A giant coalition of over 50 pan-Canadian labor, civil society, peace, and justice organizations have signed a joint statement demanding that the federal government led by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau call for an immediate ceasefire of all hostilities in Gaza.

Faced with Israel’s collective punishment of Gaza, European leaders have offered unqualified support. Their disinterest in defending international law shows there’s no such thing as “a rules-based order” — just imperial powers, and their chosen allies.

FAIR | As casualties in Gaza mount, most TV news outlets have paid scant attention to the growing calls for a ceasefire.

Canada is seeing broad grassroots community and labor unity around the demand for an immediate ceasefire in Israel’s war against the Palestinian people.

The measure lasts 6 months and renewal depends on compliance with electoral agreement; this is a "diplomatic victory," says Caracas

The number of hospitals in Gaza shutting down operations is increasing, as Israeli attacks and limits on aid stop fuel, medicines, and supplies from reaching health workers

The situational morality of our leaders at home and aboard is not just worth noting, it is the very terrain on which we must launch our struggles for the remaking of this world. That means thinking differently about what constitutes living a life, what constitutes caring as a refusal of others’ marginalization, exclusion, death, and genocide.

In the wake of the recent events in Israel-Palestine, conservative and even centrist politicians all over the West have denounced rallies organized in support of the Palestinians and many have suggested prohibiting them and some have done so. Does the political will exist to support relevant governments banning pro-Palestinian gatherings?

INTERNATIONALIST 360° | As the Canadian government claims to support the political rights of Ukrainians, an examination of their hostility towards progressive Ukrainian Canadians shows their support is not genuine.

Excerpt from the introduction to ‘A Land With A People: Palestinians and Jews Confront Zionism’ | MR Online

The NDP has shown that it is willing to stand by as genocide unfolds, saving its harshest actions for those fighting back. | Editorial Statement by Davide Mastracci & Alex Cosh | The Maple

Conservatives fawn over Suncor CEO, apologize for NDP’s questions on climate crisis

Continual war may benefit the arms manufacturers and the military, but over the long term it lowers profitability and investment in the productive sectors of the economy. And for workers, apart from the horrible loss of life and limb, it means a straitjacket on improved prosperity and human development.

David Bush | Spring | Fred Hahn, the President of CUPE Ontario, is under attack. Hahn is being painted as a supporter of terrorism and anti-Semitism for tweeting on Thanksgiving that resistance is fruitful. The Thanksgiving Day tweet was about resistance and was not commenting in any concrete way about unfolding events.

The American surveillance state is a public-private partnership, writes Cory Doctorow.

Al Mayadeen English | UNRWA emphasizes that the level of destruction in the Gaza Strip is unparalleled and that the needs of the displaced population surpass their capacities.

The coups in sub-Saharan Africa have opened a new era for the African peoples rising against French imperialism. It is not going to stop and will impact all of Africa and the wider world. The African people, particularly the youth, have had enough of the neo-colonial yoke under which France has kept their countries for more than 60 years after the so-called “decolonisation”. They now want to rule their own countries themselves and start to develop their economies.

“There will probably never be anything I can do to make my lifetime impact net positive”, Sam Bankman-Fried wrote in his diary after the collapse of his cryptocurrency company FTX.

The Trudeau government’s unequivocal support for Israel’s right to “self-defence” is exposing the hypocrisy behind Canada’s magnanimous brand. There is simply no nuance to Ottawa’s statements: it fully stands behind the forces that are destroying hospitals, uprooting hundreds of thousands, and espousing genocidal rhetoric.

The Manitoba government can expect opposition to each move it makes to enhance worker rights. Nevertheless, it should embrace labour issues as critical to the future of our province and our country. In so doing, New Democrats will earn support from the workers who put them into office, as well as the wider population who understand that rising inequality is not the way forward.