» Average People Still Have the Power to Stop Wars This interview with Noam Chomsky by the Jacobin is a window into US imperialism. What is Canada’s role ? Canada is a kind of sub-imperial power almost fully integrated with the US military, directly and through NATO, thus we share responsibility for the war atrocities… Continue reading Stopping Wars
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NATO the U.S. and our Security
We have a huge problem. It is NATO and our reliance on its policy of US based and inspired nuclear deterrence. The US, or at least the US administration, has said it sees Canada as a security risk, at least in the context of the current tariff tussle and the NAFTA negotiations. The Prime minister… Continue reading NATO the U.S. and our Security
John Galtung on Da’esh
Listening to this interview was helpful. I think Galtung is generally right and very reluctantly I find I might be persuaded that some kind of armed force may be important in simply protecting minorities. This is stated in the conditional because I also have serious doubts that ANY armed force can be sufficiently restrained when they… Continue reading John Galtung on Da’esh