It is not the Gadhafi regime that worries Harper and his allies, but a revolutionary people’s movement.
John Riddell
How to help Libya's freedom movement
The brutal massacres of civilians in Libya at the order of the country's dictator, Moammar Gaddafi, have shocked the world. His air force has carried out air strikes against unarmed civilians. On Feb. 25, Gaddafi followers aimed murderous fire at anti-government protests in his last stronghold, Tripoli. The government declares its intention of reconquering the country in civil war.
What can we in Canada do to end the killings?
On Feb. 26, the United Nations Security Council voted for sanctions against the Libyan regime, including an arms embargo and the freezing of assets belonging to Gadhafi and his family. These measures are hardly more than cosmetic, serving to polish up great-power credentials.
'Ask Afghans what would help them, don't ask Karzai'
Mike Skinner, co-founder of the Afghanistan-Canadian Research Group and a researcher at the York Centre for International and Security Studies in Toronto, believes a simple question is being left out the debate about Canada's continued military involvement in Afghanistan.
"Why are we there?" It is a no-brainer to ask this but there are no easy answers it appears.
Israeli Apartheid Week beats back attacks on free speech
Despite intense government and media attacks, Israeli Apartheid Week was a big success this year. The annual student-based week of lectures and film showings, held March 1-8 in 13 cities across Canada, was marked by packed halls and respectful, attentive and passionate debate. Attendance at daily events peaked at 500 in Toronto and Ottawa, and 400 in Montreal.
Toronto janitors organize for rights, respect and justice
As darkness falls in Toronto and tens of thousands of office workers pour out of the downtown skyscrapers, another army enters the buildings, quietly and unperceived - the night shift that cleans the office towers and readies them for the next day's activity.
These buildings house Canada's richest corporations - the banks alone had profits of $20 billion in 2007 - yet their janitors are among the worst paid and worst treated of Toronto's work force. And they work within an employment structure carefully contrived to render them powerless.
Coalition? Let's not give away the store
The Harper government's economic proposals, announced November 27, aroused a cry of outrage from unions and social activists across the country: "Throw the bums out."
The Conservative plan for cutbacks, combined with and attacks on the rights of unions and women, showed clearly, as CLC President Ken Georgetti said, that the Conservative government aims "to make working people pay for a crisis they did not create."
Efforts by the Liberals and NDP to forge an alternative government have won wide of support in progressive circles, where many see a coalition as the only way to bring the hated government down.
Indigenous people lead Bolivian democracy struggle
A popular uprising in Bolivia is defending its government and democratic institutions against U.S.-inspired minority violence.
On September 23, about 20,000 peasants and miners marched on the eastern city of Santa Cruz, where the right-wing government has been encouraging terrorism and intimidation of Boliviaâe(TM)s indigenous majority and trying to oust the government of President Evo Morales.
