International - The Maple (Page 16)

I Asked Writers If They’d Join The War They’re Calling For

Turns out that asking writers who want Canadians to fight against Russia in Ukraine if they’re planning to go isn’t a popular question.

Accusations of ‘whataboutism’ serve to narrow the conversation — accusers want you to discuss global affairs on their terms.

Journalists shouldn’t ignore what Chrystia Freeland did, or the many other fascist flags at that rally and others throughout Canada.

"People in Ukraine have been caught in the crossfire of yet another crisis created by and for the multinational ruling classes."

The virality of the Snake Island martyr myth shows the media doesn’t care about fighting every type of propaganda.

The page in question and the links it contains include calls to fund, and even fight alongside, the Ukrainian military.

Although Canada never built nuclear weapons of its own, it played an active and essential role in their development, to devastating ends.

Style guides at media organizations, broadcasters and newspapers prohibit the use of the word Palestine in most circumstances.

It’s critical to re-centre Zionism and settler colonialism as the root of Palestinian oppression, and recognize the right to resistance.