The Toronto arrests: strong reason for scepticism
In the wake of the arrests of seventeen alleged terrorists in the Toronto area, Prime Minister Harper and other leading right-wing politicians have joined with much of the corporate media in painting the suspects as guilty before being tried. But a growing number of voices across Canada are sharply critical of this attempt to create a lynch-mob atmosphere. Despite days of lurid headlines about beheadings and sieges, millions of Canadians remain sceptical that these allegations justify the drive to eliminate crucial civil liberties and democratic rights. . . .
Intimidation and provocation in Caledonia
As the occupation of the Douglas Creek Estates by the Six Nations continues in Caledonia, Ontario, several new twists have emerged that play to the media but invoke some degree of scepticism from thinking people.
Of course, these are added to the time-worn and traditional racist slurs from travelling rednecks, incoming liquor bottles, etc. . . .
On June 8-10, the city of Saint John, New Brunswick was a clear representation of the dynamics of class society and struggle. While a few hundred of the region's most wealthy and political recognized persons came together to discuss issues of unhindered trade and private economic expansion, roughly five hundred working class Atlantic Canadians, from all sectors of life, came together to oppose the anti‑democratic activities associated with "Atlantica," an organized market‑based attack on the livelihoods and social policies surrounding Maritimes. . . .
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