- Access to Justice
The Struggle for Human Rights in South East Asia Resource Type: Book This volume brings together the experiences and ideas of leading human rights campaigners from Indonesia, Thailand, the Philippines and Malaysia. They demonstrate the imaginative ways in which people are struggling to assert their human dignity in the face of authoritarian regimes wedded to keeping in power the narrow classes that benefit from their countries' continued subordination to the US dominated world economy.
- Africa
Perspectives on Peace and Development Resource Type: Book Published: 1989 The African continent is today riven by a variety of conflicts that threaten not only human rights and social order, but also prospects for development and even the sovereignty of African states, In this volume, leading African scholars to confront the issues that peace studies in an African context raise. Peace is considered in the light of continuing struggles for democracy and social rights.
- Against the Current
Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical) Published: 1986 Bi-monthly magazine oriented toward movements for social and economic justice; radical, socialist and feminist in orientation.
- Amnesty International, Canadian Section
Media Profile in Sources Resource Type: Organization
- Beyond Chutzpah
On the Misuse of Anti-Semitism and the Abuse of History Resource Type: Book Published: 2005 A meticulously researched expose of the corruption of scholarship on the Israel-Palestine conflict. Bringing to bear the latest findings on the conflict and recasting the scholarly debate, Finkelstein points to a consensus among historians and human rights organizations on the factual record. Why, then, does so much controversy swirl around the conflict? Finkelstein's answer, copiously documented, is that apologists for Israel contrive controversy. Whenever Israel comes under international pressure, another media campaign alleging a global outbreak of anti-Semitism is mounted.
- B'Tselem demands a halt to baseless assault by Rights and Democracy chair
Sources News Release Resource Type: Article Published: 2010 B#Tselem has written to demand that Board members of the Canadian organization Rights and Democracy stop maligning B'Tselem's name.
- Canada and the Rights of the Chilean People
Resource Type: Article Published: 1976 Brief presented to the Canadian Government by the Coalition on Canadian Policy Toward Chile.
- Canadian Information Sharing Service
Volume 1, Number 2 - July 1976 Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical) Published: 1976
- Canadian Information Sharing Service
Volume 1, Number 5 - January 1977 Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical) Published: 1977
- Canadian Information Sharing Service
Volume 2, Number 4 - November 1977 Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical) Published: 1977
- Canadian Information Sharing Service
Volume 3, Number 1 - February 1978 Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical) Published: 1978
- Canadian Information Sharing Service
Volume 3, Number 2 - April 1978 Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical) Published: 1978
- Canadian Information Sharing Service
Volume 3, Number 3 - June 1978 Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical) Published: 1978
- Canadians for Genocide Education
Media Profile in Sources Resource Type: Organization
- Celebrating the 5th Anniversary of Non-Violent Resistance in Bil'in in the West Bank
Sources News Release Resource Type: Article Published: 2010 Come to celebrate the fifth anniversary of the non-violent resistance in Bil'in in the occupied West Bank. February 5th from 5 until 6pm at the Iisraeli Consulate 180 Bloor St. W. Toronto.
- Chile Report
Resource Type: Article Published: 1975 Describes the repression and injustice that exists in Chile and criticizes Canada's attitude.
- Chomsky.Info
Resource Type: Website The Noam Chomsky Web site.
- Connexions
Volume 3, Number 5 - September 1978 Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical) Published: 1978
- Connexions
Volume 3, Number 6 - December 1978 - Unemployment/Chomage Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical) Published: 1978
- Connexions
Volume 4, Number 1 - February 1979 - National Security/Securite Nationale Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical) Published: 1979
- Connexions
Volume 4, Number 3 - May 1979 - Immigration Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical) Published: 1979
- Connexions
Volume 4, Number 4 - September 1979 - Food/La Nourriture Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical) Published: 1979
- Connexions
Volume 4, Number 5 - October 1979 - Nuclear Energy\Energie Nucleaire Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical) Published: 1979
- Connexions
Volume 5, Number 2 - May 1980 - Women/Femmes Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical) Published: 1980
- Connexions
Volume 5, Number 3 - September 1980 - Racism/Racisme Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical) Published: 1980
- Connexions
Volume 5, Number 4 - October 1980 - Health/Sante Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical) Published: 1980
- Connexions
Volume 6, Number 2 - April 1981 - Urban Core/Milieu Urbain Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical) Published: 1981
- Connexions
Volume 6, Number 5 - January 1982 - Children/Enfants Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical) Published: 1982
- Connexions
Volume 7, Number 1 - March 1982 Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical) Published: 1982
- Connexions
Volume 7, Number 2 - May 1982 - Canada-Latin America/Le Canada-L'Amerique Latine Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical) Published: 1982
- Connexions
Volume 11, Number 1 - Spring 1987 - A Digest of Resources and Groups for Social Change Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical) Published: 1987
- Connexions Digest
Issue 51 - May 1990 - A Social Change Sourcebook Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical) Published: 1990
- Connexions Digest
Issue 54 - February 1992- A Social Change Sourcebook Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical) Published: 1992
- Counter-Rhetoric
Challenging "conventional wisdom" & reframing the conflict Resource Type: Article Published: 2006 This useful little book does two things. It challenges the rhetoric, the perceptions and assumptions regarding the conflict in Israel/Palestine, and it exposes the underlying imbalance of power around which this rhetoric swirls. It is both useful as a historical guide and as a tool for countering the prevailing divisive rhetoric. Whether challenging the concepts embedded in Zionism, the wars of the mid 20th century and the later occupation, or the Wall as security argument, this book gives a systematic alternative to the prevailing mantras and begins the process of changing the viewing of the conflict.
