Richard Medhurst's persecution by both British and Austrian authorities signifies a major escalation in Israel's and its allies' full throated attack against the press in the West.
Wednesday, April 30, 2025
Zionists Attack Pro-Peace Americans
Max Blumenthal unpacks the targeting of Code Pink's Medea Benjamin
Occupying the Attorney General of Canada's Office to Demand an Arms Embargo
On Saturday April 26 2025 Scarborough constituents and allies with Scarborough/Rouge Park for Palestine and Tkaronto World Beyond War occupied both the inside and outside of Minister Gary Anandasangaree’s campaign office—the MP of Scarborough-Guildwood-Rouge Park, Attorney General of Canada and Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs. Constituents demanded that he act to implement a two way arms embargo on Israel and endorse the 4 additional demands in the Palestine Platform.
Eurocrats Hit a New Low
Governments in Europe are unpopular because they act on behalf of corporate cartels, not the interests of their people. Breakdown of infrastructure, for example, the nationwide blackout in Spain and Portugal is blamed on Putin, before any investigation was launched! Meanwhile, European Union operatives are collaborating with City of London financial oligarchs and British intelligence to disrupt the efforts of Presidents Trump and Putin for normalization of relations between their two countries, which is a precondition for peace and prosperity.
Tuesday, April 29, 2025
Israel and EU seek to boost trade amid war of extermination
One complaint that I have heard countless times over the past 18 months is that the European Union has done nothing amid the genocide in Gaza.
The truth is that Brussels officials have been quite active. They have been active trying to boost cooperation with Israel, the state carrying out the genocide.
A document obtained via a freedom of information request gives some insight into such efforts. It concerns a discussion held between Maroš Šefčovič, the EU’s trade commissioner, and Nir Barkat, Israel’s economy minister, in March.
Two main topics were addressed, according to a readout of the meeting – see below.
First, Barkat gave an update on a reform measure known as “What’s good for Europe is good for Israel.” It allows a wide range of goods authorized in the EU to enter Israel without undergoing inspections.
The reform came into effect on 1 January.
That timing is significant. It illustrates that work aimed at integrating the economies of Israel and Europe has been advanced during the war of extermination against Gaza.
The second item raised in the discussion between Šefčovič and Barkat was medical devices.
Šefčovič wants Israel’s parliament, the Knesset, to pass a law that would end what he described as “discrimination.” (more...)
Israel and EU seek to boost trade amid war of extermination
From the United States to Europe, Criticizing Israel is Becoming a Crime
Across the United States and much of the West, criticism of Israel and solidarity with Palestine are increasingly being criminalized—a project long championed by Israel’s government and its powerful lobbying networks.
In February 2020, Israeli leader and internationally wanted war criminal Benjamin Netanyahu proudly declared that Tel Aviv had “promoted laws in most U.S. states” to punish those who boycott Israel, offering a rare glimpse into the foreign forces eroding free speech in the American heartland.
Since then, anti-boycott laws have quietly spread to dozens of states, forcing public institutions, businesses, and even individual contractors to pledge loyalty to Israel—or risk losing jobs, contracts, and funding. What began as a niche effort to shield Tel Aviv from grassroots criticism has rapidly escalated into a sweeping assault on free speech across the Western world.
The overwhelming majority of states now boast laws making it illegal for local entities, including hospitals and schools, to work with individuals or companies that boycott Israel. For example, in 2016, Indiana’s Senate unanimously passed a law calling for mandatory divestment by state agencies, commercial enterprises, and nonprofit organizations—including universities—from any firm involved in “the promotion of activities to boycott, divest from, or sanction Israel.”
The legislation branded boycotts against Israel as “antithetical and deeply damaging to the cause of peace, justice, equality, democracy and human rights for all people in the Middle East.”
Several states have adopted comparable laws via governors signing administrative and executive orders. In some cases, state contractors—be they individuals or organizations—are legally obligated to demonstrate their anti-BDS credentials by signing contractual affirmations of non-support for BDS, which critics argue is essentially a loyalty oath to Israel. (more...)
From the United States to Europe, Criticizing Israel is Becoming a Crime
We asked Starmer's military chief why he’s spying for Israel
The chief of the defence staff – Britain’s most senior military officer – refused to answer questions yesterday about Royal Air Force (RAF) surveillance flights over Gaza and intelligence sharing with Israel.
