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The good news about Obama's speech on May 19 is this: it will be ignored by the new power in the Arab world; the people. Obama gets an A for staging and an F for substance. Whenever values and interests clashed he took the side of the latter. He did not comprehend the profound changes sweeping the Arab world.
On June 5th of this year the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian land of the West Bank including Arab East Jerusalem and Gaza is 44 long year old. There are many heroes in their struggle for freedom. Michael Riordon tells the stories of a number of these heroes, Palestinian and Jewish, in his recent book Our Way to Fight.
A Canadian summer is like a leap year; it only comes around once every four years. Okay, so it isn't that uncommon, but it is something that should be cherished, because not before long the flakes start flying and our homes become our prisons.
While the sycophants in the corporate media - the National Post in particular - continue to champion exposure to Wi-Fi radiation, a group of dedicated citizens called Citizens for Safe Technology is working hard to put a moratorium on the smart meter installation program in British Columbia, until several issues, such as health, safety, and cost, have been discussed with the general public.
Brigette DePape is a truly remarkable young Canadian woman. She articulated the view of the majority of Canadians as she stepped boldly out front during the Speech from the Throne with her "Stop Harper" sign.
According to Statistics Canada hate crimes are on the rise. In 2009, Canadian police services reported 1,473 hate crimes, an increase of 42% from the previous year.
Over a year late, the so-called Canadian Parliamentary Coalition to Combat Antisemitism, which has no official status, has finally issued its report. It really should not have bothered. It is so full of holes that it does not hold water.
In his book Among the Truthers, Jonathan Kay asserts that society is at risk by what he refers to as "full-blown conspiracism." He further claims a universal regime of public education must be deployed to combat this "malady" before the so-called conspiracists - anyone who doesn't accept the official report of 9/11 - "have a chance to further infect our thinking."
University of Toronto political science lecturer Dr. Katherine Bullock and co-author Dr. Paul Nesbitt-Larking said that Canadian Muslim youth have far more in common with Canadian young people across the country, than the mainstream media stereotype of "radicalized Muslim youth."
Independent Jewish Voices (IJV) today gave the Canadian Parliamentary Coalition to Combat Anti-Semitism (CPCCA) an overall failing grade on its long-overdue report.
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Rashid Khalidi is the Edward Said Professor of Modern Arab Studies at Columbia University and the author of several books focussing on the Middle East including 'The Hundred Years' War On Palestine'. He explains some of the basic facts of the struggle for Palestinian independence and the creation of the Zionist project of Israel.