- Counterpunch
Periodical profile Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical) Progressive U.S. website/newsletter.
- Dignite attacked: one Canadian on board Gaza-bound French boat
Sources News Release Resource Type: Article Published: 2011 Organizers of the Canadian Boat to Gaza (CBG), the Tahrir, lost contact with the French flagged boat Dignité from the Freedom Flotilla II, at 10:10AM local time when the boat was in international waters north of Arish, Egypt.
- Dignite delegates deported by Israel
Sources News Release Resource Type: Article Published: 2011 Canadian Boat to Gaza Update. The Freedom Flotilla 2 delegates from the Dignite-Karama have been deported by Israel, including Stephan Corriveau of the Tahrir, who arrived back in Canada Wednesday.
- Dignite on the Last Leg of Voyage to Gaza
Sources News Release Resource Type: Article Published: 2011 Small French ship carrying a message that cannot be silenced.
- Disappeared!
Technique of Terror Resource Type: Book During 1985, the United Nations reported on cases ofdisappearance in 36 countries in all parts of the world. This Report looks at the psychological, legal, and political context of disappearances. It proposes improvements in the procedures and means at the disposal of the international bodies dealing with this issue, and urges sanctions against governments guilty of this abuse of human rights.
- The Everyday Activist
365 Ways to Change the World Resource Type: Book Published: 2006 A positive, practical guide to healing the world - one day at a time. Packed with ideas and facts from leading campaign organizations, this handbook shows how the smallest actions can make a difference to your community and in the wider world.
- The Fire Each Time
Resource Type: Article Published: 2016 Prometheus stole fire from the gods and gave it to mankind, and suddenly there was light, and warmth, and the gathering at the hearth. The gods never forgave, and ever since periodically they thrust a torch into villains' hands and watch the hearths burn and bring the roofs down. Civilization weeps, in Troy, Hiroshima, Vietnam, Iraq, Libya, Syria.
- Freedom Flotilla II Stay Human
Sources News Release Resource Type: Article Published: 2011 People from across Canada are rallying in support of the Canadian boat to Gaza which is part of the international convoy Freedom Flotilla II.
- French boat Dignite of the Freedom Flotilla II leaves Greece
Sources News Release Resource Type: Article Published: 2011 The French boat Dignite/Karama (Dignity) left the Greek island Kastellorizo around 8:30PM local time on Saturday July 16, 2011, heading south.
- The Globe and Mail as corporate apologists: behind the love affair with Barrick Gold
Resource Type: Article Published: 2013 In the rural highlands of Papua New Guinea (PNG), a Canadian gold mine operates amongst the Ipili people, who were one of the last major ethnic groups to be contacted by the Australian colonial administration of New Guinea, or "white man", in 1939. Since that date, Porgera was known for its rich gold deposits and eventually became the site of one of the largest gold mines in the world. Today, Porgera is a site of controversy, as it riches are overshadowed by stories of gang rapes and killings of the Ipili people at the hands of Barrick security and police.
- Professor Randall Hansen
Media Profile in Sources Resource Type: Organization
- Health care and children in crisis in Gaza
Resource Type: Article Published: 2007 These days one hears a lot about Canadian soldiers in Afghanistan, adults who have been specifically trained for warfare, who are nevertheless traumatized by the experience of seeing comrades injured or killed, or suffering injuries or danger themselves. The trauma goes on, long after the experience has ended and they are back in a place of safety. How much worse then for children in Gaza who witness and experience these events day after day, week after week with no end and with no place of safety.
