Why I’m travelling to Russia in a time of war
On March 18, 2023, the Hamilton Coalition to Stop the War held an online event in which it invited me to explain why I have decided to travel to Russia in the weeks ahead. Below is the text of [...]
On March 18, 2023, the Hamilton Coalition to Stop the War held an online event in which it invited me to explain why I have decided to travel to Russia in the weeks ahead. Below is the text of [...]
Yesterday, I spoke with Zain Raza of German independent media outlet, AcTVism Munich, about the latest developments in the Ukraine war. Among other things, Zain and I discussed the U.S. [...]
This week, I discussed the current state of the Ukraine war and the EU’s involvement in it with Zain Raza of German independent media outlet, AcTVism Munich. We specifically explored the [...]
Nowadays, few things are as hazardous to one’s reputational health as suggesting that Ukraine should make territorial concessions to Russia. The vehemence with which mainstream commentators [...]
In two recent articles, Canada’s Globe and Mail unwittingly exposed its double standard on the use of anonymous sources. When anonymous sources level allegations against a Western government, the [...]
At an event in Montreal on February 10, 2023, I and fellow lawyer, John Philpot, called out Canada’s Minister of International Development (and ex-Defence Minister), Harjit Sajjan, for [...]
From the outset of Russia’s special military operation in Ukraine, four of the five political parties in Canada’s Parliament have supported the transfer of lethal aid to Ukraine. [...]
In October of last year, I authored and published on this website an analysis of Western media coverage of the sabotage of the Nord Stream pipelines. Although Western media laughably claimed that [...]
This week, in a conversation with Zain Rasa of Germany’s AcTVism Munich, I discussed the Ukrainian government’s rampant neoliberalism and its efforts to persuade Western corporations [...]
On January 23, 2023 in Ottawa, Canada , Canada’s ambassador to the United Nations, Bob Rae, attempted to wax eloquent about Canada’s foreign policy, claiming it to be [...]
On January 23, 2023, in an event organized by the Ottawa Peace Council, I was joined by Tamara Lorincz and Yves Engler for a discussion about the paths to peace in Ukraine. Among other things, I [...]
Anti-imperialists often respond to criticisms of the West’s official enemies (China, Russia, Iran, etc.) by pointing to the crimes of Western governments and their non-Western proxies. In the [...]
Just about every time Western media interview a Western soldier who has fought in the Ukraine war, we hear accounts of the war that diverge radically from the narrative peddled by Western leaders [...]
German independent media outlet AcTVism Munich interviewed me this week about the Ukraine War. With AcTVism host Zain Raza, I had a wide-ranging discussion about the outlines of a potential peace [...]
On International Human Rights Day 2022 (December 10), I participated, along with Montreal-based human rights activist Jafrikayiti, in a discussion about Canada’s complicity in the suffering [...]
For The Real News, I spoke recently with former U.S. Marines intelligence officer and United Nations weapons inspector Scott Ritter about the Ukraine war, global nuclear security and Canada’s [...]
On November 4, the Canadian Foreign Policy Institute hosted an online discussion with me and CodePink co-founder, Medea Benjamin, about the paths to peace in the Ukraine war. I argued that the [...]
On October 28, 2022, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie Joly attempted to stage a photo op at the Marché Jean-Talon in Montreal, Canada. I and other [...]