Our Blackwater friends paint a picture of the war in Afghanistan

‘Tell me who your friends are, and I’ll tell you who you are.’ Vancouver writer and comedian Charlie Demers illustrates the disturbing ‘friends’ with which Canada is engaged in the occupation of Afghanistan, unpacking the sordid alliance of warlords, drug runners and the crusading mercenaries of the company formerly known as Blackwater. Demers, an occasional rabble.ca contributor, is a co-host of Vancouver’s CityNews List, which airs weeknights at 6:30 and 11:00p.m. on CityTV.

Tor Sandberg

Tor Sandberg

Tor Sandberg is the program director for rabbletv. When Tor was 8 years old, the two schoolyard bullies, Allen and Roger, made up a mean little ditty about him. “Let’s tear Tor in the Northwest...