We don't need the private banks to create our money. We must bring finance under democratic, public control. That means reclaiming the power to issue currency, to manage the size of the money supply, and to direct newly created credit towards public purposes, and away from speculation on the prices of financial and other assets. Until we take back this power, any other victories we win will be hollow.

Canada's pro-Zionist government is complicit in the blockade of Gaza. The Canada Boat to Gaza challenges the blockade in November 2011.

How times change. Stephen Harper said on December 9, 2005, that his government will preserve Old Age Security for pensions.

Tom B.K. Goldtooth is the Executive Director of the Indigenous Environmental Network (IEN), headquartered at Bemidji, Minnesota. A social change activist within the Native American community for over 30 years, he has become an environmental and economic justice leader, locally, regionally, nationally and internationally. Tom co-produced an award winning documentary film, Drumbeat For Mother Earth, which addresses the affects of bio-accumulative chemicals on indigenous peoples, and is active with many environmental and social justice organizations besides IEN. Tom is a policy advisor on environmental protection, climate mitigation, and adaptation.

Calling the Israeli regime one of apartheid is not rhetoric, nor is it an exaggeration or a propaganda tool. This is the reality in modern day Palestine, where the Israeli regime is based on discrimination, through laws, practices, education and most aspects of life. This apartheid regime is not only imposed on the people in Palestine, but also on millions of Palestinian refugees denied their right to return home because they are of the wrong religion.

The Real News Network Senior Editor Paul Jay interviews Lia Tarachansky, The Real News' correspondent in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories. They are then joined by a panel, discussing current affairs in the region, the media, and TRNN's coverage. Joining the panel are Shir Hever (Alternative Information Center), Robert Naiman (Just Foreign Policy), Samah Sabawi (Al Shabaka), Ronnie Barkan (Boycott from Within), and Peter Larson (National Council on Canada Arab Relations).

These Interviews were conducted on January 21, 2012 on the day of action against Caterpillar organized by the Ontario Federation of Labour in solidarity with the locked-out EMD workers. Up to 7,000 union and activists rallied in Victoria Park, then moved to the lockout at the Caterpillar plant (EMD).

Interviewer: Mick Sweetman
Camera & Editing: Kristyna Balaban
Toronto Media Co-op

Clayton Thomas-Muller, of the Mathias Colomb Cree Nation, also known as Pukatawagan in Northern Manitoba, Canada, is an activist for Indigenous rights and environmental justice. With his roots in the inner city of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, Clayton began his work as a community organizer, working with Aboriginal youth. Over the years Clayton's work has taken him to five continents across our Mother Earth. Based out of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Clayton is involved in many initiatives to support the building of an inclusive movement for energy and climate justice. He serves on the board of the Global Justice Ecology Project and Canadian based Raven Trust.

Two years ago, Students Against Israeli Apartheid (SAIA) Carleton launched a campaign to get the Carleton University Pension Fund divested from companies complicit in violations of human rights and international law in Palestine or anywhere else in the world, and to adopt a comprehensive and binding socially responsible investment policy. This campaign, which started simply as a SAIA initiative, has grown into a campus-wide movement, bringing together students, faculty, staff, retirees and alumni.

This event was part of Indigenous Sovereignty Week, Toronto 2011.