Palestine solidarity activists blockaded major arms manufacturing companies across Canada, reinforcing growing calls for an immediate embargo on the country's arms sales to Israel, reports Jeff Shantz.
Jeff Shantz
An abuse of process hearing has started against the Royal Canadian Mounted Police for violence inflicted on Indigenous land defenders opposing construction of the Coastal GasLink fracked gas pipeline across unceded Wet鈥檚uwet鈥檈n territory, reports Jeff Shantz.
Three Indigenous land defenders were found guilty of criminal contempt in a Canadian court on January 12 for their opposition to the construction of the Coastal GasLink fracked gas pipeline on unceded Wet鈥檚uwet鈥檈n territory, reports Jeff Shantz.
The crackdown against Palestine solidarity activists and movements in Canada has intensified, as the shadow of a 'new McCarthyism' hangs over the country's universities, reports Jeff Shantz.
Police have escalated their surveillance, intimidation and criminalisation of Palestine solidarity activists in Canada, raiding activists鈥 homes and treating expressions of solidarity with Palestinians as 鈥渉ate crimes鈥, reports Jeff Shantz.
Palestine solidarity actions have increased in frequency and intensity across Canada, with tactics moving to more disruptive and direct actions. High school students have added to the variety of tactics with coordinated walkouts, reports Jeff Shantz.
As the Israeli bombardment of Gaza has extended more than a month, Palestine solidarity movements in Canada have shifted in tone and focus, reports Jeff Shantz.
Palestinians and pro-Palestinian solidarity supporters in Canada are increasingly concerned about growing police repression in the form of surveillance, and 鈥 increasingly 鈥 arrests of organisers and activists, reports Jeff Shantz.
The Canadian state has been one of the most steadfast supporters of the Israeli state鈥檚 occupation, apartheid and genocide against the Palestinians reports Jeff Shantz. But this hasn't stopped the Palestine solidarity movement from mobilising.
Ties between Canadian police and Apartheid Israel's security forces run deep, and mean Palestinians in Canada are being demonised and treated as a threat, reports Jeff Shantz.
While the United Auto Workers (UAW) "Stand Up Strike" in the US has received global attention, in Canada, unionists ratified a three-year deal with Ford on September 24 鈥 the first target in their pattern bargaining with the Big Three, reports Jeff Shantz.
Canada's fires have already burned more than eight million hectares of land, severely impacting Indigenous communities already struggling to protect their land, reports Jeff Shantz.
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