Rant of the Week: The ‘foreign interference’ scam
On May 3, 2024, after conducting months of investigation and hearing from more than 60 witnesses, Canada’s Public Inquiry into Foreign Interference in Federal Electoral Processes and [...]
On May 3, 2024, after conducting months of investigation and hearing from more than 60 witnesses, Canada’s Public Inquiry into Foreign Interference in Federal Electoral Processes and [...]
From outside Israel’s Embassy in Athens, I reported yesterday on the violent suppression of anti-genocide protests by Greece’s police. Occupation at the University of Athens On May [...]
As Israeli forces launched a ‘limited’ ground incursion into Rafah, I had the opportunity to speak to former UN weapons inspector Scott Ritter. Although he once worked with and was [...]
For the past six months, the U.S. government and its Western allies have resorted increasingly to brutal repression to silence critics of Israel’s genocidal regime. At the same time, [...]
Today, a justice of the Quebec Superior Court rejected an application by two pro-Israel students of McGill University for an injunction barring pro-Palestinian groups from protesting peacefully [...]
Today, after Guinea-Bissau’s strong-man acceded to Israel’s request that it withdraw its flag from two of the Gaza Freedom Flotilla’s vessels, organizers of the Freedom Flotilla [...]
Today, hundreds of humanitarian activists received disappointing news in Istanbul, Turkey. After months of preparations and numerous delays, the organizers of the Freedom Flotilla Coalition [...]
Yesterday, in Istanbul, Turkey, Chief “Mandla” Mandela delivered a speech to participants in the Freedom Flotilla’s emergency mission to Gaza. Chief Mandela is the tribal chief [...]
On April 23, 2024, I arrived in Istanbul, Turkey to join the Freedom Flotilla’s urgent mission to Gaza. Upon my arrival, I learned that hundreds of activists from around the world had [...]
This week, as the world waited for Israel’s military response to Iran’s unprecedented drone and missile strikes, I spoke with geopolitical analyst, Laith Marouf. A controversial [...]
Today, on the day following Iran’s unprecedented strikes on Israel, I spoke with American-born, Iranian professor Mohammad Marandi about the significance of the Iranian strikes. Professor [...]
This past week, I gave two interviews regarding Israel’s recent destruction of Iran’s diplomatic mission in Damascus. As I explained in each interview, Israel’s attack [...]
This week, after talks in Beijing, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov revealed that Russia and China have agreed to discuss ways to deepen their security co-operation to counter U.S. efforts [...]
Earlier this year, the U.S., British and Canadian governments announced that they were “deeply concerned” about “foreign information manipulation”. According to the CBC: [...]
For nearly four years, Hussein Moanes, a former spokesman for Iraq’s Hezbollah Brigrades, was imprisoned by U.S. forces for having engaged in armed resistance to the U.S. occupation of [...]
In late March, while in Beirut, I had the opportunity to interview Ammar Al-Moussawi, Director of International Relations for the political wing of Hezbollah. Al-Moussawi is a former member of [...]
Last week, while visiting Baghdad, I spoke with Hussein Barood, the elected spokesman of the Iraqi Movement for the Belt-and-Road Initiative. For years, the movement Barood represents has [...]
A couple of weeks ago, while travelling in Lebanon, I decided to launch a weekly video presentation titled “Rant of the Week”. The purpose of this exercise will be no more (and no [...]