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Boats Break the Siege on Gaza

Boats Break the Siege on Gaza

November 1, 2008 3 Comments

When Israel began imposing economic sanctions and withholding taxes from the occupied territories in response to Hamas’s electoral victory in 2006, a group of human rights activists from around the globe gathered to discuss what they could do to ease the plight of the Palestinian people. Two years later they broke the siege by sailing two boats into Gaza.

Why Pay For War?

Why Pay For War?

April 17, 2007 No Comments

Those working for peace may want to voice their dissent through tactics that sever the flow of tax dollars to policies they find morally reprehensible.

Canada’s Climate Failure

November 29, 2006 No Comments

How Washington-Style Politics and a deal with Big Oil condemned Canada’s pledge to fight climate change.