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Apr 17, 2018  What would it take for the world to help Palestinians -- Jesus Christ Superstar?Hadani Ditmars Maybe their plight would get more attention from the West if they put on a production of Jesus Christ Superstar to show what real suffering can be |
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Apr 12, 2018  The Great Return MarchAsia Pacific Currents An interview with Huwaida Arraf about the current massacre in Gaza.
Labour news from around the region including Australia, India, Pakistan, and South Korea. |
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Apr 6, 2018  Federal NDP shouldn't let the dominant media narrative determine Palestine policyYves Engler NDP Palestine policy offers a sort of barometer by which to evaluate the party’s commitment to democracy and social justice. Right now the forecast doesn’t look good. |
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Apr 1, 2018  The Conservative Party's cynical politics on JerusalemThomas Woodley The Conservatives' recent decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel will trade the well-being of Israelis and Palestinians for short-sighted domestic political interests. |
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Mar 6, 2018  The NDP's anti-Palestinian historyYves Engler The suppression of the Palestine Resolution should stir internationalist minded party members to finally confront the NDP's anti-Palestinian legacy. |
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Feb 16, 2018  Burying Canada’s anti-Palestinian consensusYves Engler The anti-Palestinian consensus among Canada’s three main political parties is crumbling and NDP members could bury it this weekend. |
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Feb 9, 2018  NDP set to debate new resolution on PalestineYves Engler At next week’s New Democratic Party convention in Ottawa, Palestinian rights are set to be a major flashpoint. Already a slew of media have published stories regarding the resolutions. |
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Dec 26, 2017  Emergency action to defend Al-Quds/JerusalemMartha Roth On December 8th, a rally was held in Vancouver to protest Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. |
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Dec 25, 2017  Canada's abstention in UN vote marks turning point on Israel-Palestine policyYves Engler Since taking office the Trudeau government has repeatedly isolated Canada with the U.S., Israel, and a few tiny Pacific island states in voting against UN resolutions upholding Palestinian rights. |
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Dec 21, 2017  Draining Ottawa's foreign policy swampYves Engler The parliamentary association system reflects inequities in global power and wealth. |
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Dec 10, 2017  Moving U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem is Trump's war on the PalestiniansJudy Haiven By recognizing Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, the U.S. further isolates itself, as it becomes the only country in the world to do so. |
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Nov 21, 2017  McGill's real racism problemYves Engler While accusations of student anti-Semitism at McGill draw international headlines, the university administration's open association with the Jewish National Fund has been ignored. |
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Nov 10, 2017  Roger Waters talks about Palestine, peace, and joyMartha Roth Report on October 26 public meeting in Vancouver with singer/songwriter Roger Waters, organized by Independent Jewish Voices-Vancouver and local Palestine solidarity groups |
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Oct 22, 2017  Will Palestine unity help the struggle?Asia Pacific Currents The two major Palestinian factions have just signed a unity agreement. This is not the first time they have joined forces, but will it work this time? |
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Oct 17, 2017  Palestine, statelessness, and Omar Ben Ali's fight for immigration status in CanadaTalking Radical Radio Mostafa Henaway, Sawssan Kaddoura, and Omar Ben Ali talk about Omar's fight for immigration status in Canada and the broader Palestinian struggle. |
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Sep 11, 2017  Roger Waters' support for BDS strengthens his anti-war credibilityThomas Woodley Roger Waters' support for BDS has come under strident criticism by Canada's pro-Israel lobby, but Waters' human rights credibility is difficult to deny |
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Sep 6, 2017  B'nai Brith's shameful attack on Niki AshtonYves Engler Having failed to deter Ashton from expressing support for the Palestinian cause by associating her with "terrorists," B'nai Brith brought the Holocaust into the NDP leadership race. |
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Sep 4, 2017  Israel's war of textbooks comes to CanadaThomas Woodley Israel's school textbooks have the same and sometimes worse problems than Palestinian school textbooks. |
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Aug 18, 2017  Jagmeet Singh's trip to Israel and breaking the NDP silence on PalestineYves Engler Singh wants NDP members to think he's opposed to Israeli violence and supportive of Palestinian solidarity activism. Simultaneously he wants to signal to CIJA and Israeli officials he'll play ball |
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Jul 24, 2017  Al-Aqsa Mosque violence - a symptom of the Palestinian crisisAsia Pacific Currents Violence at the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem is one of the latest crisis in the Israeli occupation of Palestine. With Reem Unis, Palestinian social activist from Australia. |
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Jul 15, 2017  Niki Ashton speaking truth to power on PalestineYves Engler Israel lobby groups' response (or lack thereof) to NDP leadership candidate Niki Ashton’s recent support of Palestinian rights suggests they believe previous criticisms backfired. |
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Jul 14, 2017  Canada's flip-flop on West Bank wines a betrayal of consumers' interestsThomas Woodley With the recent flip-flop of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) on the labelling and sale of West Bank wines in Canada, it's easy to wonder whose interest the agency serves. |
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May 15, 2017  Huge Palestinian prisoner hunger strike is a fight for justiceAsia Pacific Currents Labour updates of workers' struggles from the Asia-Pacific region and interview on the massive hunger strike by 1,500 Palestinian prisoners |
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May 10, 2017  Why Canadians should care about the hunger strike by Palestinian political prisonersLibby Davies Canada can, and should, use its influence at the UN, in the international community, and with Israel directly, to call for attention and action to respond to the Palestinian prisoner demands. |