- Hidden Agendas
Resource Type: Book Published: 1998 Pilger's book is an indictment of Tony Blair's government and his easy acceptance of the Thacherite view of foreign affairs. Using the examples of Indonesia, East Timor, Burma, Murdoch and China he chronicles the scale and intensity of injustice around the world.
- Human Rights Experts and Information in the Sources Directory
Resource Type: Website
- Human rights violations in Latin America
Resource Type: Article Published: 1990
- In Support of the Palestinian Human Rights Community Call for International Action
Resource Type: Article Published: 2009 In the past the world knew how to fight criminal policies. The boycott on South Africa was effective, but Israel is handled with kid gloves: its trade relations are flourishing, academic and cultural cooperation continue and intensify with diplomatic support. This international backing must stop. That is the only way to stop the insatiable Israeli violence.
- Is Israel singled out for its human rights violations?
Resource Type: Article Published: 2014 Some people assert that human rights activists and the international community are disproportionately and unjustifiably focusing their attention on the Jewish state. They are "ignoring" human rights violations elsewhere Myanmar, Uzbekistan, Chad, wherever in order to unfairly vilify Israel. This bias, the argument usually goes, is motivated by anti-Semitism.
- Is the UN complicit in Israel's massacre in Gaza?
Resource Type: Article Published: 2009 A friend forwarded to me the most original greeting for the New Year: "I wish in 2009 a horrible year for all war criminals and their accomplices." I could not but think of whether some United Nations officials can be counted among such "accomplices."
- Israel/Palestine: Resources for peace, justice, and human rights
Resource Type: Website Published: 2014 A selection of resources for those looking for a solution to the situation in Isreal/Palestine based on peace, justice, and human rights.
- Israel's appalling bombing of Gaza
Resource Type: Article Published: 2006 Destroying the only power source for a trapped and defenseless civilian population is an unprecedented step toward barbarity. It reeks, ironically, of the Warsaw Ghetto.
- Le bateau francais Dignite-Al Karama est sorti des eaux grecques
Sources News Release Resource Type: Article Published: 2011 Le bateau franais Dignite-Al Karama a quitte l'Ile de Kastellorizo en Grece, vers 20h30 heure locale, aujourd'hui 16 juillet 2011, en direction du sud.
- Le blocus de Gaza setend jusquaux cotes grecques!
Sources News Release Resource Type: Article Published: 2011 Alors quil tente de prendre la mer, le Bateau canadien pour Gaza, le Tahrir, est retenu en Grèce.
- Le Tahrir, le bateau canadien pour Gaza de la Flottille de la liberte II, levera lancre aujourdhui
Sources News Release Resource Type: Article Published: 2011 Beneficiant du soutien de la societe civile grecque et du public partout au monde, le Tahrir prend la mer aujourdhui.
- The Liberal Defence of Murder
Resource Type: Book Published: 2008 A searching examination of the influence of the "pro-war Left" on US foreign policy.
- Manufacturing Consent
The Political Economy of the Mass Media Resource Type: Book Published: 1988 Contrary to the usual image of the press and cantankerous, obstinate, and ubiquitious in its search for truth, Herman and Chomsky depict how an underlying elite consensus largely structures all facets of the news. They analyze how issues are framed and topics chosen, and the way in which the marketplace and the economics of publishing significantly shape the news.
- The mass graves of Kashmir
India's dirty war unmasked Resource Type: Article Published: 2012 For 22 years this contested region has endured a regime of torture and disappeared civilians. Now a local laywer is discovering their unmarked graves and challenging India's abuses.
- Mayhem, Murder and Manipulation - Mexico in Turmoil
Against The Current vol. 123 Resource Type: Article Published: 2006 Mexican police attacked activists and residents in the town of San Salvador Atenco in the State of Mexico in early May, killing one, injuring scores, and jailing over 200. The police attack on Atenco followed a violent police assault on striking steelworkers in Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán that left two dead and several severely injured. Local residents believe that the Fox government was taking revenge on Atenco activists for their success four years ago in blocking the construction of a new airport.
- The No-Nonsense Guide to Fair Trade
Resource Type: Book Published: 2001 Ransom suggests that fair, environmentally-conscious trade is not only a viable alternative to unfair free trade, but that it is the way of the future.
