Brendan describes the upcoming event, "Genocide in Xinjiang? A Discovery Zoom Panel."

You can learn more, here:

http://hamiltoncoalitiontostopthewar.ca/2021/03/15/xinjiang-event/

[This promotion originally broadcast on March 17.]

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Promo for "Discover Xinjiang" Event

Event Info

Discover Xinjiang Promo

Doug interviews Vanessa Lanteigne and Dr. Brendan Martin who had been fasting as a protest against Canada's purchase of new fighter jets.

Fast Against Fighter Jets

No Fighter Jets

Brendan interviews veteran labour and anti-war activist Henry Evans-Tenbrinke about developments in Australia: There has been pushback by Australian labour, and also the Green Party, concerning the aggressive AUKUS military pact.

Henry has submitted his own motion to Labour Council. There is a lot we can do in Canada to oppose the developing Cold War with China.

Aussie Labour Pushes Back Against AUKUS

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Australia Pushes Back vs. AUKUS

Brendan speaks with two Hamilton-area activists who attended the recent Feb. 19 "Rage Against the War Machine" rally in Washington, DC.

Report-Back from "Rage Against War Machine" rally

Report-Back on Feb. 19 "Rage Against the War Machine" Rally

Brendan interviews Prof. Yaser Haddara at McMaster University about the academic boycott campaign. It was kicked off by Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights on Tuesday, March 5, with a rally and march of hundreds of MAC students, profs, campus workers, and community members to demand that the university cut its ties with at least two universities in Israel, which profit from the system of Israeli apartheid.

Academic Boycott Campaign at McMaster

Activist and PhD Candidate Tamara Lorincz discusses her research into the latest Canadian military budget.

The New Military Budget

As student encampments spring up all over North America like seasonal flowers, 'Rania' from McMaster Apartheid Divest explains what students are trying to accomplish for Gaza.

['Rania' is a pseudonym for safety and security reasons.]

Mac Divest

Mac Students Encamp to Divest

'Rania' from Mac_Apartheid_Divest gives an update on the past few days of the encampment at McMaster University.

Encampment Update

Rabbi David Mivasair, and Max from Independent Jewish Voices, discuss IJV's participation in the encampment. How they became involved, whether they are picking up new people, and IJV's role in the protest are all explored.

IJV and the Encampment

Brendan interviews World Beyond War co-founder David Swanson about his new book, co-authored with Medea Benjamin, "NATO: What you need to know."

Swanson's new book co-incides with the upcoming "No to NATO, Yes to Peace" summit in Washington. The interview addresses topics such as NATO's aggressive expansion, its involvement in global governance far beyond its original mandate, and NATO's role in Gaza.

Get the Book!

NATO: What you need to know

Brendan speaks with McMaster Prof. Yaser Haddara, who has been involved in supporting the student divestment campaign. Haddara discusses the resolution reached with McMaster, and where things could go from here.

Resolution of McMaster Encampment

Jeff Halper is coming to Hamilton on July 2nd to launch his book, "From Genocide in Gaza to Decolonizing Palestine." He discusses themes of the book, and drivers of change in his own views.

Jeff Halper coming to Hamilton

Angelune Des Lauriers, of Labour 4 Palestine (Hamilton), describes an upcoming action at L3Harris. The action will raise awareness of Canada's complicity in manufacturing weapons used by Israel.

Learn More!

F-35 Day of Action: Nov. 16

Prof. Yaser Haddara provides an update on the boycott and divestment campaign at McMaster University, which has seen significant developments in the Fall season.

BDS Social Media

McMaster Divestment Update

Brendan interviews Henry Evans-Tenbrinke, anti-war and labour activist, about the launch of a pro-Palestine candidate on Hamilton Mountain.

The launch occurs within the context of several pro-Palestine members of Parliament running, or already elected, in the Hamilton-Wentworth region.

Report on Kojo Damptey Launch

Brendan interviews IJV member Lily Naaman, who is involved in organizing the tour of Israeli conscientious objectors. She explains what it means to resist conscription in Israel, and why people with knowledge of the issue are bringing the objectors to Hamilton.

The event will take place Saturday, March 15th, at 7:00 p.m., at the Westdale United Church.

Resisting Conscription in Israel

Rick Sterling discusses his new article about the removal of sanctions on Syria.

The High Cost of Syria Sanctions

Obama's Presidency failed to deliver "hope" and "change" to the black voters who propelled him to that position.

Straight talking Freedom Rider columnist Margaret Kimberley explains how the Obama administration's inaction carried over into Clinton's election campaign. As an elite party representing corporate globalization, Democratic party strategists are unable and unwilling to comprehend the problems facing ordinary Americans, and are not interested in devising real solutions.

Americans need to start building alternatives to the Democrats if they don't want a repeat of Clinton vs. Trump... or worse.

The Hollow Democrats

On Wednesday, March 1, Unusual Sources featured an interview with Diana Ralph of Independent Jewish Voices on the tour of Russian/Israeli filmmaker Lia Tarachansky.

Lia Tarachansky was born in the former USSR, and her family emigrated to the Israel and subsequently became settlers on occupied land. After moving to Canada, Tia learned of the impact of the Israeli occupation and the displacement of Palestinians from her Palestinian acquaintances.

Her movie, "On the Side of the Road" looks at the impact of the 1948 occupation of Palestinian lands, the destruction of hundreds of villages and the expulsion of Palestinian residents. This film will be shown on Friday, March 3, 7:00pm at the Barton Stone United Church (located at the corner of Upper James and Stonechurch Road).
After the film, there will be a discussion with the director.  

Ten days later, Lia Tarachansky will be back in Hamilton speaking at McMaster (room TBA) on The Rise of Fascism: Israel in the Age of Trump on Monday, March 13, at 6 pm at McMaster University during Israel Apartheid Week.