Admiral Sir Tony Radakin declined to comment on whether the operations made him a participant in Israel’s campaign in Gaza, which is the subject of a genocide investigation by the UN’s top court.
Radakin was questioned about the operations by Declassified for more than two minutes as he walked along London’s Victoria Embankment from the Ministry of Defence to parliamentary offices at Portcullis House.
“I’m going to a public accounts committee hearing and I don’t really have time for this conversation”, the Admiral said, before refusing to engage further.
Despite heading to parliament to discuss the military’s budget, he ignored questions about how much the RAF has spent on more than 500 spy flights over Gaza since December 2023.
Two armed police officers who were escorting him then tried to block Declassified from speaking to Radakin but our questions continued.
The Admiral looked progressively unsettled as he was asked “Do you have concerns about sharing intelligence with the prime minister of a country that’s wanted by the International Criminal Court?”
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British Military Chief Walks Away From Gaza Spy Flight Questions
Trump tells Netanyahu "we gotta' be good to Gaza"
On Reason2Resist's weekly livestream, Dimitri Lascaris and Rami Yahia discuss Trump's surprising statement on Air Force 1 that food and medicine are urgently needed in Gaza.
They also discussed Israel's descent into chaos, the negotiations between the United States and Iran, and the Canadian election.
Netanyahu Regime Facing Moment of Truth
The number of Israelis moving into the streets to protest Netanyahu's war against the Palestinians is surging. Voices speaking out for peace now include prominent figures, as well as family members of hostages still held by Hamas. The security doctrine of Israel, the "Iron Wall", has proven to be a failure. Will the U.S. join the Global Majority in demanding a two-state solution in SW Asia? As Yitzhak Rabin understood when he co-signed the Oslo Accord with Arafat, peace requires an economic component, based on providing mutual benefits.
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Monday, April 28, 2025
Zionists infiltrating the BBC
In today’s show, we’ll be examining the BBC’s coverage of the Gaza genocide, and its decision to delete the documentary called Gaza: How to Survive in a warzone from its iPlayer platform
In our first report, Latifa Abouchakra outlines the Zionist infiltration of the BBC and the influence it wields over the corporation.
Our next report focuses on one particular Zionist troll, who’s been pressuring the BBC on behalf of Israel.
School promoting Zionist racism gets $5 million public subsidy
“Harvard is an Islamist outpost”, explained a Wall Street Journal op-ed penned by Ruth Wisse. The prominent Montrealer’s racism was instilled by one of the city’s many Jewish supremacist schools.
In Friday’s Wall Street Journal the founder of McGill university’s Jewish studies program wrote, “On Sept. 11, 2001, the Islamists of al Qaeda attacked the U.S. in a suicide mission that used American planes as their instruments of destruction. On Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas Islamists exploited Israel’s openness by invading the country, massacring civilians and kidnapping others. Jihadists use these new forms of warfare against those they can’t conquer by force. What concerns us here is their capture of elite American schools as outposts.”
According to Wisse, Muslim donors have captured the elite school where she taught Yiddish literature from 1993 to 2014. “As long as other institutions took Muslim money and ignored the war against the Jews, why should Harvard be holier than the pope?”, she noted. But didn’t billionaire Jewish donors oust the university’s first ever Black president? Wouldn’t it be more credible to say, “Jewish money” is responsible for Harvard’s “war against the Palestinians”.
Wisse’s racist, authoritarian rants have been making the rounds online. It’s important to recognize that her Jewish supremacist views didn’t just drop from the sky. They reflect a Zionist infrastructure almost no one is discussing, let alone systematically confronting. (more...)
School promoting Zionist racism gets $5 million public subsidy
Many of Those Closest to Pierre Poilievre Have Ties to Canada’s Biggest Lobbying Firms
A look at the people around the Conservative leader and what else they've gotten up to
Many of the figures closest to Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre have been tied to the largest corporate lobbying firms in the country.
After winning control over the official opposition in September 2022, Poilievre quickly got to work placing pro-business allies into key positions of power within the party. These included top advisors, executives and policy makers — not least of whom is key advisor Jenni Byrne, whose ties to the world of corporate lobbying were recently reported by PressProgress.
But there are others close to the centre of Conservative political power who have deep and well-documented ties to some of Canada’s top political lobbying firms. These include Poilievre’s chief of staff, his top policy advisor, and several members of the Conservative Party’s powerful National Council.
Here’s a look at key figures close to Poilievre with ties to the world of corporate lobbying in Canada: (more...)