- The No-Nonsense Guide to the Arms Trade
Resource Type: Book Published: 2002 A review of the increasingly prolific global arms trade and its economic, political and social impact on exploited and vulnerable nations.
- The OIC does not speak for Muslims
Resource Type: Article Published: 2008 Tarek Fatah says that "To suggest that any criticism of Islamism, the political ideology of the Muslim Brotherhood and the Iranian Ayatollahs, is anti-Islamic is a bogus and fraudulent position. I would contend that my religion Islam demands that I stand up to these bullies and take away from their right to put padlocks on poetry and chastity belts on independent thinking."
- Press for Conversion #44
April 2001 Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical) Published: 2001 This annual research report by COAT juxtaposes evidence from a variety of sources to demonstrate Canada's complicity in international war crimes and crimes against humanity.
- Revealed: Pentagon's link to Iraqi torture centres
Resource Type: Article Published: 2013 The Pentagon sent a US veteran of the "dirty wars" in Central America to oversee sectarian police commando units in Iraq that set up secret detention and torture centres to get information from insurgents.
- Revisiting the partition of Palestine
Resource Type: Article Published: 2007 Henry Lowi calls on honest, realistic and pragmatic peace activists the world over to expose partition, protest against it and propose an alternative solution to the question of Palestine.
- The Selective Compassion of the Media & Human Rights Establishment
Ignoring the Victims of State Crimes Resource Type: Article Published: 2012 Human rights doctrine has devolved into a mere tool used by the U.S. to carry out its imperial aims, and many times by means (such as war) which cause many more human rights violations than they purport to solve.
- Sources welcomes Canadians for Genocide Education
Sources News Release Resource Type: Article Published: 2009 CGE is a multi-cultural coalition of associations committed to equity and inclusivity in education on and commemoration of Genocide. Our focus areas are school curriculum and government funded projects relating to genocide and human rights.
- Statement from the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights on Palestinian territories
Sources News Release Resource Type: Article Published: 2008 It would seem mandatory for the International Criminal Court to investigate the situation, and determine whether the Israeli civilian leaders and military commanders responsible for the Gaza siege should be indicted and prosecuted.
- Take a STAND Canada. An Interview on the Darfur advocacy group's path to success with director Ben Fine
Resource Type: Article Published: 2006 An interview on the Darfur advocacy groups's path to success with director Ben Fine.
- The Canadian Boat to Gaza (CBG), the Tahrir, to set sail today as part of Freedom Flotilla II
Sources News Release Resource Type: Article Published: 2011 With the support of Greek civil society and people from all around the world the Tahrir is casting off from Greece today.
- The Tahrir Will Sail Again
Sources News Release Resource Type: Article Published: 2011 We will keep coming by sea, by air, by land and in the media until the blockade collapses and Palestine is free.
- Update: Humanitarian Situation in the Occupied Territories, Lebanon and Israel Update: Humanitarian Situation in the Occupied Territories, Lebanon and Israel
News Release August 16, 2006 Resource Type: Article Published: 2006 Israel has invaded Lebanon and continues to hold the Occupied Territories in siege. As Canada plays an active role in supporting Israel, it is incumbent on the public and on members of government to have access to accurate reporting. At the Nuremberg Tribunal after World War II, "I didn't know" was a frequent defense. This is unconscionable. At present, there are many sources of reliable information, of facts generally not reported in the media. We reiterate to the media and to members of government their obligation to fully report, investigate, and understand the circumstances in the Middle East when making decisions that involve such profound threats to life.
- The Washington Connection and Third World Fascism
The Political Economy of Human Rights: Volume 1 Resource Type: Book Published: 1979 Chomsky and Herman demonstrate, with devasting logic and overwhelming documentation, that the purpose of U.S. global policy is to make the world safe for exploitation by U.S. corporate interests and that this has required and continues to require the installation and support of brutal military/police dictatorships throught the Third World. It also requires an apologetic ideology which portrays all this as being in the highest interests of democracy and human rights.
- What Uncle Sam Really Wants
Resource Type: Book Published: 1993 Chomsky discusses examples of U.S. intervention and links together events stretching over four decades in regions throughout the world. He provides a quick synopsis of American foreign policy and paints a vivid picture of the realities faced by social movements.
- Year 501
The Conquest Continues Resource Type: Book Published: 1993 An examination of the U.S. role in the world placed in the long historical perspective of the 500 years that followed the voyages of Columbus.
- You either believe in freedom or you don't
Resource Type: Article Published: 1991 Speak out for human rights by joining the European Community and the majority of the United Nations in calling for a free East Timor.
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