Category: Anti-Racism
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Defending Palestinian Rights Is Not Antisemitism: The Bogus Attack on Joel Harden
Ontario New Democratic Party MPP Joel Harden has become the latest target of ongoing efforts to silence critics of Israel by smearing them with accusations of antisemitism. Antisemitism needs to … Keep reading »
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Israel’s Detention of Palestinian Minors: a Horror Show
I want you to look at this picture. No, please don’t look away. Look at it carefully. Beyond the huddle of hefty military figures, armed to the teeth with their … Keep reading »
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Junkets to Israel and Canadian Universities: Open Letter from Canadian Academics
We, the undersigned members of the Canadian academic community wish to express our grave concerns that Canadian university presidents recently toured Israel, ignoring the apartheid conditions that Palestinians are enduring. … Keep reading »
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Temporary Migration or Landed Status Now?
This is a photo from 1981. It’s a protest by migrant care workers. Their signs all read “Landed Status Now.” These calls – Landed Status Now, Status Now, or Status … Keep reading »
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Policing Toronto: Strip Searching in a Divided City
Strip searching is the name for a contemporary practice of police, carceral, and security institutions. It is a technique that affords officers total control over a person, akin to the … Keep reading »
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How Unions Are Backing BDS
Major unions and labor federations in Oregon recently passed unprecedented resolutions calling for divestment from an Israeli company over its human rights abuses. In March, both the American Federation of … Keep reading »
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The Killing of Shireen Abu Aqleh and Israel’s Increased Use of Arbitrary Lethal Force
Al-Haq condemns in the strongest possible terms the direct killing of prominent Palestinian female journalist Shireen Abu Aqleh while on an assignment covering Israeli incursions in Jenin refugee camp on … Keep reading »
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Unfinished Business: The Hassan Diab Affair Continues
Many in Ottawa may remember the day he returned to Canada from France. A crowd of longstanding supporters, his wife, and little children received him with open arms and crimson … Keep reading »
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West’s Response to Russian Invasion Demolishes Excuses for Rejecting BDS Against Apartheid Israel
Palestinians are watching with empathy the suffering of millions of Ukrainians facing war, particularly the over two million refugees seeking safety in neighboring countries. In harmony with the absolute majority … Keep reading »
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Cruel System of Domination: Amnesty on Israeli Apartheid
The Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD) welcomes Amnesty International’s valuable and comprehensive report, Israel’s Apartheid Against Palestinians: Cruel System of Domination and Crime Against Humanity. Placing Israel’s apartheid regime … Keep reading »
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High School Students Walk Out: Saying Yes to Palestine Solidarity and No to TDSB
Let’s give credit to the roughly 200 brave students who walked out of Marc Garneau Collegiate Institute last month. They were protesting how the Toronto District School Board (TDSB) has … Keep reading »
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Toronto School Board Stifles Criticism of Israel
What’s going on with the Toronto District School Board (TDSB)?! It looks like it’s teamed up with the Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Centre for Holocaust Studies (FSWC) to outline what … Keep reading »