Canada\'s role in Afghanistan
Canadian abuse of Afghan POWs
Harper smears his critics as pro-Taliban
By Lee Parsons, March 23, 2007
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper has accused his Liberal Party opponents of being more concerned about the plight of Taliban insurgents than the 2,2000 Canadian Armed Forces personnel serving in...
Canada’s Afghan intervention—three probes launched into prisoner abuse
By Lee Parsons, February 16, 2007
In response to mounting public pressure, three separate investigations were announced last week into the reported abuse of prisoners by Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) personnel in Afghanistan. These inqu...
Canada transferring Afghan detainees to “self-confessed torturers”
An interview with Dr. Amir Attaran
February 16, 2007
The World Socialist Web Site spoke this week with Dr. Amir Attaran, Professor of Law and Population Health at the University of Ottawa.
Canada’s social democrats lend support to the Conservative government in the name of the environment
By Richard Dufour, January 20, 2007
A little over a year has passed since Canada’s social democratic party—the New Democratic Party or NDP—sided with Stephen Harper’s Conservatives in making Liberal government co...
NDP rallies to the defence of Canadian imperialism
By David Adelaide, January 5, 2007
Canada’s nominally social-democratic New Democratic Party (NDP) has in recent months made a concerted effort to paint itself as an opponent of the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) mission in Afghanis...
Bloc Québécois’ support for Canada’s Afghan war exposed
By Guy Charron, December 27, 2006
The Bloc Québécois (BQ), the federal party advocating the independence of Québec, has dropped its threat to force a non-confidence vote on the Afghanistan policy of the Conservative minority govern...
Protests demand immediate withdrawal of Canadian troops from Afghanistan
By a WSWS reporting team, October 30, 2006
On Saturday, October 28, demonstrations were held in 37 communities across Canada to demand the immediate withdrawal of all Canadian troops from Afghanistan.
Protests demand Canadian troops out of Afghanistan
The political issues in the fight against war
By the Socialist Equality Party (Canada), October 27, 2006
The following statement has been issued by the Socialist Equality Party (Canada) for distribution at the protests that are being held this Saturday, October 28, in cities across the country to demand ...
Canada and the supposed struggle for democracy in Afghanistan
By Richard Dufour, October 11, 2006
Ottawa’s mid-September announcement that “Operation Medusa”—the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) counter-insurgency campaign in the southern Afghanistan district of Panjwai—ha...
Harper outlines the Canadian elite’s imperialist agenda
By Keith Jones, September 23, 2006
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper used a trip to New York this week to press for even closer economic, military, and geo-political ties between Canada and the US.
Mounting casualties compel Canada to send Afghanistan reinforcements
By Keith Jones, September 16, 2006
Canada will soon deploy additional troops and armaments to southern Afghanistan to bolster NATO’s embattled occupation force.
Letters on alleged terrorist plot in Canada
June 13, 2006
On “Canadian government, media use alleged terrorist plot to push right-wing agenda”