Many of Those Closest to Pierre Poilievre Have Ties to Canada’s Biggest Lobbying Firms
Trump Scarred by Father's Abuse
While we're all super grateful that Trump saved the US from Communism, we should not forget that Trump is psychologically disturbed. It seems the Illuminati abuse and trauma brainwash their children.
We have gone from a senile President to one who is mentally unstable. But I wonder if he is making the important decisions. Never forget, this man is funding the Gaza genocide.
Reader- "As a survivor of over nine years of SRA and meticulous mind controlling programming at the hands of my brilliant pedophile Masonic grandfather, I thank you for your post today exposing supremely narcissistic Trump, his father, Danielle Smith etc. Well done! This hidden, meticulous, systemic abuse pervades life on earth is THE cornerstone fundamental to how Satan's Team continues to subvert and destroy Life on our designed to be sacred planet."
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Let's not beat around the bush. Trump is a Satanist, a member of Chabad which is actively working to genocide non-Satanists.
Donald Trump suffered 'child abuse' at the hands of his father,' the President's niece has claimed in her explosive memoir, which DailyMail.com has obtained ahead of its release.
Mary Trump says 'love meant nothing' to Fred Trump Sr and he only wanted obedience, which the President was forced to give him.
Donald's mother became ill when he was two years old, leaving him with 'total dependence on a caregiver (Fred Sr) who also caused him terror,' Mary writes in Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man.
Neglected by his workaholic father, Mary claims the President 'suffered deprivations that would scar him for life' and describes Donald as Frankenstein's monster.
The 55-year-old psychologist writes that she believes her uncle is not only a narcissist, but 'meets the criteria for antisocial personality disorder, which in its most severe form is generally considered sociopathy'.
She also alleges Donald paid a friend to take his SATs for him in order to attend the University of Pennsylvania for its famous Wharton School of Business. (more...)
Trump Scarred by Father's Abuse
Sunday, April 27, 2025
Remember to Vote Palestine
The federal election is here. If you're heading to the polls tomorrow, remember to Vote Palestine.
If the bombs don't get you the hunger will
Ethnocide. Famine is stalking the rubble and alleyways of Gaza. The Epstein Affair. False flags over Kashmir. And Trump's brazen vulgarity at Pope's funeral
Inside the Barry and Honey Sherman’s case: unravelling Canada's billionaire mystery
Barry and Honey Sherman's case remains one of Canada's most perplexing mysteries. The billionaire couple, known for their business acumen and philanthropy, were found lifeless in their Toronto mansion under highly suspicious circumstances. Despite a high-profile investigation filled with twists—inheritance drama, business intrigue, and police errors—the case is still open.
Barry Sherman was not just one of Canada’s wealthiest individuals but also a transformative figure in global pharmaceuticals. Having built Apotex from scratch, Sherman forged the company into Canada’s foremost manufacturer of generic medicines, at one point supplying roughly one in five prescriptions filled nationwide.
Honey Sherman, his wife and partner of almost thirty years at their North York mansion, was equally influential in Canada's philanthropic and social scenes. The couple strongly supported Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, beloved for their community support and regular presence on the charity circuit. Barry’s commitment to family was reflected in generous financial support for his children and extended relatives, often loaning large sums to help launch businesses or buy homes.
Everything changed in December 2017 at 50 Old Colony Road. Real estate agents, showing the property to potential buyers, noticed the alarm was off and could not find Barry in his usual kitchen routine.
Moments later, an agent looking toward the pool area witnessed a sight neither they nor the city would soon forget: Barry and Honey, side by side and fully clothed, immobilized on the pool deck in what an agent described as a “weird meditation or yoga” pose.
Their arms were bound behind their backs, and leather belts looped their necks, attaching them to a low metal railing. Police arrived to find rigor mortis set in. The unusual scene, initially baffling to investigators, ignited immediate national headlines. (more...)
Inside the Barry and Honey Sherman’s case: unravelling Canada's billionaire mystery
Rape nation
In today’s show, we’ll be laying bare the moral depravity of Israeli society, which has repeatedly demonstrated that it’s got no sense of the difference between right and wrong.
Saturday, April 26, 2025
Trump administration backtracks on cancelling thousands of foreign student visas
US Department of Justice announces the reversal after weeks of lawsuits and restraining orders by judges
President Donald Trump's administration announced on Friday that it was reversing a decision to cancel thousands of foreign student visas in US federal court.
