These American Weapons Used In Iran Are Partially Made In Canada

 

‘Despite all of that talk, Carney’s actual agenda is about moving Canada closer and closer to the U.S. militarily.’

At least six companies in Canada are currently manufacturing, maintaining or producing components for the same types of weaponry and military assets that the U.S. has used in its war on Iran, an investigation by The Maple has found.

Five of the companies — Raytheon, Boeing, Standard Aero, Northrop Grumman and General Atomics — are subsidiaries or branches of American firms. One of the companies, M1 Composites Technology, has its headquarters in Canada.

These companies produce for the U.S. government components for Tomahawk missiles and MQ-9A Reaper drones, landing gear for fighter jets, nose radomes for bomber jets, and other components, artillery, and accessories for the types of weapons and aircraft being used in the current war.

The total value of the contracts analyzed by The Maple that implicate Canadian facilities is $5.2 billion U.S., or $7 billion Canadian. Most of the contracts stipulate that a majority of the work must be completed in the United States, with 2.5 per cent or less being completed in Canada.

In individual cases, as little as 0.01 per cent and as much as 99 per cent of the work is taking place in Canada.  (more..)

These American Weapons Used In Iran Are Partially Made In Canada

600+ Google employees protest Gemini AI use in Pentagon ops

 

The employees cite risks of misuse, lack of oversight, and potential harm to civilians.

More than 600 employees at Google have called on the company to abandon a potential agreement with the United States Department of War that would expand the use of its artificial intelligence tools into classified military operations, according to a statement released Monday.

The appeal, addressed to Chief Executive Sundar Pichai, was signed by staff across multiple units, including DeepMind and Cloud, and includes more than 20 individuals in senior leadership roles. It comes as the company is in discussions with US defense officials over deploying its Gemini AI system in sensitive, restricted environments.

Workers behind the initiative warned that the nature of classified programs makes meaningful oversight impossible. “Classified workloads are by definition opaque,” one organizing employee, who was not named in the statement, told AFP. “Right now, there's no way to ensure that our tools wouldn't be leveraged to cause terrible harms or erode civil liberties away from public scrutiny. We're talking about things like profiling individuals or targeting innocent civilians.”

The proposed deal would build on Google’s existing collaboration with the Pentagon under the genAI.mil program, which currently focuses on non-classified applications. Extending those capabilities into classified domains has raised concern among employees who argue that internal safeguards cannot be reliably enforced once the technology is handed over.  (more...)

600+ Google employees protest Gemini AI use in Pentagon ops

Handala hacktivists gain access to identities of US Marines in Persian Gulf

 

The pro-resistance Handala hacking group says it has access to the identities of tens of thousands of “terrorist” US Navy personnel in retaliation for the crimes committed during the US-Israeli aggression against Iran, including the murder of schoolchildren in Minab.

“We have sent a direct message to US Marines via WhatsApp and said: ‘Those who thought their identities were hidden, think again; the identities of tens of thousands of US Navy personnel, from operational bases to recreational activities and off-duty patrols, are fully known to us’,” Handala said in a statement.

The message added, “We will deal with you terrorists whose hands are stained with the blood of Minab students. We suggest you contact your families right now and say your final goodbyes.”

The US and Israel launched an unprovoked war of aggression against Iran on February 28, killing over 3,300 Iranians.

On the very first day of the war, the US-Israeli attacks targeted a girls’ elementary school in Minab in southern Iran, killing at least 168 children.  (more...)

Handala hacktivists gain access to identities of US Marines in Persian Gulf

From Missionary Kid to CIA Analyst: Dissecting the New Colonialism of White Evangelicals

 

Is white evangelicalism fueling Christian nationalism, political control, and cult-like influence worldwide? In this episode of Cults, Culture, and Coercion, Dr. Steven Hassan interviews historian and author Holly Berkley Fletcher, PhD on Christian missionary kids, high-control religion, belief systems, and how authoritarian culture shapes identity and politics.

Holly Berkley Fletcher, PhD is a historian, author of Missionary Kids: Unmasking the Myths of White Evangelicalism, and former CIA analyst who spent 19 years studying global dynamics. Raised in Kenya by evangelical missionary parents, Dr. Fletcher brings both lived experience and scholarly insight to examining white evangelical culture, its global reach, and its influence on modern political movements.

In this conversation, Dr. Hassan and Dr. Fletcher examine:

• How white evangelicalism can function as a high-control religion with cult-like dynamics
• Why Christian nationalism is rooted in ideas of American exceptionalism and religious authority
• How the “inerrancy doctrine” reinforces conformity and suppresses critical thinking
• The connection between white evangelical culture and the Trump MAGA movement
• How belief systems filter information and make it difficult to admit error
• The psychological impact of growing up as a missionary kid, including separation, fear, and identity disruption
• The role of fear, hell, and phobia indoctrination in maintaining control
• The difference between community vs. conformity and why high-control groups often confuse the two
• How authoritarian cultures—religious and political—rely on “us vs. them” thinking
• Why empathy, democracy, and critical thinking are essential to resisting authoritarian influence

Together, they explore how high-control religions can extend beyond faith circles and into broader society, shaping political movements, reinforcing authoritarian systems, and influencing how individuals think, feel, and behave.

