Canada's prime minister for the past nine years, Stephen Harper, led a charmed life until the 19 October federal election. Canada's first-past-the-post elector system, where three parties — two left-liberal and one conservative — have split the vote (...)
Last week witnessed the hit-and-run killing of a Canadian soldier in a Quebec town by Martin Couture-Rouleau, and the shooting death of the War Memorial guard on Parliament Hill in Ottawa by Michael Zehaf-Bibeau. Both attackers were recent converts (...)
On Sunday night, Canadian rock legend Neil Young laid down the gauntlet, calling the Canadian government “completely out of control” as he began his “Honour the Treaties” tour in Toronto.
His goal is to help First Nations in their fight against the (...)
The latest plan to try to break the illegal siege of Gaza, according to organiser Michael Coleman at Sunday's press conference in the port of Gaza, is to refurbish their very second-hand fishing boat, fill it with Gazan products (date products, (...)
Pakistan's new prime minister will be its fourth wealthiest citizen, steel magnate Nawaz Sharif — a protégé of General Zia Ul-Haq, toppled in a 1999 military coup, sentence to life imprisonment and exiled to Saudi Arabia. His Muslim League (PML-N) (...)
The world is taking note of the ruling Conservatives' shameful betrayal of Canada's once admirable reputation as a fair country, sincerely working on the world stage to improve the lot of the disadvantaged and suffering. In the UN Human Rights (...)
Tehran is officially non grata in Ottawa now. What's cooking, asks Eric Walberg
On 7 September, Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird announced that his country is suspending all diplomatic relations with Iran, expelling all Iranian (...)
Two conferences this month showed that Washington's attempts to isolate Iran have failed, writes Eric Walberg
According to Western media, Axis of Evil Iran is supposedly itching to build atomic bombs and terrorise one and all. How can this stark (...)
Heaven on Earth: A Journey Through Sharia Law from the Deserts of Ancient Arabia to the Streets of the Modern Muslim World, Sadakat Kadri, New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2012
There are 50 Muslim-majority states in the world; 11 of them, (...)
Easter celebrates suffering and compassion. These human traits were on display on Easter Sunday at European airports and in the Holy Land, reports Eric Walberg
Ben-Gurion Airport was thrown into chaos for the third annual Flytilla on Sunday. As (...)
Palestinian Land Day and Israel Apartheid Week activities around the world gave Israel and its Western backers something to think about in recent weeks, reports Eric Walberg
Israeli land confiscations accelerated in the 1970s and led Palestinians to (...)
Fighting to help the Palestinians achieve a smidgin of justice at times means fighting your erstwhile comrades in arms
The US BDS movement was tripped up last month, writes Eric Walberg. The phenomenal success the Boycott Divestment and Sanctions (...)
As the primary race heats up for the Republicans, Eric Walberg looks at the "radical centre"
Salafist (excuse me, "deeply Catholic") Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum appears back in the race for chief elephant after trouncing Mitt in (...)
Ard ard (Surface-to-surface): The story of a graffiti revolution, Sherif Abdel-Megid, Egyptian Association for Books 2011
Graffiti -- the art of the masses, by the masses, for the masses -- has existed since ancient times, with examples dating back (...)
All the meticulous plotting to avoid Ukraine's Orange Revolution resulted in Russia's very own coloured one. But Russia is not Ukraine, discovers Eric Walberg
Russia's elector scene has been transformed in the past two months, without a doubt (...)
BDS activities are moving into a new critical stage, with apostasy, Internet hacking, regattas, and an ever more aggressive Israel upping the perilous ante, reports Eric Walberg
The third annual BDS Conference opened 17 December at Hebron's (...)
As Canada continues to pour troops and money into American wars and intrigues in the Muslim world, the media focuses on so-called honour killings, notes Eric Walberg
Afghan immigrants Mohamed Shafia, 58, his wife Tooba Mohamed Yehia and their (...)
Yes, it really is another Vietnam, and just as in 1972, presidential elections will make no difference, concludes Eric Walberg
Not a word of dissent about US foreign policy is heard as US election fever increases, despitethe many fires around the (...)
As US presidential elections approach, words are twisted to court voters, with the Republicans outdoing themselves
Reinventing the Middle East lexicon
The language used by the Israel lobby has little to do with reality, writes Eric Walberg
The (...)
2011 is already history and will remain a historical turning point in international affairs, enthuses Eric Walberg
A Tunisian fruit vendor set himself on fire in a public square in a small town in December 2010, sparking protests that brought down (...)
In part II of a survey of Russian politics, Eric Walberg looks behind the political crisis sparked by parliamentary elections which surprising everyone, from the president down to the demonstrators themselves
Tahrir Square continues to send out its (...)
As people of conscience around the world marked the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, ever new actions help bring Palestinians closer to achieving a state of dignity, says Eric Walberg
Just in case there was an iota of (...)
The Duma elections held no surprises, but the election turmoil can't obscure the kind of politics that will continue to prevail in Russia over the coming decade thanks to United Russia and its eminence grise, predicts Eric Walberg
With a 60 per cent (...)
US friendly fire knows no bounds. The deaths of Pakistan soldiers and civilians is just the tip of the iceberg, which will only disappear in the heat of a national uprising, says Eric Walberg
It's hard to imagine a greater provocation than your (...)
Israel gets a taste of the new people's Egypt with the arrest of an Egyptian journalist aboard last week's flotilla and plans for the biggest aid to Gaza convoy yet, reports Eric Walberg
The ongoing Freedom Waves campaign to break the siege of Gaza (...)