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Canadian Dimension @canadiandimension.bsky.social · 5d

Interventions framed as anti-drug operations often mask the pursuit of resources like oil. Washington’s “law and order” rhetoric echoes a long history of exploiting Latin America under the guise of security while ignoring international law.

US acts like pirates in the Caribbean

The United States is acting less like a global guardian and more like a Caribbean pirate—launching drone strikes, flouting international law, and pursuing oil under the guise of fighting drugs. From P...

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Canadian Dimension @canadiandimension.bsky.social · 7h

Canada faces a critical choice in foreign policy: continue following Europe and the United States in militarization, or pursue diplomacy with growing global powers, prioritizing dialogue over containment.

Canada needs diplomacy to reach out to growing economies

Canada faces a critical choice in foreign policy: continue following Europe and the US in militarization, or pursue diplomacy with growing global powers. Yakov M. Rabkin argues that Canada should dive...

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Kelsey Gallagher @kelgallagh.bsky.social · 1d

"Is Canada complicit in Trump’s illegal war in Venezuela?" via Ted Snider/ @canadiandimension.bsky.social

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Is Canada complicit in Trump’s illegal war in Venezuela?

The Trump administration’s covert bombing campaign against alleged Venezuelan “narco-terrorists” has drawn scrutiny from legal experts and human rights observers. As evidence of cartel ties remains un...

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Canadian Dimension @canadiandimension.bsky.social · 2d

It is deeply concerning that Washington is contemplating war with Venezuela despite the absence of any evidence linking its leader to the drug trade. Canada must take immediate steps to ensure that its technologies and policies do not make it complicit in another unlawful US military campaign.

Is Canada complicit in Trump’s illegal war in Venezuela?

The Trump administration’s covert bombing campaign against alleged Venezuelan “narco-terrorists” has drawn scrutiny from legal experts and human rights observers. As evidence of cartel ties remains un...

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Canadian Dimension @canadiandimension.bsky.social · 3d

Pete Hegseth’s war on “wokeness” masks something darker: a bid to unchain the American military from ethics and accountability, reviving the old fantasy of a warrior state beyond the law.

Pete Hegseth’s dangerous warrior fantasy

US Defence Secretary of War Pete Hegseth champions a “warrior ethos” that glorifies brute force, rigid conformity, and maximum lethality. By rejecting diversity, rules of engagement, and societal over...

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Canadian Dimension @canadiandimension.bsky.social · 3d

NEW: Trump’s “war on drugs” in Venezuela looks more like regime change than law enforcement—and, according to a new report by @ploughsharesca.bsky.social, Canadian-made technology is playing a role. Ottawa can’t claim clean hands if its weapons are used in an illegal war.

Is Canada complicit in Trump’s illegal war in Venezuela?

The Trump administration’s covert bombing campaign against alleged Venezuelan “narco-terrorists” has drawn scrutiny from legal experts and human rights observers. As evidence of cartel ties remains un...

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Canadian Dimension @canadiandimension.bsky.social · 3d

People experiencing crisis are not criminals; they are persons in need of help from trained professionals. Perhaps it is time we leave crime work to police and the care of mentally ill persons to health care professionals.

The structural contradictions of policing mental health

People experiencing crisis are not criminals; they are persons in need of help from trained professionals. Perhaps it is time we leave crime work to police and the care of mentally ill persons to heal...

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Canadian Dimension @canadiandimension.bsky.social · 9d

The United States is waging drone strikes in the Caribbean under the banner of fighting drugs—but history tells a different story. From Panama to Venezuela, Washington’s interventions look less like justice and more like piracy, plundering resources while ignoring international law.

US acts like pirates in the Caribbean

The United States is acting less like a global guardian and more like a Caribbean pirate—launching drone strikes, flouting international law, and pursuing oil under the guise of fighting drugs. From P...

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Canadian Dimension @canadiandimension.bsky.social · 10d

Trump’s “peace plan” for Gaza isn’t peace—it’s an ultimatum. Palestinians are told to disarm, abandon legal claims of genocide, and accept foreign control, while Israel retains the right to “finish the job.” A ceasefire that erases justice is no peace at all, writes @coastsofbohemia.bsky.social.

