Canada’s false diplomacy cannot hide its complicity in genocide!

Let’s not fool ourselves or our supporters by pretending that the recent move by the Canadian government to conditionally “recognize the state of Palestine” in September bodes well (in any way) for the liberation of the Palestinian people.  It does not. In fact, this flush of Western leaders recently making the same declaration are all part of a well-orchestrated maneuver to once again disenfranchise Palestinians, an Oslo 2.0. … Read more

Free Georges Abdallah

Vancouver activists joined the international movement demanding that the French government free Georges Abdallah. They held a picket on July 14 outside the French consulate to highlight this demand.

After 40 years of unjust imprisonment, French authorities are once again delaying justice for Lebanese communist revolutionary Georges Abdallah!

His next court hearing is July 17 but the French state has repeatedly postponed his release, despite a judge already ordering his freedom in November 2024.… Read more

Photo Gallery for Scotiabank Pickets

CPA activists and allies joined the June 14 Day of Action across the Lower Mainland, which included the first ever Abbotsford Scotiabank picket. This was a great inaugural action with support from passers-by, and lots of honks from busy traffic at the location.


And here are highlights from the ScotiaBank picket organized by BDS Vancouver and endorsed by Retired Teachers Divest at another location in Vancouver.… Read more

Why I Hate Zionism and Will Never Forgive its Disciples

On June 6, 1982, Israel invaded Lebanon and the capital city of Beirut under the guise of destroying the PLO Palestine Liberation Organization. This eventually led to the Sabra and Shatila massacre, which occurred even after PLO forces had left Beirut. Protection of Palestinian civilians had been part of the deal negotiated with the US envoy at the time, Philip Habib, but such US guarantees were not worth the paper they were written on. … Read more

Scotiabank Reinvests in Genocide!

Also published in Mondoweiss: After slow divestment, Canada’s Scotiabank quietly reinvests in Israel’s genocide – Mondoweiss

For almost two years, activists in Vancouver and across Canada have been out on the streets demanding that Scotiabank divest completely from Israeli company Elbit Systems. Many sectors became involved in the campaign, from solidarity groups to artists, all to demand an end to this unholy alliance of a big bank with an Israeli arms company actively fueling genocide. … Read more

Scotiabank Preys on Genocide

Scotiabank’s global asset fund, 1832 Asset Management, has a deadly history of complicity in Israeli genocide. A year and a half ago, it owned 5% of Israeli arms company Elbit Systems worth almost $500 million US. Then, it gradually divested some of its shares and at the end of September 2024, it was down to just $118 million. This incremental “divestment” followed activist protests that spanned the country and mobilized sectors from artists to workers to community groups.… Read more

The “two-state” solution is a vehicle for normalization! It’s past time to call out the PA!

After 18 months of live-streamed genocide, after 18 months of useless Western “ceasefire” promises, we must be clear on the principles of genuine liberation. We must re-assess our tactics and be sure that our solidarity work is actually advancing the interests of the Palestinian people and working towards a future free of Zionist settler colonialism and US imperial meddling. 

For some time, we have stated that calling for recognition of THE state of Palestine means nothing more than endorsing Oslo, the corrupt PA and the bankrupt two-state solution.… Read more