Looking back at Canada’s war in Afghanistan
Canadian Embassy officials in Kabul, Afghanistan were evacuated on August 15 as Taliban forces entered the capital city and took ...
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With the Taliban on the cusp of controlling Afghanistan once again, we owe it to our dead to ask, ‘was it worth it?’
On Feb. 15, The New York Times reported the Taliban is on the cusp of total victory in Afghanistan. The ...
“We have more in common with the construction worker in Iran:” Saint John rallies against war with Iran
Two dozen people in Saint John marked the global day of action against war in Iran on Saturday, Jan. 25 ...
No war with Iran | Non à la guerre à l’Iran
On Saturday, January 25, thousands of demonstrations against a war with Iran will be held across the world. In New ...
What is the link between Irving Oil, Saudi arms and the war in Yemen?
“We have a sort of arms for oil arrangement,” says Anthony Fenton, PhD candidate at York University. “Buying oil from ...
Whenever my sore heart gets hungry
As the United States implodes over the arguments about a border wall, the Palestinians have been living in the shadow ...
Canadians like to think of themselves as peacemakers. The Saudi arms deal suggests otherwise
They came, they saw, they stopped. In the light morning winter rain, small cars and pickup trucks entered the open ...
Shipment of armoured vehicles to Saudi Arabia picketed in Saint John
On Saturday, December 22, protesters against the sale of armed vehicles to Saudi Arabia picketed the King Street entrance to ...
Lest we remember
Remembrance day—November 11—is upon us once again. The red poppy has burst forth, and is now blooming on every lapel. ...
Sackville professors warn about permanent drone warfare that murders civilians
Geoff Martin and Erin Steuter told a lunchtime audience in Sackville on Feb. 21, 2018 that in the last 17 ...
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