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* One Year Later.... GAZA REMEMBERED * |
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Jan 18, 2010 at 05:57 PM |
Sat. January 30, 2010Alice MacKay Room
Vancouver Public Library
350 West Georgia
7:30 p.m.Doors open at 7:00If you would like to attend you may RSVP: www.MuslimCommunityCentre.com 
Organized by: Vancouver Muslim Community Center, Canada Palestine Network (CanPalNet), Adala, SPHR |
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Jan 18, 2010 at 05:01 PM |
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at the LANGARA COLLEGE
100 West 49th Avenue, Vancouver
(between Main and Cambie)SUNDAY, JANUARY 31, 3 PMSponsored by the Canada - Palestine Support Network (CanPalNet – www.canpalnet.ca) 
Telling Strings is a one-hour documentary produced by Anne-Marie Haller in Switzerland. She writes: “What is necessary so that a culture – stuck in the threatening environment of the Israeli State – may continue to develop itself?” |
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Eyes in Gaza: Dr. Mads Gilbert |
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Jan 04, 2010 at 12:19 AM |
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Gaza and the "New" Anti-Semitism |
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Sep 30, 2009 at 03:24 AM |
THE CAMPAIGN TO SUPPRESS FREE SPEECH (PART ONE)
Mordecai BriembergRemember the Israeli bombardment of Gaza in December and January? It seared the conscience of millions around the world. Reports from numerous human rights organizations and United Nations commissions continue to document the horrors meticulously. Human Rights Watch just released a report on the unarmed Palestinian women and children who, holding up white flags, were shot down by Israeli soldiers.
Libby Davies, part of a three-person group of MP’s in August, was able to enter Gaza for only 24 “intense hours”. She wrote in her blog what took her by surprise, something that will hit home with many working people.
“You never know in advance what it is that will get to you, so I am surprised that for me, it’s the Karni industrial area. It’s not the parliament building, a cascading wreck of concrete, nor the shelled and bombed houses, nor the horrendous refugee camps (800,000 of Gaza's 1.5 million population are refugees) that have existed for ever. Nor is it the garbage, dead animals here and there, and the vacant empty buildings with broken windows and doors hanging off. It’s this industrial area in the north-east part of the city - flattened and obliterated by exiting forces of the IDF. In the last 48 hours of the war they left via this area and destroyed it on their way out. There were 4000 factories and industries. Now there are 250. Gaza was famous for its furniture making. There were biscuit factories, ice cream factories, and machine and industrial enterprises, to name a few. Almost all gone, almost as a parting shot on their way out. It’s only then that I begin to get it - we are so used to the messages that the war was about destroying terrorists. But this was about destroying the economy and livelihood of the whole of Gaza society.” Read full article... |
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A Witch Hunt Worthy of the Name |
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Dec 07, 2009 at 03:12 AM |
THE CAMPAIGN TO SUPPRESS FREE SPEECH (PART TWO)
Mordecai Briemberg
You know the expression – “a rose by any other name is still a rose”. And a witch-hunt by any other name still is a witch-hunt. The C-P-C-C-A is that other name, but a name does not change the reality. And the C-P-C-C-A is a witch-hunt. As an acronym C-P-C-C-A is a mouthful, and an even bigger mouthful when written in full: Canadian Parliamentary Coalition to Combat Anti-semitism.
Is CPCCA a parliamentary committee? Not at all, though they have chosen a name that might make people believe they are. But there was no decision in parliament to form this committee, not even discussion of such a possibility.
CPCCA is a committee of members of parliament who simply have self-selected to act as a lobby group, holding hearings on the premises of parliament, however, bringing people in agreement with their purposes to Ottawa from across Canada, Europe and Israel. Members of this “coalition” come from all four parties inthe House of Commons: Conservative, Liberal, NDP, and Bloc. Can you recall such an all-party “coalition” ever being formed before? |
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Stephen Harper and the Jewish question |
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Dec 11, 2009 at 07:05 PM |
The Conservatives' blatant wooing of Canadian Jews doesn't add up. What do they want from such a tiny, privileged group anyway?Gerald Caplan Special to The Globe and Mail Old Jewish joke: Rabbi tells a survivor that the pogroms against Jews are proof we are God's Chosen People. Survivor says: “Do me a favour, Rabbi. Tell God to choose some one else next time.” This is kind of how I feel about the way Stephen Harper's government has been so blatantly wooing Canadian Jews. What do these guys want from us anyway? Read full article... |
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Is the Harper government playing the anti-Semitic card? |
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Dec 22, 2009 at 11:43 AM |
Are Canadian Jews going to be seduced by a government that uses anti-Semitism for political reasons?Gerald Caplan...KAIROS is a Canadian NGO whose mission is social justice and support for oppressed groups. What's distinct about it is that it's the only such organization supported by just about all Canadian churches. When KAIROS was abruptly defunded by CIDA early in December, officials claimed it no longer fit CIDA priorities. But on the basis of a few other hints, I reached a different conclusion. The Conservatives simply can't stomach KAIROS' support of Palestinians, even if that support is restricted to those who protest peacefully against Israeli actions. Now Jason Kenney has confirmed my deduction.... Read full article... |
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