Canada’s support for Israel’s war on Gaza emboldens crimes against humanity. We march for a ceasefire and an end to the blockade. We refuse to look away from the threat of annihilation facing 2.3 million people in Gaza.
If we fail to protect Jama and Hahn for speaking up for Palestine, we won’t be able to protect workers or students who are being victimised for showing solidarity with Palestine.
The attack on Jama and Hahn is just the most high-profile attack on free speech for Palestine. This is unacceptable. Workers have the right to voice solidarity for Palestine. The vitriolic attacks must be challenged. If we can’t defend Hahn and Jama from rightwing attacks over Palestine it will send a chilling message to all workers that we can’t speak up about Palestine either.
On June 5, the Israeli army killed one year old Mohammed Tamimi when they indiscriminately opened fire on him and his family who were sitting…
In response to the horrific attack committed against Israeli civilians over the weekend and the appalling and ongoing indiscriminate bombing of Gaza by Israel, which…
Political prisoners in Palestine are the backbone of the resistance, transforming the occupiers’ jails into sites of resistance, political struggle, and cultural production.
Last month I participated in a solidarity delegation to Palestine with the Centre for Jewish Nonviolence (CJNV). There were close to 40 Jews from across…
The pro-Israel lobby has done it again. It has seized upon a public speech that criticizes Israel, and brutally attacked the author with a false…
As we celebrate the excitement of the World Cup, it’s important that we take action to draw attention to Israeli apartheid and its attempts to “sports wash” its image, and that we build solidarity for all Palestinians including soccer players.
Federal NDP leader Jagmeet Singh is right when he states, “We believe Israel’s illegal occupation of the Palestinian territories is at the centre of the challenges facing the Palestinian and Israeli people.” In response the pro-Israel lobby has smeared him with accusations of anti-Semitism. We need to support Singh’s position on Palestine but also to tell him the NDP needs to withdraw from the Canada-Israel Interparliamentary Group.
Earlier this year, over 1200 letters were sent to the Canadian Council of Churches and its members asking them to join with Amnesty International, Human…
On Wednesday B’nai Brith announced a lawsuit against McGill University, Student Society of McGill University (SSMU) and student group Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights (SPHR). …
