It is hardly surprising that Avigdor Lieberman, the newly-minted extreme-right Israeli Foreign Minister, is continuing to plod along with Israel’s state policy of shunning Hamas.

Israel thought it was okay to talk to the Palestinian Muslim militants, and even to give them a hand building their organization, back in the 1980s when they were a small thorn in the side of (and a convenient counterweight to) the PLO’s secular Fatah movement. But now Hamas has been elected by a majority of Palestinians, by the twisted logic of the colonizer, that means it has lost all legitimacy.

Only an hour after the university’s lawyers won their battle in court tostop NDP parliamentarians Svend Robinson and Libby Davies and activistJudy Rebick from speaking in Concordia’s Hall Building, the trio wasrallying a crowd of 500 supporters on the sidewalk in front of theuniversity.

“There are more children living in poverty now than there were when you took office.” That's what Bloc leader Gilles Duceppe said to Paul Martin in the French language leaders debate on Monday.

Just about everybody has heard about Montreal activist Jaggi Singh's run-in with Quebec City's special anti-teddy-bear unit. News is also starting to spread about the continued imprisonment of the Germinal 5, as demonstrations are being prepared in various cities across the country for the group's May 22 Quebec City hearing. But Vaughn Barnett's case has not received much notice outside of his hometown of Fredericton New Brunswick.

It is rumoured that, in his address to the United Nations today, U.S.Secretary of State Colin Powell will be revealing evidence that Iraq haslinks to a rogue organization that has no respect for human life.

This should not be a difficult task. We have known for quite some time aboutthe friendly relationship Iraq enjoyed with the CIA throughout the 1980s.

A front-page, Washington Post article late in the year 2002 made this point clearly enough.

Because I believe so strongly in my cause, I didn't recognize it until now. But recent events have forced a stark realization upon me: I am a terrorist. This is my confession.

Since the events of September 11, 2001, I have been secretly plotting. My evil plan would have brought an explosion to the downtown Sir George Williams campus of Concordia University in Montreal.

The First Annual Concordia Student Union Red-Baiting Awards 2001–2002

"Red-baiting” is a term that came into vogue at the height of the Cold War, when American Senator Joseph McCarthy and others pioneered various techniques designed to discredit political opponents by labelling them as “red” or “communist.” With the collapse of the Soviet Union, one would have expected red-baiting to disappear, but in fact, the practice has simply been transformed to suit the needs of McCarthyists in this era.

In the 1950s, red-baiting involved a blurring of distinctio

Block the Empire has made the shocking discovery that there are massiveresearch and production facilities for weapons of mass destruction (WMD) in Montreal. Tomorrow, activists and journalists will be treated to a frightening but enlightening Weapons-of-Mass-Destruction bus tour of the local military-industrial complex.

It took little effort for Block the Empire inspectors make several importantfinds. One of the tour organizers, Scott Weinstein, says that weaponsproducers have done very little to cover their tracks, “This stuff is nothidden.

With tear gas still in the air following the September 9 demonstration at Concordia University that forced the cancellation of former Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s planned speech on campus, University rector Frederick Lowy retreated from his position that it would be “business as usual” at the school that day.

On the evening of September 10, a Concordia Student Union Councillor wasarrested for attending a meeting of the governing body students electedhim to: the CSU Council of Representatives. Apparently,Yves Engler, thelong-time student activist (and regular rabble contributor), wastrespassing on the property of Concordia University.

Engler had been suspendedfrom the University for the summer term, but he had received a letter fromRector Frederick Lowy earlier in the day informing him that his suspensionhad been extended into the fall.