Open Letter to the Leaders of the Canadian Federal Political Parties, sitting MPs and Candidates:
In 1960, PM John Diefenbaker (a Conservative) said:
`"I am a Canadian,
free to speak without fear,
free to worship in my own way,
free to stand for what I think right,
free to oppose what I believe wrong,
or free to choose those who shall govern my country.
This heritage of freedom I pledge to uphold for myself and all mankind."
From the Canadian Bill of Rights,
July 1, 1960.
During the last 48 hours, confrontations have been taken place in the city of Akka between Jews, Arabs and police forces. The tensions began from Wednesday 8th October, the evening of Yom Kippur, when Jewish citizens attacked the car of an Arab family who were driving through a mixed community neighbourhood. The car was surrounded and the family were then attacked at their home. Police forces failed to prevent the on going attack against the family home until 4a.m when the family was surrounded at the home and stones were thrown amongst chants of "Death to Arabs".
Iran's president media consultant Mehdi Kalhor said here Saturday that Iran has two conditions for talks with the United States, the official IRNA news agency reported."If the United States does not move out of the middle east and the U.S. government does not give up its support for the Zionist regime, we do not think the talks between Iran and the United States would be advisable," Kalhor said. "Today, it is the United States that needs to have relations with Iran," Kalhor told IRNA, adding that "We believe that our religion accepts repentance."...
In March of this year, a courageous group of veterans brought the war home, at a historic event held in Silver Spring, Md., inspired by Vietnam veterans a generation before. "Winter Soldier: Iraq and Afghanistan" convened more than 200 soldiers who have served in the so-called "War on Terror;" like their fellow soldiers before them, who shared stories that laid bare the nightmare of Vietnam, these veterans bore witness to the crimes that have been committed in Americans' names during the occupation of Iraq and Afghanistan.
