Category Archives: Newsletter and Updates

“Canadian charities are not allowed to fund foreign militaries,” Mark Blumberg, an attorney specializing in Canadian charity law, told the Post by email. — Read on nationalpost.com/news/cra-jewish-national-fund-charitable-status

Northrop’s coproduction agreement is the first publicly acknowledged deal between a US defense prime and the Ukrainian government for a manufacturing project inside Ukraine. — Read on breakingdefense.com/2024/06/northrop-planning-to-build-munitions-inside-ukraine/

“Refaat loved feeding those around him.” — Read on electronicintifada.net/content/refaat-was-determined-deliver-his-message-family/47836

Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew is urging the federal government to speed up its efforts to reach NATO’s spending benchmark in order to save the Canada-U.S. trade relationship ahead of potentially shifting sands south of the border. — Read on http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/wab-kinew-nato-trudeau-1.7266035

About 300 passengers are boarding each of the eastbound and westbound Amtrak trains daily, according to the agency. — Read on http://www.jsonline.com/story/news/local/2024/07/09/amtrak-borealis-ridership-from-milwaukee-to-twin-cities-tops-18500/74327634007/

“The very fact of fighting an election is on the contrary a counter-revolutionary activity.” What Are We Voting For? – Marie Louise Berneri (1942)

The Israeli army committed another massacre against displaced Palestinians in tent encampments, this time in the coastal Mawasi area, which Israel had designated as a “safe zone.” — Read on mondoweiss.net/2024/07/testimonies-from-the-mawasi-massacre-90-people-buried-in-the-sand/

Writing a letter to a political prisoner or prisoner of war is a concrete way to support those imprisoned for their political struggles. A letter is a simple way to brighten someone’s day in prison by creating human interaction and communication–something prisons attempt to destroy. Beyond that, writing keeps prisoners connected… — Read on nycabc.wordpress.com/write-a-letter/

Elbit Security Systems Ltd. says Public Services and Procurement Canada has refused to explain its ‘purported disqualification’ from a contract for hand-held laser rangefinders for the Canadian Armed Forces — Read on http://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-israeli-arms-firm-taking-canadian-government-to-court-after-military/