Middle East Eye reported last week that at least 1,500 student visas had been revoked and universities were not notified of a student's change in status or told why their students' visas were being rescinded.
According to a report by WUSA9, US Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) had terminated the visas of 4,700 students in total.
The Trump administration's abrupt reversal follows weeks of scrutiny by courts and dozens of restraining orders issued by judges against the move.
Critics called the termination of students' records from a federal database, called the Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS), illegal.
The Trump administration used a rarely invoked immigration act that allows the secretary of state to revoke immigration status if the secretary deems their presence a threat to US foreign policy. (more...)
Trump administration backtracks on cancelling thousands of foreign student visas
How Sex Criminals Hide in Israel
Whitney Webb exposes the real connections between Jeffery Epstein and Israel and how the CIA, the mafia, and Wall Street collude to organize assassinations and manipulate global geopolitics.
- How Jewish American Pedophiles Hide in Israel
- Connections to intelligence and the mob
- Intelligence agencies aren’t at the top of the food chain, they work for somebody else - Wall Street
- The history of US involvement in arming paramilitary groups that eventually became the IDF
- Lucky Luciano’s connection to Mussolini, ethno-fascism and Israel
- Epstein’s stronger connection to Israeli military intelligence vs Mossad
- Leslie Wexner’s ties to Israeli officials
Whitney Webb has been a professional writer, researcher and journalist since 2016. She has written for several websites and, from 2017 to 2020, was a staff writer and senior investigative reporter for Mint Press News. She currently writes for Unlimited Hangout. She is the author of the book One Nation Under Blackmail. Recently her work was referenced by Ian Carroll on the Joe Rogan Podcast.
Israel's International BLACKMAIL Campaign
Dr. Norman Finkelstein explains the mysterious cases of Israel blackmailing members of the international community to maintain the illusion of the settler-colonial state's "humanitarian" image over the years, and during the genocide in Gaza.
Grok goes to Medjugorje
Stop scrolling and start reading books. And, make the Gaza genocide your urgent concern.
How does western media ‘whitewash’ genocide?
‘The crimes [in Gaza] are so egregious that are being carried out... The attempt to cover them up and whitewash them is failing’
Since 7 October, western media coverage of Israel’s war on Gaza has come under intense scrutiny, particularly for the language and terminology used by many outlets.
As a result, the coverage has been accused of bias against Palestinians effectively providing cover for Israel’s war on Gaza.
To delve into this, we’re speaking to Assal Rad, an Iranian-American scholar of the modern Middle East and fellow at DAWN, who’s also made it her mission to call out and ‘fix’ misleading headlines.
Her widely shared posts earned her the title of ‘headline fixer’, turning this into a trend of its own online.
- Intro
- 'Headline fixer'
- Reading beyond headlines
- Framing the war on Gaza
- Media language & terminology
- The dangers of impunity
- Influencing public opinion
- Turning point for media accountability?
After Ben-Gvir Visit, Yale Bans Pro-Palestine Group
The university’s reprisal against Yalies4Palestine followed campus protests against the visit to New Haven by Itamar Ben-Gvir, Israel’s extremist police minister
Yale University has revoked the registration status of a pro-Palestine student group on Wednesday after hundreds of students protested against Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir’s speaking event this week, despite the group saying it wasn’t responsible for organizing the demonstration.
Yale students reestablished their Gaza solidarity encampment in protest of Ben-Gvir’s speech delivered on Wednesday. Roughly 200 protesters had gathered on Tuesday night, shortly before organizers disbanded the encampment due to threats of retribution from the university.
The university claimed in a statement that it had revoked the registration status for Yalies4Palestine after student protesters violated university “time, place, and manner policies.” It said the administration is investigating the protest and that supposed violators of those policies will “face law enforcement and disciplinary action, including reprimand, probation, suspension, or expulsion.”
[Ben-Givr was invited to speak in New Haven by Shabtai, a Jewish intellectual discussion group that is not officially part of Yale but was co-founded by people affiliated with the school, including the now U.S. senator, Cory Booker, and Rabbi Shmully Hecht. Ben-Givr’s off-the-record talk at the Anderson Mansion, close to campus, was attended by Yale students and faculty members.]
The suspension of Yalies4Palestine comes just two days after Yale University signed a joint statement pledging to allow their students and staff to express their viewpoints “without fear of retribution, censorship, or deportation” in the face of repression by the Trump administration, sparked in large part by the wave of campus protests last spring against Israel’s genocide. (more...)