Chapters:

• White Evangelicals, MAGA & Cult-Like Control
• What Is White Evangelicalism? Culture, Power & Influence
• Missionary Kids & Hidden Impacts of Evangelical Culture
• 0Growing Up in Kenya: Faith, Family & Control
• Christian Nationalism & “Holy War” Rhetoric Today
• American History, Religion & Authoritarian Roots
• Psychological Warfare & Religious Influence Networks
• Authoritarian Culture vs. Leadership in Evangelicalism
• Biblical Inerrancy Explained: Control Through Doctrine
• The BITE Model: How Thought Reform Works
• Fear, Hell & Phobia Indoctrination in Childhood
• Boarding Schools, Separation & Identity Trauma
• Belonging, Dislocation & the Search for Identity
• Why Evangelicals Still Support Trump
• Community vs. Conformity: The Key Difference
• Narcissism, Empathy & Authoritarian Religion
• Love vs. Fear: The Core of Belief Systems
• Democracy, Rights & Resisting Authoritarianism

Desmond Inq. Update, Majcher Trial, Guest Calvin Lawrence on Idsinga Book

 

This week we welcome back former Halifax Police and RCMP officer, Calvin Lawrence, author of 'Black Cop', to discuss the new book by retired Toronto Police homicide detective Hank Idsinga. Idsinga has made allegations of anti-sematic racism at the highest levels of the Toronto Police service in national interviews this week. 

Also, the NS government had committee hearings this week to discuss progress in the 25 recommendations for the Desmond Inquiry. Adam was counsel to the Desmond family during this Inquiry, and explains how the government and opposition parties are all missing the central issues of the Inquiry, relating to military medical records and PTSD in our soldiers. 

Also discussed this week, we read two letters that we received after last week's NS Mass Shooting 6th anniversary show, one critical and one complimentary. 

Finally, we give an assessment of the trial of William Majcher, the former RCMP officer charged under the Security of Information Act with attempting to assist the Chinese government in their efforts to bring a suspected fraudster back to China to face charges. A three week jury trial was reduced to a judge alone trial that lasted only a few days.

Cops keep showing up to arts events about Palestine. What can organizers do?

 

Toronto police showed up at a comedy fundraiser and at a film screening on the same night in April. Organizers describe how this fits into a broader pattern and what can be done to protect community members

It was just after 10 p.m. on Saturday, April 4 when two Toronto cops walked into the lobby of Comedy Bar on Bloor Street, moments before the Stand-up For Gaza comedy show was set to begin. The monthly event raises funds for the Gaza Soup Kitchen.

Witnesses say the officers asked questions about the “gathering,” apparently under the impression that the comedy show was an organized “march.”

Comedian and host of the event, Isabel Zaw-Tun, spoke to the officers, insisting that there were no plans to march through the rain late at night. Eventually, the cops left.

“This sort of thing has never happened in my experience,” Zaw-Tun tells The Grind, describing the officers’ actions as “intimidating” and “infringing on my personal space.” 

“After they left, I splashed some water on my face in the bathroom. Another comedian in the show gave me a hug and a glass of water, and I went onstage to open the show,” she recalls. “I mentioned that the police had been called on the show and the crowd loudly booed.”

It’s unclear why the officers showed up, and Toronto police did not respond to The Grind’s requests for comment for this article. Some organizers believe that a passerby might have called the police after seeing the name of the show on the venue’s marquee.  (more...)

Cops keep showing up to arts events about Palestine. What can organizers do?

Zionist ex Toronto cop calls for even more repression

 

A retired cop who could fairly be described as a genocidal Jewish supremacist is claiming “antisemitism” in the Toronto police department has led the force to coddle opponents of genocide. The CBC disseminated his claims without question, boosting a fanatic pro-Israel community’s bid to further trample on civil liberties.

Prominent retired cop Hank Idsinga recently told CBC The National host Adrienne Arsenault that he experienced overt anti-Jewishness during his 34 years in the Toronto Police Service (TPS), which concluded three years ago. Idsinga then said the anti-Jewishness he witnessed explains why the police haven’t heeded genocide advocates’ calls to repress social justice protesters. The ‘kill more Palestinians/Lebanese/Iranians’ media network has jumped all over Idsinga’s claims. Canadaland’s Jesse Brown posted, “Former head of homicide for Toronto police says Jew-hating senior officers are in charge of decisions about how to police antizionist protesters.”

But Idsinga’s media presence strongly suggest he is a genocidal Jewish supremacist. In February he spoke with genocide advocates at a Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA) event on criminal law and in 20024 was hired as a commentator by anti-Palestinian Global News, doing interviews with Ben ‘genocide’ Mulroney and other anti-Palestinians. More significantly, Idsinga has shown his Zionist hand repeatedly on X. He’s retweeted Tafsik, CIJA, Jerusalem Post, Warren Kinsellla, Chris Alexandre, Vivian Bercovici, Mike Fegelman and other arch Jewish supremacist sources. Claiming that protesting genocide is anti-Jewish, Idsinga pushed to ban Al Quds Day and other anti-genocide protests. He’s also disparaged David Mivisair as an “Anti-Jewish rabbi”. One of his recent retweets noted:

“Canada’s elite virtue-signal about ‘tolerance’ while Al-Quds Day, straight out of Iran’s hate playbook, openly peddles antisemitism, glorifies terrorism, and calls for Israel’s destruction on our streets. Yet judges block injunctions, police stand by, and politicians wring their hands. Result? Synagogues shot up, Jews terrorized, and ‘hate speech’ laws that somehow only catch the wrong people. Tolerating intolerance isn’t progressive, it’s suicidal. Once you let the mob chant for genocide with impunity, don’t act shocked when the mob decides who’s next.”  (more...)

Zionist ex Toronto cop calls for even more repression