peoples' Summit, this one focused on militarism in Canada, torture, ongoing colonialism and resistance, and how it all fits with the G8/20.
The spoils of war? U.S. finds 'nearly $1 trillion of mineral deposits' in Afghanistan | Jun 14 2010 | Derrick O'Keefe | Underneath Afghanistan's battle-scarred land, the spoils of war await. According to U.S. geologists, the country has nearly $1 trillion in untapped mineral wealth.
U.S. war resisters: Warriors with conscience | Jun 8 2010 | Krystalline Kraus | The power of American war resisters lies in their refusal to fight, but the Harper government wants a fight and is doing what it can to throw them out.
U.S. troops kill Afghan civilians 'chosen randomly' | Jun 6 2010 | Dave Markland | At least 10 American soldiers are under investigation for deliberately killing three civilians in Kandahar.
Kandahar hostile to foreign troops | Jun 5 2010 | Dave Markland | Evidence shows that nearly all Kandahar residents oppose the upcoming NATO offensive slated for that city.
Militias: NATO's proxy forces | Jun 2 2010 | Dave Markland | President Karzai's brother, an alleged CIA asset, looks poised to control thousands of militia members often seen as rogue forces.
Remote control civilian killers | May 31 2010 | Dave Markland | A scathing US military investigation shows that drone pilots ignored advance notice that targeted convoy included civilians.
Taliban flex muscle amid U.S. troop surge | May 20 2010 | Dave Markland | Recent reports show Afghan insurgents are far from vanquished.
Jack Layton speaks at an anti-prorogation rally in Ottawa on Jan. 23, 2010. Photo: Xiaozhuli/flickr
Jack Layton: 'We've had three elections in seven years... and we're making progress' | May 13 2010 | Murray Dobbin | The NDP leader talks to rabble.ca about past strategies and future plans.
Is peace in Afghanistan at hand? | May 6 2010 | Dave Markland | A British journalist reveals Karzai's long-awaited peace plan.
Head of notorious mercenary company praises Canadian Forces | May 4 2010 | Derrick O'Keefe | Blackwater founder Erik Prince singled out Canada's military for praise and called those fighting against NATO "barbarians" who have "crawled out of the sewer."
TIME names Malalai Joya one of '100 most influential people in the world' | Apr 30 2010 | Derrick O'Keefe | Instead of describing Joya's reasons for opposing the NATO occupation of Afghanistan, Hirshi Ali, who now works for the neoconservative American Enterprise Institute, admonishes Joya.
Harper's hitlist: The war on Insite and an obsession with punishment | Apr 30 2010 | Murray Dobbin | Insite, political advocacy and the Afghan detainees issue are issues that may seem as though they are worlds apart, but what they show is the Harper government's contempt.
Canada's role in torturing Afghan prisoners | Apr 28 2010 | Tiffany Chong | B.C. lawyer Grace Pastine reports on the Military Police Complaints Commission hearings in Ottawa.
Parliamentary supremacy and the Speaker's corner | Apr 27 2010 | Duncan Cameron | This week the Speaker of the House of Commons rules on whether or not the government must release the full text of documents in their possession concerning Afghan detainees.

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