After Ben-Gvir Visit, Yale Bans Pro-Palestine Group
Yale students staged a protest against the visit of far-right Israeli minister Itamar Ben Gvir, expressing their opposition to his presence in the United States. Several students were arrested by police during the demonstrations. pic.twitter.com/MxhgCojFUg
— Middle East Eye (@MiddleEastEye) April 24, 2025
The Media DISTRACTS You While Israel Slaughters Gazans
Dr. Norman Finkelstein breaks down Israel's history of utilizing American media cycles to carry out abhorrent war crimes "when the cameras are turned off." With the current chaos of the Trump administration, they are doing it yet again in Gaza.
Evasion, erasure and protest: Advocates work to ensure Palestinian solidarity remains an election issue
More than 330 federal election candidates support a five-point Palestine-solidarity platform, but only five in Newfoundland and Labrador have signed on
With the Canadian federal election days away, the issue of Israel’s ongoing occupation and genocide in Palestine has indelibly shaped the backdrop of the campaign. While tariffs and economic issues have dominated much of the mainstream media coverage, human rights advocates have been hard at work trying to force candidates to address the issue of Palestine.
On April 12, solidarity rallies were held across the country, including one on Parliament Hill described as “massive” by CTV News. Two weeks earlier, on March 27, charges were dropped against members of the ‘Indigo 11’, a group of protestors who defaced a Toronto Indigo Books outlet in November 2023, in protest over Indigo CEO Heather Reisman’s support for the Israeli military. The protestors were arrested at their homes in violent police raids that sparked controversy and condemnation and triggered an ongoing boycott of Indigo bookstores.
Other advocates have focused efforts on targeting federal election candidates. A group calling itself Vote Palestine issued a five-point Palestine-solidarity platform and asked candidates to sign on to it. The campaign has been endorsed by dozens of organizations, ranging from Toronto Jewish Families to the Canadian Federation of Students and the Canadian Union of Public Employees. To date over 330 candidates in the federal election have signed on to the platform, including at least 19 Liberals and hundreds of NDP candidates. No Conservatives have endorsed the platform.
In Newfoundland and Labrador, only five candidates have endorsed the platform. They include three New Democrats—Mary Shortall (St. John’s East), Sarah Parsons (Long Range Mountains), and Darian Vincent (Central Newfoundland)—and two Green Party candidates (Otis Crandell in St. John’s East and Kaelem Tingate in Cape Spear).
Yet the ongoing genocide in Palestine has been conspicuously absent from mainstream media coverage. “I don’t think the mainstream media has prioritized the question of Palestine,” says Heidi Matthews, a professor at Osgoode Hall Law School whose research focuses on international law. She takes this as a sign that issues of national concern are being increasingly interpreted in isolationist terms by Canadians. “It’s quite dangerous to think of Canadian concerns only in terms of what happens at home,” she warns.
“Newfoundland’s specific colonial history and sense of itself as a people that has often faced various forms of neglect or oppression within a broader federal context should actually be a really important reason why Newfoundlanders should want to reflect on Canada’s role—and by extension, the role of Newfoundland—in the violations happening in Gaza,” she says. (more...)
Friday, April 25, 2025
Vatican criticizes 'Israel’s' Pope Francis funeral representation
Senior Vatican officials express anger over "Israel's" limited representation at Pope Francis’s funeral, calling it an insult to Christians worldwide.
Israeli media reported that senior Vatican officials expressed their "pain and disappointment" over the Israeli occupation's stance regarding Pope Francis’ funeral, set to take place on Saturday in Rome.
They described the limited Israeli representation as "an insult to the global Christian community."
According to "Israel’s" Kan Channel, frustration began when the Israeli Foreign Ministry deleted a condolence tweet shortly after posting it. This was followed by a brief and delayed statement from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and culminated in the decision to send only the Israeli ambassador to the funeral.
An angry letter, reportedly sent on behalf of the Christian community to Netanyahu, criticized the Israeli occupation’s handling of the matter.
The letter condemned the decision by the Israeli Foreign Ministry to prevent Israeli diplomats from issuing mourning statements, calling it "a grave insult to Christians in Israel and around the world, if not to all of humanity," especially considering Pope Francis’ legacy of peace, justice, and interfaith dialogue. (more...)
