(Ottawa, Canada - April 22, 2008) - In an open letter, the Canadian Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-CAN) in partnership with the Canadian Arab Federation (CAF), Canadian Islamic Congress (CIC), Federation of Muslim Women (FMW), Islamic Ahlul Bayt Assembly of Canada, Islamic Circle of North America Canada (ICNA Canada), Islamic Society of North America Canada (ISNA Canada) and Muslim Association of Canada (MAC), along with an additional 11 organizations, today asked authorities to consider reasonable bail terms and re-examine the use of solitary confinement for the “Toronto 11.”
Archive for April, 2008
Carter, Hamas and the Olive Branch
Matthew Brett, Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008, No Comments »
Discussion Begins on 2nd Ecosocialist Manifesto
Ian Angus, Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008, 2 Comments »
(From the Ecosocialist International Network website)
At the founding Ecosocialist International Network meeting in Paris last October, Ian Angus, Joel Kovel and Michael Lowy were delegated to draft a Second Ecosocialist Manifesto.
Will Sadr declare open war?
Matthew Brett, Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008, No Comments »
Courtesy The Real News
Bolivian Earth Day
Matthew Brett, Monday, April 21st, 2008, No Comments »
In a speech to the United Nations on Monday, April 21, a day before Earth Day, 2008, President Evo Morales of Bolivia, suggested these 10 commandments to save the planet, life and humanity:
An Inadequate Healthcare System
Sagan Morrow, Monday, April 21st, 2008, 2 Comments »
Spring is always a motivating time to accomplish everything that we’ve been putting off throughout the cold winter. All of those little tasks really start to add up, but once the hibernation period is over I find myself sorting out all of the things that I have been intending to do for months. One of the top items on my to-do list this year was to find a good general practitioner.
Three Amigos Summit
Matthew Brett, Sunday, April 20th, 2008, 2 Comments »
(From Institute for Policy Studies. April 15, 2008.) President George W. Bush will soon host what has become an annual “Three Amigos Summit.” The leaders of Mexico, the United States, and Canada will be gathering in New Orleans on April 21 and 22. What do you suppose is on the agenda? A rational response to immigration, perhaps? A thoughtful renegotiation of the unpopular North American Free Trade Agreement? Lessons from Canada’s affordable medicines program?
A Must Read: Religious Freedom vs State Religion, Ethics, Politics and Strategy
Matthew Brett, Sunday, April 20th, 2008, No Comments »
(James Petras. Special to Canadian Dimension April 19, 2008). The sustained vituperative attack and the feeble apologetic defense of Reverend Wright’s brilliant, eloquent and substantive sermon in defense of human dignity speaks to the basic ethical, political and strategic issues of our epoch. For Reverend Wright was not merely “commenting” on an ethical omission of our day but raising fundamental principles about the behavior of states, the role of individual conscience in the face of crimes against humanity and the need to give name and take action in the face of evil. The entire spectrum of politicians, the mass media and, in particular, the political parties and two (and a half) of the presidential candidates raise, by their hostile reaction and the substance of their criticism, vital issues of the relation between the State and Religion.
Billion-Dollar Paydays
Matthew Brett, Saturday, April 19th, 2008, 3 Comments »
The New York Times reports that hedge fund managers are making “ugly” earnings in excess of $3 billion a year. “We are clearly in a period of excess, and we have to swing back to the middle or the center cannot hold,” William H. Gross, the chief investment officer of the bond fund Pimco, told NYT.
Postal Workers Union boycott Israeli Apartheid
Matthew Brett, Thursday, April 17th, 2008, 12 Comments »
Coalition Against Israeli Apartheid (CAIA) Congratulates Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) on Historic Boycott Resolution!
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