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24/06/21
Author: 
Ken Klippenstein
A U.S. Navy class arrives for their graduation ceremony at the Naval Academy on May 28, 2021, in Annapolis, Md. Photo: Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images

June 22 2021

A Navy training document asks, “Anarchists, socialists and neo-nazis represent which terrorist ideological category?”

A NAVY COUNTERTERRORISM training document obtained exclusively by The Intercept appears to conflate socialists with terrorists and lists the left-wing ideology alongside “neo-nazis.”

A section of the training document subtitled “Study Questions” includes the following: “Anarchists, socialists and neo-nazis represent which terrorist ideological category?”

23/06/21
Author: 
K-J Millar

Jun. 16, 2021

Demonstrations against the container ship JPO Volans lead into the second day to dissuade docking

Picketers in Prince Rupert demonstrated the activist side of the city’s history, and present, with the second day of protesting against the docking and unloading of an Israeli-owned container ship at the Northcoast port, on June 15.

23/06/21
Author: 
K-J Millar
DP World letter

Jun. 23, 2021

Workers suspended following Israeli-owned Volans container ship blockade protest

Ninety-four members of the International Longshore Workers Union Local 505 (ILWU) have been suspended without pay from duties following refusals to cross JPO Volans demonstrations, Ian Robinson, manager of yard and gate at DP World wrote, in a June 21 letter to ILWU.

The JPO Volans, an Israeli-owned, Zim Integrated Shipping Services Ltd. cargo vessel arrived in Prince Rupert, on June 14, which prompted demonstrations at the Fairview Terminal.

22/06/21
Author: 
Philip Weiss

Jun. 17, 2021

In recent days, four pro-Israel writers have lamented that American Jews are turning against Zionism in the wake of the latest Gaza attack. Two speak of a "surge in anti-Zionism" among Jews.

In recent days, four pro-Israel writers have lamented that American Jews are turning against Zionism. Two speak of a “surge in anti-Zionism” among U.S. Jews.

22/06/21
Author: 
Monia Mazigh
Flag-wrapped coffins are seen outside the Islamic Centre of Southwest Ontario, during a funeral of the Afzaal family that was killed in what police describe as a hate-motivated attack, in London, Ontario, Canada June 12, 2021. PHOTO BY CARLOS OSORIO /REUTERS

Jun 15, 2021

In the aftermath of the Islamophobic attack in London, Ont., where four members of the same family were killed after a 20-year-old man drove his truck over them, leaving the youngest surviving member of the family fighting for his life in a hospital, many Canadians are wondering how we got to this point. How is it possible, in Canada — a country known around the world for its multicultural fabric — that a human being can unleash so much hate and terror?

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22/06/21
Author: 
Moira Donovan

June 22nd 2021

For much of the pandemic, Nova Scotia has been closed to the outside world. But a proposed natural gas project in the province — dubbed “the last one standing” by the CEO of the company behind it — is reaching across borders nonetheless.

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