Vatican criticizes 'Israel’s' Pope Francis funeral representation
Canadian Jewry’s authoritarian turn
Do the majority of Canadian Jews approve of Donald Trump-like deportations and harassment of pro-Palestinian activists? Do most Canadian Jews want to defund universities that don’t repress students opposing genocide? Do the majority of Canadian Jews agree with mainstream, pro-Israel organizations as they become ever more brazenly authoritarian and threaten the Charter of Rights and Freedoms?
Recently, the Canadian Jewish News published a long article calling for the arrest of grassroots activist Charlotte Kates. “Community calls for action after the Canadian director of a terror group attended the funeral of Hezbollah’s leader in Beirut” quotes the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs and Anthony Housefather demanding greater police repression against Kates. The article concludes by quoting Conservative senator Leo Housakos saying, “I’m just trying to figure out why she’s not in handcuffs and in a jail cell.”
This is the latest in a wave of attacks against Kates by CIJA, B’nai Brith and other Zionist groups. They pressed Ottawa to add Kates’ organization, Samidoun Palestinian Prisoners Solidarity Network, to Canada’s terrorism list despite no one even claiming the Vancouver-based grassroots group was involved in violence.
Zionists seem to be constantly strategizing on how to jail critics of Israel. In a video posted recently to YouTube, social media influencer Dahlia Kurtz describes spending hours uncovering the identity of a protester and then seeking to have them arrested. She was greeted with rabid applause by her crazed pro-Israel audience. (more...)
Canadian Jewry’s authoritarian turn
Pierre Poilievre’s Top Advisor, Jenni Byrne, is a Major Corporate Power Broker
A closer look at Byrne’s extensive corporate lobbying activity reveals billion-dollar corporations and ethical concerns
Jenni Byrne, among the most powerful figures behind Pierre Poilievre’s election campaign, has been described as one of the most important power brokers in Canada: “merciless,” a “ruthless tactician,” the “most powerful woman in Ottawa.” Writing in Maclean’s, Simon Lewson speculated Byrne could easily become Poilievre’s chief of staff should the Conservative leader become prime minister.
But Byrne has also been tied to two lobbying firms: one that is focused on provincial matters, primarily in Ontario, called Jenni Byrne + Associates, and another that connects clients to the federal government, Forecheck Strategies.
While Byrne has denied any involvement in Forecheck, it shares an address and much of its staff with the firm that bears her name. This has raised ethical concerns over her close proximity to the leader who could potentially become Canada’s next prime minister.
Among the clients of Jenni Byrne + Associates (JB+A) are heavy-hitting multinational corporations, some large enough to be listed on the S&P 500. Per entries in the Ontario, Alberta and British Columbia lobbyist registries, the firm’s work includes contract procurement and proposed regulatory changes on behalf of a broad range of sectors including telecommunications, retail, construction, real estate, insurance and finance.
Some of JB+A’s larger clients (and the stated topics of their lobbying) include the following:
- Retail and grocery juggernaut Loblaw Companies Ltd. (regulatory changes to liquor sales in Alberta, conservation, energy)
- Multinational consumer goods corporation Procter & Gamble (conservation, energy, forestry, natural resources)
- Research and advisory firm Gartner Inc. (digital government, information technology, research and innovation, science and technology)
- Real estate developer Oskar Group (environment, housing, natural resources)
- The Alliance for Visitors Tax Refund, a group of major retailers lobbying in Alberta for post-pandemic tax relief, including Aldo Group, Birks Group, Cadillac Fairview, Global Blue, Harry Rosen, Hudson’s Bay Company, QuadReal Property Group, the Retail Council of Canada and Triple Five (more...)
Pierre Poilievre’s Top Advisor, Jenni Byrne, is a Major Corporate Power Broker
Demolishing Pierre Poilievre’s radical blueprint for Canada
Martin Lukacs’ The Poilievre Project is the must-read book of the moment
With the federal election imminent, the publication of Martin Lukacs’ critical biography of Pierre Poilievre’s life and politics could not have been better timed.
The first book from The Breach’s new publishing arm Breach Books, The Poilievre Project: A Radical Blueprint for Corporate Rule, is a short but incisive analysis of Poilievre’s ideology. The theme of the book is straightforward: the mainstream media has done a poor job of grasping and communicating the foundations of Poilievre’s political project and the persistence of the deeply radical neoliberal beliefs he has held over nearly his entire life. Where other Poilievre biographies are more comprehensive but also more superficial and lacking in critical analysis, Lukacs proposes an “episodic, analytic, and investigative look at Poilievre’s ideology, playbook, and policy program—and the corporate coalition forming behind him.” This deeper and more methodical analysis yields a nuanced portrait of Poilievre as simultaneously representing neoliberal continuity, but also embodying a more radical far-right break from the history of Canadian neoliberalism.
