In a week that saw US warships sent to North Korea, increased tensions in Syria following a US missile strike and the American military drop, for […]
Tag: Syria
Defining Atrocities: A Crash Course on Genocide, Crimes Against Humanity and War Crimes in International Law
Germany, Rwanda, Kosovo, Syria – what do these places have in common? They were and are the sites of some of the worst atrocities in […]
FTB Podcast 2016 Year-in-Review Special
Panelists Katie Nelson, Cem Ertekin and Jerry Gabriel join host Jason C. McLean for a look at the big worldwide, national and local stories of […]
Why You Need to Care Now About the Tragedy in Aleppo
As airstrikes target the Syrian city of Aleppo, there are reports, far too many reports to simply say there are reports. Sometimes it’s clear what […]
Over 100 Civilians Killed in Recent Anti-ISIS Airstrikes in Syria
The Syrian official opposition is calling for suspension of the International Anti-ISIS Coalition airstrikes after one of them killed at least 56 civilians on Tuesday, northeast […]
Leurs Guerres, Nos Morts: Paris, Beirut, Syria and Beyond
In this past week Beirut, Bagdad, Paris and most of Syria were the epicentres of yet another gruesome chapter of the war on terror. The […]
This is what democracy looks like: UQAM and the War on Democracy
About this time last week came the first reports that Harper – after ramming the extension of the mission through Parliament – had ordered the first […]
Harper government joins war on terror
Yesterday, the Conservative government put their ‘money’ where their words were, and officially joined the new coalition of the willing. As I write Canadian fighter jets […]
The gates of hell have opened: The hypocrisy of humanitarian intervention
We’re in the thick of it, there’s nothing else to say. All the international credibility gained out of Canada’s decision not to intervene in the […]
President Obama needs to be reminded of the constitutional limits to his powers
Reading about President Obama’s war-mongering campaign with regards to his proposed military strikes against the Syrian government, I was shocked to see his administration make […]