Diana Ralph on Lia Tarachansky Tour

Brendan and Stephen discuss themes in Gowans' new book, "Washington's Long War on Syria."

Washington's Long War on Syria

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Brendan interviews Prof. Tim Anderson about a recent anti-war conference in Sydney. 

Organized by the Center for Counter Hegemonic Studies, conference presenters discussed "self-determination and imperialism in Syria and the wider region, corporate media presentations of the war, the ‘humanitarian war’ narrative, the geopolitical repercussions and the roots of the war on Syria."

Conference about Syria and imperialism in Australia

Conference Videos

Host Brendan Stone and journalist Ann Garrison reflect on the growth of the Labour Party under Jeremy Corbyn.

From the standpoint of North Americans interested in progressive change, it is notable that Corbyn revitalized the Labour Party by rejecting the imperial agenda of war and corporate globalization, and speaking directly to working-class voters who had been abandoned by their supposed representatives.

Please note the following correction. Ann Garrison has noted:

R2P was not added to the UN Charter. Instead member nations passed a resolution committing to join in actions organized by the UNSC to prevent genocide and mass atrocities committed by a government against its own people.

This account of how the resolution has been invoked notes the failure to agree on Syria: 

"The Security Council, however, has not always found room for agreement in response to responsibility to protect situations. In the case of Syria, on 4 February 2012 the Security Council voted on a draft resolution backing an Arab League plan to resolve the crisis in the country, where UN officials estimated that security forces had killed well over 7,500 people since the popular uprising began in March 2011. The draft resolution called on the Syrian Government to cease violence against civilians and withdraw its armed forces. Thirteen of the Council's 15 members voted in favour of the text, but China and Russia exercised their vetoes and therefore blocked the
adoption of the resolution."  

http://www.un.org/en/preventgenocide/rwanda/pdf/bgresponsibility.pdf

Corbyn rejects empire and wins votes

Ann Garrison's article

Antiwar activist Sara Flounders joins the program to discuss the worrying interest in Myanmar by the United States and Saudi Arabia.

Sara's article

U.S.-Saudi Interest in Myanmar is Suspicious

Lawyer Chris Black and Prof. Graeme MacQueen are helping build a revitalized peace movement. Part of that involves standing up to the barrage of propaganda on North Korea, and demanding that our government play a more positive role in defusing tensions on the Korean Peninsula. We discuss their recent op-ed article in the Toronto Star, the less-known reality of Korea, and the U.S. as a stopping block to peace.

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Photo by Eva Bartlett

Korea needs an honest and conscientious approach

Toronto Star Op-Ed

Canada should play conscientious role in Korea

Montreal-based author and publisher Robin Philpot joins the program to tell us about two exciting new book launches happening this spring.

Stephen Gowans' much-anticipated book on Korea's struggle against colonialism could not have come at a better time. Philpot provides the details.

But first, we learn that Fred Jerome's "The Einstein File" is re-launching with an updated 25-page section and new introductions! A pivotal book about the unreported story of Einstein's political convictions.

Get Ready for another Gowans book!

Baraka Books

Baraka Books Spring Launches!

McMaster PhD candidate Khaled Al-Kassimi joins the program to discuss his article about the creation of AFRICOM, the U.S. "Africa Command." It clashes with local structures and methods.

Khaled argues that the U.S. increasingly views all African affairs through a securitization framework, one that places U.S. agency above African, in line with previous conceptions of U.S. exceptionalism.

The securitization of Africa via AFRICOM

Khaled's Article

Brendan interviews Christopher Black about his upcoming lecture in Hamilton on the very dangerous economic warfare and threats that are directed at "North Korea," or the DPRK.

He focuses on the illegality of blanket sanctions and threats to annihilate a nation, as well as Canada's slouching role in following behind Trump.

Christopher, as well as Prof Atif Kubursi, speak in Hamilton on March 20.

Coming to Hamilton: Economic warfare and threats vs. Korea

Economic warfare and threats vs. Korea

Brendan interviews Rabbi David Mivasair about recent developments in the campaign by Independent Jewish Voices and other concerned parties to end the tax exempt status for the "Jewish National Fund."

The JNF is an Israeli tool for the dispossession of Palestinians. It has been used to erase Palestinian settlements, in one case replacing villages with "Canada Park." Use of occupied land for one ethnicity only contravenes international law, and Canadian domestic law.

The JNF has also been implicated in funding Israeli armed forces projects, something which a Canadian charity cannot do.

SIGN THE E-PETITION!

Recent developments in JNF campaign

Stephen Gowans describes how Israel was first created as an extension of 19th-century European colonialism, and functions today as a means of power projection for the United States. The U.S. seeks to dominate the Arab world, and Israel has demonstrated its value in weakening Arab forces that seek self-determination. 

Gowans traces the history, from the early marriage between the racist and pessimistic ideas shared by Zionists and European imperialists alike, to the U.S. desire today to keep the Arab nation divided and off-balance.

Book Launch (October 28) Info:

http://hamiltoncoalitiontostopthewar.ca/2019/10/02/stephen-gowans-oct-28/

Book Launch!

Israel: A Beachhead in the Middle East

Activist and scholar of East Asian affairs K J Noh discusses the U.S. encirclement of China as a continuation of the 'War on Terror,' and the attempts to maintain U.S. hegemony in the face of increased economic integration in Asia.

Noh examines the views and decisions of U.S. policy-makers concerning China, and how things unfolded into the aggressive attempt to 'contain' China. The U.S. desire to maintain unipolar global hegemony increases the risk of catastrophic warfare.

Circling China, U.S. continues war for hegemony

Meng Wanzhou Event

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