The book opens with a quick introduction to the background behind Poilievre’s rise and his brand of populist performance blended with neoliberal austerity, before embarking on a deep dive into Poilievre’s reverence for the ideas of Milton Friedman. As a fellow researcher of the connections between Poilievre and Friedman, I was impressed with the importance that Lukacs accords Poilievre’s ideological attachment not just to Friedman’s general philosophy, but to the ideas set out specifically in his two biggest books, Capitalism and Freedom (1962) and A Monetary History of the United States (1963). I share Lukacs’ criticism of the neglect of this bond with Friedman by the mainstream media, and even many left journalists. Indeed, as Lukacs maintains, Capitalism and Freedom is a sort of Rosetta Stone when it comes to Poilievre’s core ideological beliefs. Throughout his life, Poilievre has parroted Friedman on monetarism, inflationary theory, and school vouchers as a tool to reduce government’s role in education, in addition to subscribing to Friedman’s proposed negative income tax scheme (a self-proclaimed Trojan horse aimed at eliminating the programs and services of the welfare state), among many other aspects of Friedman’s classical liberal vision. This is because Poilievre adopts Friedman’s view of the state wholesale: the free market and individual responsibility represent economic freedom, and the state, particularly in its Keynesian welfare state and bureaucratic forms, exists to coerce individuals into surrendering their economic freedom for the sake of growing the state through redistributive taxation. Echoing Friedman, Poilievre has affirmed: “Everything the government does, even the good things, is done by the coercive force of taxation, a gun to the head.” Lukacs’ treatment of this ideological filiation, while not as exhaustive as traditional scholarly work, is on point and essential to understanding Poilievre. (more...)
Demolishing Pierre Poilievre’s radical blueprint for Canada
Stephen Harper’s firm behind spy tech Israel is using to target Gazans
Former prime minister’s fund controls and is the main investor in Israeli company that developed AI-based facial recognition tech being used by IDF on Palestinians
An investment firm led by former Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper that is devoted to launching security companies in Israel has a new “success” story: helping that country’s military conduct secret mass surveillance of Palestinians in Gaza.
According to The New York Times, hundreds of Palestinians have been targeted by an “expansive and experimental” spying effort to “collect and catalogue” the faces of Palestinians. At times, civilians have been “wrongly flagged” as Hamas militants and then interrogated and tortured.
The facial recognition technology the Israeli military is relying on was created by Israeli tech company, Corsight. Founded in 2019, the company officially launched after receiving a $5 million investment from Awz Ventures, the firm where Harper is a leading partner and president of its advisory committee.
Three out of five members of the Israeli company’s board of directors are Harper’s partners at Awz Ventures, meaning the former Canadian Prime Minister’s firm effectively controls Corsight.
Using Corsight’s spy tech, the Israeli military picked out Palestinian poet Mosab Abu Toha at a checkpoint in central Gaza in mid-November, as he was attempting to flee with his family to Egypt. He was separated, detained, and beaten.
The surveillance program that uses this technology is being run by the Israeli military’s elite cyber-intelligence Unit 8200.
A former commander of this unit, retired Israeli Brigadier General Ehud Schneorson, is another of Harper’s advisory partners at Awz Ventures. According to a report in Israeli outlet +972 Magazine, Unit 8200 has also overseen an AI-based targeting system that has marked tens of thousands of Gazans for assassination. (more...)
Stephen Harper’s firm behind spy tech Israel is using to target Gazans
My thanks to the Speaker of Israel’s Knesset @AmirOhana for his warm welcome to Jerusalem today. Ten years ago last month I addressed the Knesset as Prime Minister of Canada. Today I am visiting Israel once again to renew friendships and stand in solidarity at this time of… pic.twitter.com/vprQ60OpKV
— Stephen Harper (@stephenharper) February 18, 2024
Ukraine Guilty in 2014 Massacre - Harvard Neocon Incubator
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Lawyers slam Michigan for 'intimidating' pro-Palestinian students with raids
FBI and local law enforcement raided homes of students who participated in pro-Palestinian protests at the University of Michigan
Human Rights activists and legal experts have slammed the US state of Michigan and the FBI for conducting a "witch hunt" against pro-Palestinian protesters in what they say is an excessive use of force.
