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Brian K. Murphy
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Lifelong activist and internationalist, organiser, educator, and writer. And a dad, and a grandpa.
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Canada transcends partisan politics at Friday's vigil: Mr Carney was joined by Gov. Gen. Mary Simon, Pierre Poilievre, Green Party leader Elizabeth May, Bloc Québécois Leader, Yves-François Blanchet, and NDP interim Leader, Don Davies, among others.
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'Tumbler Ridge is full of grace this evening': PM gives emotional address at vigil for mass shooting victims | CBC News
Prime Minister Mark Carney led federal, provincial and local leaders in offering support and praising the resilience and grace of Tumbler Ridge residents at a vigil in memory of the victims of Tuesday...
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February 14, 2026 at 4:03 PM
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How the Kurds Lost Eastern Syria
The autonomous administration in the country’s northeast replicated the authoritarian tactics of the regimes it fought, driving the Arab majority to revolt
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February 13, 2026 at 6:33 PM
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Rojava/AANES: fear and uncertainty among Arab population amid still-tenuous transition: “If you raise your voice against the SDF you go to prison. Some people hate them but they’re afraid. It’s not a democracy, but we don’t know if what’s coming is better or worse.”
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Inside the End of Kurdish Self-Rule in Syria
A fragile deal with Damascus means reunification in the country’s northeast, but fighters remain on alert and civilians are fearful of both the present and future
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February 13, 2026 at 6:31 PM
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It feels like humanity has died in Sudan
Millions of people have fled slaughter and rape. In camps dominated by women and girls in Chad, their nightmare continues
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February 13, 2026 at 2:45 PM
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Palestine Action terror ban ruled unlawful by High Court
Huda Ammori, co-founder of Palestine Action, took the Home Office to court over their decision to proscribe the protest group under terror laws
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February 13, 2026 at 1:53 PM
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1,686 British-Israelis and a further 383 people with British, Israeli, and another nationality served in the IDF amid the annihilation of Gaza:
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Over 2,000 Britons served for Israel amid Gaza genocide
Exclusive: Declassified obtained data on the number of UK nationals in the IDF. We are publishing it for the first time
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February 12, 2026 at 5:31 PM
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Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez Is Rewriting the Political Playbook
He's a different kind of European leader
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February 11, 2026 at 4:29 PM
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"Civilians are suffering and I want the international community not to ignore it," said General Yawd Serk, of the Restoration Council of Shan State, as the military steps up campaigns that have hit more than 1,000 civilian locations in 15 months.
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Exclusive: Leader of Myanmar armed group says world is ignoring junta's deadly airstrikes
The head of one of Myanmar’s influential ethnic armies accused world leaders of ignoring the ruling military junta's surge in deadly airstrikes on civilians, adding that only China was intervening in ...
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February 11, 2026 at 2:58 PM
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Cambiémosla Ya: US-Mexico Critical Minerals Action Plan Puts Mexican Sovereignty At Risk
The collective believes the action plan is a betrayal of campaign promises, and a threat to Mexico, its town and its common resources.
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February 11, 2026 at 2:48 PM
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President of the International Committee of the Red Cross, Mirjana Spoljaric Egger declares: “What we have seen in Gaza exceeds all legal, ethical, moral and humanitarian norms.”
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Red Cross President: ‘What we have seen in Gaza exceeds all legal, ethical, moral and humanitarian norms’
The president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Mirjana Spoljaric Egger, has warned that the destruction in Gaza represents a collapse of all international standards. “What we…
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February 11, 2026 at 2:27 PM
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Benjamin Netanyahu flew hundreds of kilometres through Canadian airspace on his way to meet U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday — despite Prime Minister Mark Carney previously saying he would honour an arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC).
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Netanyahu again flies through Canadian airspace en route to Washington | CBC News
Online flight trackers show that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu flew hundreds of kilometres through Canadian airspace on his way to meet U.S. President Donald Trump this week — despite Prim...
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February 11, 2026 at 1:38 PM
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Unlawful imprisonment during the ‘war on terror’ set the stage for the US government’s domestic detentions and deportations today:
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From Guantanamo to Minneapolis
The use of unlawful imprisonment during the ‘war on terror’ set the stage for the US government’s detentions and deportations today
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February 11, 2026 at 2:26 AM
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Human rights and humanitarian institutions restrained in their defense of Palestinian self-determination
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Liberal institutions are designed to acknowledge Palestinian oppression but not end it
Two recent episodes have shown how liberal institutions like Human Rights Watch and Doctors Without Borders are designed to recognize the violence that shapes Palestinian life but not challenge the sy...
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February 11, 2026 at 2:23 AM
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"The most effective solution to the problem of illegal immigrants is simply to make them legal immigrants."