The rewards of terror

Almost two years after October 7, Gaza lies in ruins. Western governments have condemned the slaughter but continue to shield Israel, while Trump and Netanyahu push a “peace plan” critics see as surre...

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Canadian Dimension @canadiandimension.bsky.social · 9d

The Trump–Netanyahu “peace plan” rewards Israel for two years of civilian slaughter and genocide while demanding that Palestinians disarm and surrender their rights. This isn’t compromise—it’s coercion disguised as diplomacy.

The rewards of terror

Almost two years after October 7, Gaza lies in ruins. Western governments have condemned the slaughter but continue to shield Israel, while Trump and Netanyahu push a “peace plan” critics see as surre...

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Canadian Dimension @canadiandimension.bsky.social · 5d

What October 7 and the ensuing genocide forced back onto the world’s agenda is now impossible to ignore: Israel’s legitimacy is crumbling, not because of propaganda, but because its actions have radicalized even the previously apolitical.

The changing tide of public opinion threatens Israel’s crumbling legitimacy

Public opinion across the West is shifting decisively against Israel as polls show growing recognition of its campaign in Gaza as genocide. Once dismissed as fringe, sympathy for Palestinians is now m...

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Canadian Dimension @canadiandimension.bsky.social · 5d

The West may now be finally waking up to the full enormity of the horrors Israel has inflicted in Gaza. It is time we started listening to Palestinian voices, while there are still Palestinians left alive to speak truth to power.

A graveyard of liberal illusions

The West may now be finally waking up to the full enormity of the horrors Israel has inflicted in Gaza. It needs also to wake up to the evils it has nurtured not just for the last two years, but for o...

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Canadian Dimension @canadiandimension.bsky.social · 6d

Canadian governments have poured $63M in subsidies into mineral exploration on Grassy Narrows territory, helping Kinross Gold push a project that threatens the Wabigoon River. Tax breaks for investors are undermining Indigenous rights and local waters while the province collects little in return.

Millions in subsidies for mineral exploration undermine Indigenous rights

Millions in government subsidies are fuelling risky mining projects on Grassy Narrows’ ancestral lands, enriching investors while threatening the First Nation’s water and health. Despite Indigenous op...

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freegrassy.bsky.social @freegrassy.bsky.social · 5d

Read and share this article by Prof. Stanley highlighting how the government has subsidized mineral exploration on Grassy Narrows territory that helped Kinross

#FreeGrassy #GrassyNarrows

Canadian Dimension @canadiandimension.bsky.social · 6d

Canadian governments have poured $63M in subsidies into mineral exploration on Grassy Narrows territory, helping Kinross Gold push a project that threatens the Wabigoon River. Tax breaks for investors are undermining Indigenous rights and local waters while the province collects little in return.

Millions in subsidies for mineral exploration undermine Indigenous rights

Millions in government subsidies are fuelling risky mining projects on Grassy Narrows’ ancestral lands, enriching investors while threatening the First Nation’s water and health. Despite Indigenous op...

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Deborah Leão 🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈🇵🇸 @deborahleao.bsky.social · 5d

o que os EUA estão fazendo no Caribe é coisa de pirata de desenho animado. e é mais um capítulo da interferência estadunidense na América Latina.

Canadian Dimension @canadiandimension.bsky.social · 5d

Interventions framed as anti-drug operations often mask the pursuit of resources like oil. Washington’s “law and order” rhetoric echoes a long history of exploiting Latin America under the guise of security while ignoring international law.

US acts like pirates in the Caribbean

The United States is acting less like a global guardian and more like a Caribbean pirate—launching drone strikes, flouting international law, and pursuing oil under the guise of fighting drugs. From P...

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Canadian Dimension @canadiandimension.bsky.social · 5d

Interventions framed as anti-drug operations often mask the pursuit of resources like oil. Washington’s “law and order” rhetoric echoes a long history of exploiting Latin America under the guise of security while ignoring international law.

US acts like pirates in the Caribbean

The United States is acting less like a global guardian and more like a Caribbean pirate—launching drone strikes, flouting international law, and pursuing oil under the guise of fighting drugs. From P...

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Canadian Dimension @canadiandimension.bsky.social · 5d

Means-tested programs divide the working class, create barriers, and reinforce inequality. Progressives must embrace universal social programs that are truly accessible and build solidarity, not just paper over capitalism.

