Green Party makes history: Elizabeth May becomes MP in Canada

Elizabeth May has become the first-ever Green MP in Canada, defeating a longtime Tory minister.

“I stand here today as the first elected Green MP in the history of Canadian politics,” she yelled above the crowd chanting her name.

“And I stand here today and I remain committed, as all of us are, to rejecting [...]

Afghanistan: What Happens When Our Allies “Do More”

As the US campaign in Helmand and Kandahar, blame has increasingly shifted toward allies like NATO, Karzai, and Pakistan. The US wants them to “do more.” But they are doing more. The problem is not our allies, but the war itself. [...]

Rethinking Afghanistan’s Sticky Icky Quagmire

An honest 420 look at marijuana in Afghanistan. There is definitely a huge drug problem, and our strategy seems to be the cause of it. Our allies that we desperately rely on are all high on drugs, selling drugs, or both. And not only are we paying for it, people are dying because of it. [...]

Blame Canada. Kyoto betrayal and oil sands extraction

Canada is the only country to abandon and deliberately sabotage greenhouse targets under Kyoto and is going full-tilt on tar sands extraction. Their betrayal of Kyoto is directly linked to the forces there wanting to engage in the hideously destructive environmental degradation that is oil sands extraction.

Monbiot. Canada is now threat to [...]