A Legal Obligation to Assist Iran
Earlier today Iran began large-scale war games to simulate a response to attacks on its nuclear sites. But these games are hardly for fun, as the country intends to showcase its capability of defending against…
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Part II: Soldiering on? The invisible injuries of war
Guest Post by Krystalline Kraus | Reproduced from www.rabble.ca with permsision Next week, on November 11, veterans will get only two minutes of recognition — if people stop to reflect at all — while the…
Jameel Jaffer of ACLU is a Canadian!
Today’s Toronto Star profiled a Canadian lawyer who has taken on the Bush Administration through the ACLU, and was key in helping discover the torture memos. Jameel Jaffer, only 39 years old, was born in…
STAND Down on Darfur, You’re Making it Worse
Liu Guijin, China’s special envoy to Darfur, is currently in Doha meeting with representatives from Britain, France, Russia, United States and the European Union in a 5-day conference on how to deal with the situation in…
Black Liquor Sparks New Trade Feud and Old Controversies
On Thursday, Canada joined the EU, Brazil and Chile in demanding the withdrawal of tax credits in the U.S. for black liquor. The credits are estimated at $4-8 billion, passed in 2007, and intended for…
Government’s Case Against Resisters Faulty
The Harper government attempts to justify deporting U.S. Iraq War resisters with a familiar, but untrue, narrative. They say that unlike during the Vietnam War, U.S. soldiers are volunteers and are not considered refugees by…
The Fight for Iraq War Resisters to Remain in Canada is a Two-Front War
The following article was sent to us by the author, Krystalline Kraus, for republication. Originally posted here. The political front On June 3, 2008, Canadian Parliament voted in favour of allowing Iraq war resisters to…
Saddam Hussein’s Dysfunctional House of War
Ubaka Ogbogu over at UofA blog mentioned the new HBO series House of Saddam. Although I only caught a few episodes, here are my preliminary thoughts on the series. Accurate Information in the Fog of…
Rae: Canada Has Its Own Voice on the International Scene
Hon. Bob Rae spoke this morning at the University of Western Ontario Law School on A Changing World: New Directions for Canadian Foreign Policy. What follows are notes (not a transcript) from his talk. Law…