On Wednesday, the FBI and local law enforcement agencies raided several homes of both current and former American students who participated in pro-Palestinian protests at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
Protests have been ongoing at the campus since Israel launched its war on Gaza following the Hamas-led 7 October 2023 attacks on southern Israel. The demonstrations have called on the university to divest from companies doing business with Israel and Israeli entities.
Amir Makled, an attorney representing some of the students who were targeted, called the raids a "witch hunt" designed to deter students from pro-Palestinian demonstrations.
"I feel this is another intimidation tactic. I feel that this is another way to show an overreaching amount of force that's highly unusual in an attempt to chill the speech of these students and dissuade others from being part of pro-Palestinian advocacy," he told Middle East Eye.
On Thursday, Michigan's attorney general's office released a statement describing "a significant police presence" in the cities of Ann Arbor, Canton and Ypsilanti, where police and federal agents executed search warrants at five locations.
"The search warrants, authorized by the 45th District Court, were executed in furtherance of the Michigan Department of Attorney General's yearlong investigation into coordinated criminal acts of vandalism and property damage occurring in multiple counties in southeastern Michigan," the statement said.
The statement included more than a dozen photographs showing homes -including those of University of Michigan president Santa Ono and the school's regent Jordan Acker - and cars painted with red graffiti saying "Coward" and "Divest. Free Palestine."
Other properties painted with graffiti slamming Israel and smeared with red paint included a historical mansion, a Raymond James office and a Maersk office. (more...)
Lawyers slam Michigan for 'intimidating' pro-Palestinian students with raids
Speaking the fascist’s language: Pierre Poilievre’s perfidious rhetorical appeal for working class votes
Poilievre follows in a long right-wing tradition of intentionally appealing to the masses while actively working against them
Pierre Poilievre has risen to the leadership of the Conservative Party of Canada by lauding himself as a defender of the average Canadian. This supposed protector of the country’s working and middle classes has, however, routinely antagonized them and opposed their interests. Emily Leedham writes that his “recent rhetoric pandering to workers contradicts his long track record of attacking unions and dividing workers.” Poilievre, Leedham explains, has an extensive history of anti-union activity, blind nationalism, and fomenting conspiracy theories. The contradiction between his words and his actions is certainly not a new phenomenon in politics, but some wonder whether it is new to Canada. In his article “Does Canada Have its Trump?” Joel Mathis notes how Poilievre voted against same-sex marriage in Canada, but later spoke in favour of it. Poilievre’s contradiction is nothing new, and may be less unintentional than it seems. There is a long history of antagonism between the words and actions of fascist politicians, both those of our time and of the 20th century. Although Poilievre is not a fascist himself, his rhetoric remains closely aligned with the fascistic tradition of appealing to working class sensibilities while starkly opposing policies in line with proletarian interests.
Many have compared Pierre Poilievre to Donald Trump, as both are nationalist populists who seem to have garnered their greatest support among the working classes of their respective countries. There is an ongoing debate about the specifics of Trump’s ideology, of course, but William E. Connolly chooses to call him a “neo-fascist who pursues hyper-aggressive nationalism.” Connolly goes on to describe Trump as a “practitioner of a rhetorical style that regularly smears opponents to sustain the Big Lies he advances.” It is safe to say that Poilievre is not as outrageous as Trump or as domineering in his rhetorical style; but Trump is not the quintessential fascist, especially as there is no consensus as to his fascist tendencies. The debate over Trump’s ideology continues today, with J.R. McNeill saying that it bears some similarity, but is not identical, to those of the 20th century’s fascists. The same can be said of Poilievre, whose rhetoric is surprisingly similar, though also different, from that of Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini.
This may seem like a stretch, at first. However, to compare Poilievre to figures like Hitler and Mussolini and identify significant overlap in their rhetoric (and some of their policies) does not mean that they are the same. It does not mean, for example, that Poilievre intends to intern and impose genocide upon Canada’s Liberals, Indigenous peoples, and LGBTQ2S+ communities the way Hitler did to Europe’s Jews, communists, Roma, and others. But the similarities in their social and economic values, and in their rhetoric, certainly speaks to the character of the Conservative Party leader. (more...)
Thursday, April 24, 2025
A cry in the wilderness
Palestinian bishop Dr Munib Younan speaks of his profound sorrow and deep reverence for the late Pope Francis. And for his people in Palestine
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