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The census dilemma

05/16/2011 by backofthebook.ca Leave a Comment

By Alison@Creekside Do we fill it in nicely to show our solidarity with StatsCan and their important data-gathering, currently under siege by the Cons, or do we fill it in using really big crayons and attached pictures of cluster bomb victims to protest its having been farmed out once again to war profiteer and surveillance/espionage […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: Canada, Canadian politics, Conservatives, Lockheed Martin, Security and Prosperity Partnership, Statistics Canada, U.S., US military

Day One in Khadr’s kangaroo court

05/02/2010 by backofthebook.ca Leave a Comment

By Alison@Creekside Below: Daphne Eviatar of Human Rights Watch is interviewed as she leaves the courtroom on Day 1 of Obama’s first big pretrial for a military commission into the possible terrorist actions of a 14-year old. Terrible sound, I know, but well worth it for her explanation of how after Khadr has been tortured […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: Afghanistan, Canada, law, Maher Arar, Omar Khadr, torture, US, US military

AK47 and RPG Spotting in the WikiLeaks video: 101

04/15/2010 by backofthebook.ca 1 Comment

By Eric Pettifor There seems to be some confusion as to whether or not AK47s and RPGs (rocket propelled grenade) were present in the video released by WikiLeaks of the slaughter of civilians, including two Reuters news staff, by the crew of an Apache helicopter in Baghdad in 2007. Consequently, I present here a brief […]

Filed Under: Science and Tech Tagged With: Iraq, US military, WikiLeaks

Canada’s next quagmire

04/12/2010 by backofthebook.ca Leave a Comment

By Alison@Creekside “After 2011, the military mission will end,” said Defence Minister Peter MacKay, repeating the Conservative government’s well-worn line. “What we will do beyond that point in the area of training, will predominantly be in the area of policing. And that is very much a key component part of security for Afghanistan.” Training the […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: Afghanistan, Canada, Canadian military, US military

WikiLeaks’ truth, Reuters’ “truth”

04/06/2010 by backofthebook.ca 1 Comment

By Frank Moher We now know, thanks to WikiLeaks, that the US military lied about the killing of 11 Iraqi civlians, including two Reuters reporters, in 2007. “There is no question that coalition forces were clearly engaged in combat operations against a hostile force,” said its spokesman at the time. But the classified video released […]

Filed Under: Media Tagged With: Iraq, journalism, New York Times, newspapers, Reuters, US military, WikiLeaks

The WikiLeaks video: arms-length slaughter

04/05/2010 by backofthebook.ca 10 Comments

By Eric Pettifor An important story over at WikiLeaks concerns what appears to be the slaughter of innocent civilians by American forces, including two Reuters news staff, in Iraq . I should warn you that the video is very disturbing, taken as it is from the Apache helicopter doing the firing. I’ll leave it to […]

Filed Under: Science and Tech Tagged With: crime, Iraq, US military, WikiLeaks

Fun and games in Afghanistan

09/07/2009 by backofthebook.ca Leave a Comment

By Alison@Creekside ArmorGroup mercenaries in charge of security at the US embassy in Kabul: “. . . dancing naked around a fire, licking each others nipples and grabbing each others testicles, sex acts, peeing on each other, vodka shots from butt cracks, eating potato chips from clenched buttocks . . .” Well, boyz will be […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: 9/11, Afghanistan, Canada, Canadian politics, torture, U.S., US military

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

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By Frank Moher On this dreadful day, I don't want to write about the shootings in Orlando. I want to write about my friend, Rick. Rick lives just outside of Nanaimo, a city of about 80,000, … [Read More...]

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By Frank Moher Two drama nerds have recently moved into high profile positions. Before I name them (or perhaps you’ve already guessed who they are; or perhaps you’d like to scroll down and look at … [Read More...]

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Originally published on Our Rape Blog, the author's account of the aftermath of a violent sexual assault. By Mary Fraughton Have you ever played Hearts? It’s a card game. For our purposes, … [Read More...]

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From Creekside: The B.C. provincial government is trying to green light the construction of a massive LNG terminal on Lelu Island in the Skeena Estuary -- Pacific Northwest LNG, backed by Malaysian … [Read More...]

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