Why progressives need to abandon means-testing and embrace universality

Reducing barriers to dental care and other medical services not covered by Canada’s meagre and underfunded health care system is an improvement over the status quo. But if the NDP or any other party w...

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Canadian Dimension @canadiandimension.bsky.social · 6d

Canadian governments have poured $63M in subsidies into mineral exploration on Grassy Narrows territory, helping Kinross Gold push a project that threatens the Wabigoon River. Tax breaks for investors are undermining Indigenous rights and local waters while the province collects little in return.

Millions in subsidies for mineral exploration undermine Indigenous rights

Millions in government subsidies are fuelling risky mining projects on Grassy Narrows’ ancestral lands, enriching investors while threatening the First Nation’s water and health. Despite Indigenous op...

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Canadian Dimension @canadiandimension.bsky.social · 10d

If academic institutions won’t divest from companies fuelling genocide, what does that say about their commitments to human rights, or to the very idea of knowledge in service of the public good?

Blood in the endowment

The University of Manitoba proclaims commitments to human rights and academic integrity, yet invests in arms manufacturers supplying Israel’s genocide in Gaza. This essay exposes the contradiction, fr...

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Canadian Dimension @canadiandimension.bsky.social · 10d

The University of Manitoba holds over 13,000 shares in General Dynamics—the maker of bombs that have levelled refugee camps in Gaza. As those shares rose by $2.14M and paid $206K in dividends, the university chose profit over principle, making itself complicit. Divestment is the only credible path.

Blood in the endowment

The University of Manitoba proclaims commitments to human rights and academic integrity, yet invests in arms manufacturers supplying Israel’s genocide in Gaza. This essay exposes the contradiction, fr...

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Unrigged @unrigged.bsky.social · 9d

Writing @canadiandimension.bsky.social Jonathan Jenner unpacks The University of Manitoba’s complicity in genocide and the collapse of academic integrity.

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Blood in the endowment

The University of Manitoba proclaims commitments to human rights and academic integrity, yet invests in arms manufacturers supplying Israel’s genocide in Gaza. This essay exposes the contradiction, fr...

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Canadian Dimension @canadiandimension.bsky.social · 9d

The Trump–Netanyahu “peace plan” rewards Israel for two years of civilian slaughter and genocide while demanding that Palestinians disarm and surrender their rights. This isn’t compromise—it’s coercion disguised as diplomacy.

The rewards of terror

Almost two years after October 7, Gaza lies in ruins. Western governments have condemned the slaughter but continue to shield Israel, while Trump and Netanyahu push a “peace plan” critics see as surre...

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Canadian Dimension @canadiandimension.bsky.social · 9d

The United States is waging drone strikes in the Caribbean under the banner of fighting drugs—but history tells a different story. From Panama to Venezuela, Washington’s interventions look less like justice and more like piracy, plundering resources while ignoring international law.

US acts like pirates in the Caribbean

The United States is acting less like a global guardian and more like a Caribbean pirate—launching drone strikes, flouting international law, and pursuing oil under the guise of fighting drugs. From P...

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Canadian Dimension @canadiandimension.bsky.social · 10d

Trump’s “peace plan” for Gaza isn’t peace—it’s an ultimatum. Palestinians are told to disarm, abandon legal claims of genocide, and accept foreign control, while Israel retains the right to “finish the job.” A ceasefire that erases justice is no peace at all, writes @coastsofbohemia.bsky.social.

The rewards of terror

Almost two years after October 7, Gaza lies in ruins. Western governments have condemned the slaughter but continue to shield Israel, while Trump and Netanyahu push a “peace plan” critics see as surre...

canadiandimension.com

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Canadian Dimension @canadiandimension.bsky.social · 10d

The University of Manitoba holds over 13,000 shares in General Dynamics—the maker of bombs that have levelled refugee camps in Gaza. As those shares rose by $2.14M and paid $206K in dividends, the university chose profit over principle, making itself complicit. Divestment is the only credible path.

Blood in the endowment

The University of Manitoba proclaims commitments to human rights and academic integrity, yet invests in arms manufacturers supplying Israel’s genocide in Gaza. This essay exposes the contradiction, fr...

canadiandimension.com

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