For the Real News Network, I spoke this week to Zach Toombs, the director of “Blowout”, a new documentary about the global fracking industry. Continue Reading ›
For The Real News Network, I spoke this week with Christian Poirier of Amazon Watch about a joint initiative of the Trump and Bolsonaro administrations to accelerate ‘development’ in the Amazon. Continue Reading ›
As I reported in May of this year, the Center for Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA), Canada’s largest pro-Israel lobby organization, is one of the country’s most active and influential lobby groups. Continue Reading ›
For The Real News Network, I spoke recently with Professor James Boyce of the University of Massachusetts-Amherst about the case for carbon dividends. Continue Reading ›
In 2017, Hydro-Quebec entered into a cyber-security cooperation agreement with Israel Electric Corporation (IEC).
For years, IEC has been complicit in severe abuses of Palestinian human rights. Continue Reading ›
As I previously reported, Canada’s Federal Court ruled in July 2019 that “product of Israel” labels on wines produced in Israel’s West Bank settlements are “false, misleading and deceptive.”
The basis of the Court’s ruling was simple and unassailable: the international community – including Canada’s own government – agrees that the West Bank is not part of Israel. As the Court was advised, the West Bank is not part of Israel even under Israel’s own domestic laws. Continue Reading ›
For The Real News, I spoke yesterday to author/activist Yves Engler about attempts by Canada’s Royal Canadian Mounted Police to intimidate Yves. Continue Reading ›
