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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
A new poll has found that more than two-thirds of Ukrainians (70%) believe Ukraine’s government bears either a great deal or some responsibility for Ukraine’s conflict with Russia. [...]
From the start of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Western media have systematically misrepresented developments on the battlefield. Time and again, major media organizations, including The New York [...]
In 2020, I accepted an invitation to join the Editorial Board of Canadian Dimension (CD). CD describes itself as “the longest-standing voice of the left in Canada. For more than [...]
Britain’s leading ‘’centre-left’ newspaper just offered us a textbook example of the liberal media’s embrace of Pentagon propaganda. In an article entitled “US Navy to adopt ‘more assertive [...]
Along with Sharmini Peries, Gregory Wilpert and Yves Engler, I discuss yesterday’s meeting in Ottawa of the “Lima Group”, an ad hoc collection of right-leaning governments [...]
Analyses of the media coverage of hurricane Florence show that most outlets ignore the link to climate change and the real dangers that this and other hurricanes present for creating devastating [...]
“Thank God for Israel.” That is how Rosie DiManno began her latest descent into anti-Palestinian bigotry. DiManno, in case you did not know, is a columnist for the Toronto Star, Canada’s highest [...]