NATO heads of state and government will meet in Lisbon on the 19th to the 21st of November. On the agenda: approval of a new Strategic Concept document for the Alliance, including a rewrite of NATO nuclear policy; a decision on European NATO missile defence; discussion of the war in Afghanistan; relations with Russia; and other issues. The […]
Archive | November, 2010
Webcast & Conference Call: How can we make the F-35 stealth fighters, and peace, election issues?
Join us in a live discussion with special guest Murray Dobbin, one of Canada’s most popular progressive political commentators and analysts. Nov 16, 2010 3 PM ET, 12 PT
Is Remembrance Day too much about war, and not enough about peace?
Do you feel that Remembrance Day has become a commemoration of war, or does it remain a time to think about peace? Leave your comments below.
Refusing to acknowledge the costs of war
A week-long series in the Toronto Star reveals some of the true cost of Canada’s war in Afghanistan. Friday’s article (Bruce Campion-Smith & Allan Woods, “Tories’ secret Afghan casualty list reveals intensity of combat,” Toronto Star, 5 November 2010) describes how the Conservative government and the Department of National Defence have refused to talk about […]
More on Afghan training mission: Steven Staples on CTV Newschannel
Steven Staples on CBC TV's Power and Politics: Afghanistan training mission