News compilation on Feb 15, 2017, introduction by Roger Annis Canada is dispatching 200 soldiers to Ukraine in the latest rotation of troops who are training the Ukrainian military and paramilitary extremists to wage civil war in the east of …
By Roger Annis, A Socialist In Canada, Feb 13, 2017 Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is in Washington on his first, official visit since the election of Donald Trump. Trudeau is there to pledge his and his government’s fealty and …
By Roger Annis, January 18, 2017 Postscript: On January 16, a Pacific Ocean weather front brought mild temperatures and much rain to Vancouver, beginning the process of washing away much snow and ice in the low-lying areas of the region. …
By Roger Annis, New Cold War.org, Jan 11, 2017 Canada’s new, right-wing and pro-globalization minister of foreign affairs, Chrystia Freeland, is one of 13 pro-Ukraine coup extremists who are banned by the Russian government from travel to Russia as of …
Introduction by Roger Annis, Dec 2, 2016 Enclosed are news reports on reaction to the announcement by the Canadian government on November 29 that it approves the construction of two Alberta tar sands pipeline projects to carry diluted bitumen. The …
By Matthew Behrens, published on Rabble.ca, Nov 23, 2016 Considering the sick political calculus that rules Ottawa’s backrooms, it is not inconceivable that the bubbly was pouring in Liberal circles with the stateside election of Donald Trump. Indeed, after having …
Introduction by Roger Annis, Nov 14, 2016 Enclosed are three insightful commentaries by columnists in two of Canada’s largest-circulation, daily newspapers, the Toronto Star and the Globe and Mail. Rosie DiManno is a conservative columnist who appears three times per …
By Roger Annis, A Socialist In Canada, October 14, 2016 Author and environmentalist Naomi Klein published a feature article in the Globe and Mail‘s edition of Saturday, Sept 24 in which she defends against its detractors the Leap Manifesto issued …
By Roger Annis, A Socialist In Canada, September 14, 2016. (This article also appears in CounterPunch.) Capitalism has run so amok, producing so much waste and life-destroying pollution, that scientists now say that Earth has entered an entirely new epoch: …
Introduction by Roger Annis, June 9, 2016 A discussion paper on the pro-environmental Leap Manifesto has been published by the Socialist Project in its online journal The Bullet. The text of that discussion paper is enclosed below. Immediately below is a …