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Israel, Gaza, and the Estelle: more high seas lawlessness

10/21/2012 by backofthebook.ca Leave a Comment

By Frank Moher Once again, Israel has illegally intercepted and boarded a vessel bound for Gaza with humanitarian supplies, this time with a modest contingent of 30 aboard, including former Canadian MP Jim Manly. The ship was in international waters when it was surrounded by six IDF boats and, as with its predecessor, redirected to […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: crime, Gaza, human rights, international affairs, Israel, law, Palestine, United Nations

Harper throws women overboard

06/07/2010 by backofthebook.ca Leave a Comment

By Alison@Creekside Gerald Caplan, G&M: The Harper government, women’s rights and the cost of speaking out. The Tories are playing punishment politics with Canada’s progressive NGOs — and eroding civil society in the process. “Despite the chill on speaking out, this week the Canadian Council for International Co-operation announced its fear that its funding is […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: Canada, Canadian politics, Conservatives, human rights, Nancy Ruth, poverty, Stephen Harper, women

Kevin Neish, Al Jazeera: Israel fired before boarding

06/03/2010 by backofthebook.ca 1 Comment

By Frank Moher In an interview with Zoe Blunt published at pacificfreepress.com, Canadian human rights activist Kevin Neish reports that he was on board the Gaza aid ship that was stormed by Israeli commandos, and that soldiers began firing from helicopters above the ship as the raid began. His account is corroborated by an interview […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: Al Jazeera, human rights, Israel, Kevin Neish, Palestine

Kevin Neish and the flotilla: human rites

06/02/2010 by backofthebook.ca 10 Comments

By Frank Moher I got to know Kevin Neish, one of three Canadians currently being held by Israel after its attack on the Gaza aid flotilla, last Fall, when a production of the play My Name is Rachel Corrie that I had directed toured to Victoria. Kevin was instrumental in bringing the show to his […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: British Columbia, human rights, Israel, Kevin Neish, Palestine, Victoria

Rights and Democracy, and Hypocrisy

03/31/2010 by backofthebook.ca Leave a Comment

By Alison@Creekside On the same day we are hearing from the three fired members of Rights and Democracy at the Foreign Affairs Committee (see below) comes an op-ed in the National Post by R&D board member Marco Navarro-Genie. And what a gong show stinker it is too. According to Navarro-Genie, the Foreign Affairs committee is […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: Bloc Quebecois, Canada, Canadian politics, Conservatives, human rights, Israel, Jim Abbott, Liberals, Marco Navarro-Genie, NDP, Rights and Democracy, Stephen Harper

Our good narco-neighbour Colombia

09/19/2009 by backofthebook.ca Leave a Comment

By Alison@Creekside In the House on Monday, Liberal trade critic Scott Brison defended Bill C-23, the Canada Colombia free trade agreement thusly: “If we isolate Colombia in the Andean region and leave Colombia exposed and vulnerable to the ideological attacks of Chavez’s Venezuela, we will be allowing evil to flourish.” Oooh – two Bush cat’s […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: Bloc Quebecois, Canada, Canadian politics, Conservatives, human rights, Latin America, Liberals, NDP

Ass-raping for freedom and prosperity

08/08/2009 by backofthebook.ca Leave a Comment

By Alison@Creekside When Canadian soldiers in Afghanistan complained about young boys being kidnapped and sodomized by Afghan soldiers and interpreters inside Canadian Forward Operating Base Wilson in Kandahar, they were informed by their superiors to look the other way because it was a “cultural difference.” One reported incident of “cultural difference” left a young boy […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: Afghanistan, Barack Obama, Canada, Canadian military, human rights, NATO, torture, U.S., US military

Bernie’s version

07/21/2009 by backofthebook.ca Leave a Comment

By Alison@Creekside In February, Bernie Farber, CEO of the CJC, Immigration Minister Jason Kenney, and 10 other Lib and Con MPs attended the London Conference on Combating Anti-Semitism. From Farber’s Feb 25 column at Canadian Jewish Congress: “Of all the strategies and tactics reviewed, one stood out for broader emulation. It was the development of […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: Canada, Canadian politics, Conservatives, George Galloway, human rights, Israel, Jason Kenney, middle east, Palestine, Stephen Harper

Abdelrazik: Let the questions begin

06/22/2009 by backofthebook.ca Leave a Comment

By Alison@Creekside Justice Minister Rob Nicholson announced in Question Period Friday that the government will comply with, rather than appeal, the Federal Court decision ordering it to repatriate Abousfian Abdelrazik, stranded in Sudan since 2003. Good. As Chris Selley writes: “It’s all over but the thousands of unanswered questions”Here’s one. How much did this July […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: Canada, Canadian politics, Conservatives, human rights, Iraq, middle east, Omar Khadr, Sudan, terrorism, U.S., UN

Voting Liberal, without hope

10/12/2008 by backofthebook.ca Leave a Comment

Well, very little time left to make a decision and I don’t have a favourite party. I have been very interested in listening to Green Party candidates and I believe that they ought to have a voice in parliament. So if I lived in a riding with a very strong Green Party candidate, I would […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: 2008 election, Alberta, Canada, Canadian politics, Conservatives, Green Party, human rights, Jack Layton, Liberals, NDP, Stephane Dion, Stephen Harper

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