An Urgent Action Request regarding Cuba

by Jim Hodgson, Unwrapping Development Canada must condemn the ongoing U.S. embargo against Cuba, say two coalitions of Canadian non-governmental organizations (including churches, trade unions, aid groups and human rights defenders). The Americas Policy Group (APG) and Common Frontiers wrote Feb. 20 to Prime Minister Mark Carney,Foreign Minister Anita Anand, and Secretary of State (International Development) Randeep Sarai. Their letter condemned the... Continue Reading →

So who really cares about the Epstein files?

There is tremendous pressure on GOP congressional legislators to release the Epstein files, mostly from democrats and from a smattering of Republicans along with almost every justice-seeking organization worldwide. Some innocuous sections of the files have been released but to date there is still no timetable to release the full oeuvre, and certainly no promise... Continue Reading →

Robert Reich hopes Trump’s Plan to invoke the Insurrection Act will not come to pass โ€” I donโ€™t share his optimism

Robert Reich on Substack, Oct 06, 2025 Friends, The direction weโ€™re going is either martial law or civil war. Americans from so-called โ€œredโ€ states, with the backing of their Republican governors and legislatures, are on the brink of using lethal force against Americans in so-called โ€œblueโ€ states, whose Democratic governors and legislatures strongly oppose the... Continue Reading →

Can this tide turn?

From Rawstory.com Seventy days after his return to the Oval Office, Donald Trump is finding his second presidential term honeymoon collapsing as the administration officials make embarrassing mistakes, key allies turn on him and more Republicans are publicly balking at some policies. According to a report from Jonathan Lemire at The Atlantic, the president is... Continue Reading →

Maryโ€™s testament

A self-described mother, daughter, sister, friend, nurturer, provider, ย volunteer, ย mentor, philanthropist, simple, complicated, mighty, weak, [and photographer] I am... me. Mary Scheidegger Adams has done what we all should now do. She has written her assessment of โ€œwhatโ€™s going onโ€ right now. She lives in Salmon Arm in the interior of British Columbia. She writes... Continue Reading →

Canada eh!

Resistance to the Trump/Musk horror show is growing. In the US, social media now includes a variety of mea culpa statements by Trump voters. Many are hard to verify and may be fakes. That said, I am reminded of that stupid woman who admitted on the BBC a day following the โ€œleaveโ€ victory that she... Continue Reading →

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