The Canadian Armed Forces has produced videos (which are found on their Website) videos which use traditional First Nations images to promote the Canadian Military. In some cases sacred images morph into military images such as tanks. Natives in kayaks and canoes morph into subs,a leaf that turns into an owl which turns into fighter jets.Is it just me or is this totally offensive. These are all peaceful images that are transformed into images of war. A war in which innocent civilians die.

Iran Pledge

Ryerson Students
Against War & Racism

Pledge for action against an attack on Iran
We the undersigned call on our government to actively oppose plans for an attack on Iran.
We believe that any attack on Iran would be a disaster for the ordinary people of that country and would massively increase instability across the Middle East and beyond.
In the event of escalation towards an attack we pledge to join a national campaign of action and protest.
We also pledge on the day of any attack to walkouts of school and mobilize for local protests in towns and cities across the country.

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Don't Iraq Iran

On August 2, demonstrations took place in nearly 100 American cities to oppose war against Iran, part of a North American-wide day of action. In Canada, a number of cities also demonstrated to oppose war against Iran, including Toronto.

Please join us to say: "Don't attack Iran!" and "Stop the war before it starts!" As the US sinks deeper into quagmire in Iraq and Afghanistan, it will feel even greater pressure to expand the war to Iran. Be part of the mobilization to help stop another US-led war.

For more information, please visit http://stopwaroniran.org.

Rick Hillier named Chancellor of Memorial University?

Rick Hillier has just been named the Chancellor of Memorial University in Newfoundland. For the full story see the Ryerson Free Press.

Rick Hilliers Quote For Today

It's the last week for everybody's favourite Chief of Defence Staff, so we thought we'd feature some of Rickys best quotes, eat your heart out Don Cherry.


"These are detestable murderers and scumbags. They detest our freedoms, they detest our society, they detest our liberties." -- Hillier on July 14, 2005, on Osama bin Laden and Islamist terrorists in general. He added: "We're not the public service of Canada. We're not just another department. We are the Canadian Forces, and our job is to be able to kill people. "

Student Anti-War Planning Meeting

Monday, June 23, 2008

4:00pm - 6:00pm

Ryerson Students' Centre SCC #301CESAR Board Room

55 Gould Street

Ryerson Students Against War & Racism invites you to come out to our info session and anti war planning meeting. Find out how you can be a part of the Student Anti War Movement!

Ryerson Students Against War & Racism

ryesaw@gmail.com

http://ryesaw.blogspot.com/

What Happens in Afghanistan Stays in Afghanistan

The Double Standard of Canada’s Foreign Policy,

While sexual assault and rape is a crime when it happens to Canadians, it’s perfectly alright when it happens to Afghanis according to the Canadian military.

According to a recent Toronto Star article Canadian soldiers in Afghanistan who have witnessed the sexual abuse and even rape of innocent civilians including young children have been ordered by their commanding officers to ignore these crimes.

Even worse, these crimes are being committed by the Afghan army, the same army that we are there to support and defend.

Are we really fighting this war to defend the rights of the Afghan people? This latest information makes that a little bit harder to swallow.