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Opinion: Carney’s choice: Ice out illegal migrants, or treat them like the assets they are
The Canadian permits of millions of temporary residents will expire this year. It would be economically foolish to send them all back
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February 11, 2026 at 2:09 AM
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Hybrid event: Rethinking the world with Iván Illich and Gustavo Esteva: from Oaxaca, Mexico/February 14
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Rethinking the world with Iván Illich and Gustavo Esteva
Rethinking the world with Iván Illich and Gustavo Esteva Date and time * Date: February 14 * Time: 4pm GMT to 8pm GMT (10 am to 2 pm, Mexico time) * Format: Hybrid event * Access and registratio...
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February 10, 2026 at 5:57 PM
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“Legal experts say the use of these indiscriminate weapons implicates not just Israel but also its Western suppliers: 'The world knows Israel...uses these prohibited weapons...The question is why are they allowed to remain outside the system of accountability’. ”
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Israel used weapons in Gaza that made thousands of Palestinians evaporate
US-made thermal weapons burning at 3,500C caused 2,842 people to "evaporate" in Gaza, Al Jazeera investigation finds.
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February 10, 2026 at 4:39 PM
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Funny/not funny. Ontario government calls Ring of Fire minerals ‘the most ethical on Earth,’ while passing legislation that suspends treaty rights, species protections, and human rights — to benefit extractive industries.
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Ontario government recycles oil sands propaganda for Ring of Fire mining development
Discover how the Ontario government recycles oil sands propaganda for Ring of Fire mining development and its implications.
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February 10, 2026 at 4:11 PM
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Human Rights Watch on Israeli atrocities during 2025: "Israeli forces killed, maimed, starved, and forcibly displaced Palestinians and destroyed their homes and civilian infrastructure at a scale unprecedented in the recent history of Israel and Palestine."
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Israel’s Extermination, Ethnic Cleansing Escalate
Israeli forces escalated their atrocities in 2025, including war crimes, crimes against humanity, acts of genocide, and ethnic cleansing against Palestinians.
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February 10, 2026 at 3:03 PM
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Trumps administration meddling in Alberta's tiny conservative-wahoo hotbed recalls how Russia used Ukrainian separatists as a Trojan Horse. Could it happen here?
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ANALYSIS | U.S. interest in Alberta separatism raises red flags over what might come next | CBC News
Communications between the Trump administration and Alberta's separatist movement raised alarm at the highest levels in Canada last week. It also raised questions about Washington's possible intention...
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February 10, 2026 at 2:13 AM
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Palestinians in the West Bank: Israel's final solution:
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What is Israel planning for Palestinians in the West Bank?
Israeli policies and measures directed at Palestinians in the West Bank have steadily intensified since the current right-wing government led by Benjamin Netanyahu came to power at the end of 2022.…
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February 8, 2026 at 4:24 PM
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"...the boos so audible in the stadium and on other broadcasts were absent for US viewers...it is becoming harder, not easier, to curate reality when the rest of the world is holding up its own camera angles."
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The world heard JD Vance being booed at the Olympics. Except for viewers in the US | Bryan Armen Graham
The real risk for American broadcasters is not that dissent will be visible. It is that audiences will start assuming anything they do not show is being hidden
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February 8, 2026 at 4:23 PM
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The Epstein files: patriarchy in action, "a world where the men are rich and powerful, and the women are not...Women exist at the periphery, tolerated because they organise the diaries of the busy men, they arrange food, they grace a table, they provide sex."
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Sex and snacks, but no seat at the table: the role of women in Epstein’s sordid men’s club
Files reveal a world of flattery and fratboy tones, where rich men are cultivated and women provide services
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February 7, 2026 at 10:02 PM
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10,000 Palestinians have been displaced across the West Bank, with entire villages emptied, dismantled, and erased. The scale and speed of displacement from Israeli settler and military violence, home demolitions and access restrictions are only accelerating.
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Israeli Settlers, Military Accelerate Violent Expulsion of Palestinians Off Their Land in the West Bank
What was once creeping encroachment by settlers has escalated over the past three years into a state-backed campaign of mass expulsion.
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February 7, 2026 at 8:26 PM
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"If Peter Mandelson’s links to Jeffrey Epstein disqualifies him from holding power, why does the company controlled by Epstein’s business partner [Palantir Founder, Peter Thiel] retain access to the UK’s most sensitive national security infrastructure?
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Thiel Spokesman Denies Former Israeli PM's Claim Jeffrey Epstein 'Co-Owned' Palantir Founder’s Venture Fund – But Confirms Epstein was a Limited Partner
A former Israeli Prime Minister and intelligence chief described Peter Thiel and Jeffrey Epstein as "owners" of a venture fund. The founder of Palantir, now embedded in Britain’s most critical infrast...
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February 6, 2026 at 10:39 PM
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For nearly two years, El-Obeid has been encircled by the RSF, enduring relentless drone strikes, the ferocity of which have only intensified following the fall of El Fasher—the capital of North Darfur—and the seizure of Kazgail and Al-Riyash, south of El-Obeid.
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Report From Sudan: In Besieged City, Massive Numbers of Displaced Find Little Shelter or Food
"The security and living conditions have become unbearable.”
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February 6, 2026 at 9:38 PM