Not so Discreet… By Layla Anwar

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Not so Discreet…
By Layla Anwar

March 23, 2009

I love Discretion.

I guess I am discreet by nature, maybe because I am reserved by nature…or maybe it is due to upbringing, where there were no TV reality shows and where letting your hair down in public was not allowed — Oprah style. Or maybe because I firmly believe that the realm of the private is sacred, that it is not really necessary to go around flaunting it…

I also think that the frontiers, the borders between what is publicly known and unknown are also made of discretion.

Discretion comes in many forms, just like anything else, really…And funnily enough, discretion and digression sound the same…flip sounds of the same coin.

Let me give you an example, a live example in my memory…

In Iraq, prior to our “liberation” sects and religion were not discussed, they were not an issue. Your sect and or your religious affiliation was at your discretion. We were discreet about such matters. Not because we were afraid, but because I and many others intimately understood that these matters belonged to the domain of the private and in this instance were inconsequential.

It did not really matter who belonged to what, figuratively speaking…what mattered was what you can achieve, what you can produce, what you can accomplish, what you can contribute to the highest good – of all, regardless…

And it worked, it worked for many years…because this is how nations are built.
Nations and nation building, nationhood is not something one acquires from text books…nation building requires an ideology for all. Where each single citizen finds his and her place. In that sense, Baathist ideology was an ideology for all.

I am no Baathist myself. Not because I don’t believe that the above precepts were wrong in themselves, but because I am discreet by nature and discreet people can’t subscribe to mass ideologies…People like me live in their own world, unhampered by masses, but can still distinguish the tree from the forest, so to speak.

Then came the “liberation”…It not only destroyed physical infrastructures, but also “ideological” ones…and pitted one sect and one religion against another.

How so? you may be wondering…

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This Week on RoadKill Radio!!!

Dedicated to all who value the truth, free speech and are willing to sacrifice themselves on the “Highway of Public Controversy”

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This week (Tuesday March 31, 2009) on RoadKill Radio! With hosts Kari Simpson and Terry O’Neill
Starting at 7:30 pm Walt Ruloff, Executive Producer of “Expelled” http://www.expelledthemovie.com/  joins us in studio to talk about “Intelligent Design” and the façade of academic freedom!!  Controversial, insightful and compelling!!!
Then at 8:30 pm Rev. Stephen Boissoin http://www.stephenboissoin.com/  joins us.  YES – another controversial truth-sayer!!!  Stephen has and continues to fight the good fight! His crime you ask? Why he dared to express his opinions about homosexuality in public!!  His battle in now in the Courts – will truth win?

Important and Informative! Joins US!!

Your Calls are welcome – (604) 525-4167

Pass the word along, invite your friends and family to tune in!

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Pro-Zionism – Defending The Indefensible By Stephen Lendman

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Pro-Zionism – Defending The Indefensible
By Stephen Lendman
March 30, 2009

This article responds to a March 15 Los Angeles Times Judea Pearl one headlined: “Is anti-Zionism hate?” Pearl teaches computer science at UCLA, is the father of slain journalist Daniel Pearl, and president of the Daniel Pearl Foundation. It was “formed….to continue Danny’s mission and to address the root causes of this tragedy in the spirit” of the man it represents, including “uncompromised objectivity and integrity….and respect for people of all cultures….”

Some of its honorary board member belie this purpose:

– former president Bill Clinton, an unindicted war criminal and backer of neoliberal plunder;

– Elie Wiesel, a shameless self-promoter, “Holocaust” exploiter, and apologist for the most outrageous Israeli crimes;

– Jordan’s Queen Noor, wife of King Abdullah II, who, like his father Hussein, rules with dictatorial police state powers; and

– Christiane Amanpour and Ted Koppel, two notables in the corporate media who never let facts conflict with their views and support for the powerful.

Pearl calls anti-Zionism “hate more dangerous than anti-Semitism, threatening lives and peace in the Middle East.” Zionism is precisely the opposite as numerous Jewish writers, including this one, have addressed.

In his book “Overcoming Zionism,” Joel Kovel explained how it fosters “imperialist expansion and militarism (with) signs of the fascist malignancy;” that it turned Israel “into a machine for the manufacture of human rights abuses” led by terrorists posing as democrats. Kovel’s book and his work got him fired from the Bard College faculty effective July 1 when his current contract expires – for daring to criticize Israel, its Zionist ideology, state-sponsored terror, and decades of lawlessness and egregious behavior.

Kovel expressed outrage that institutions like Bard aren’t bothered; that they grant Israel impunity, suppress dissent, then marginalize, punish, and remove the “heretics,” ones like Kovel who honorably and courageously write truths.

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The Jeff Rense program is moving to TWO NEW NETWORKS on Monday, March 30th

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Editor’s Note: I received an email from an associate this morning (Tues. March 31) with an url to Jeff’s “myspace” site. On it, posted last night was a message from Jeff regarding his move, the reasons why and also his assessment of Alex Jones.

Anyone interested in the controversial figure Alex Jones must read what Jeff has to say. It will undoubtedly settle any doubts you may have entertained about the nature of Mr. Jones and his agenda.

Please go to: http://www.myspace.com/Jeff_Rense

Further to all this please see Brother Nathanael Kapner’s article on Alex Jones at the following url:

Is Alex Jones A Zionist?..Controversy Swirls

http://www.realjewnews.com/?p=387  

Arthur Topham

Editor – RadicalPress.com

Banning Galloway Mocks Canada’s Criminal Code by William A. Cook

http://www.pacificfreepress.com/news/1/3941-galloway-ban-mocks-canadian-justice.html
Banning Galloway Mocks Canada’s Criminal Code
by William A. Cook

March 29, 2009
Canada’s border security officials and Jason Kenney, the immigration minister, banned George Galloway, MP for Bethnal Green and Bow, from Canada where he was scheduled to speak in Toronto on the 30th.
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“A spokesman for Citizenship and Immigration Canada said the decision … was based on a ‘number of factors’ in accordance with section 34 (1) of the country’s immigration act” (Guardian.co.uk 3/20/09).

This action denies Galloway entrance as a foreign national on security grounds for one or more of 6 reasons including “engaging in terrorism,” and “engaging in acts of violence that would or might endanger the lives or safety of persons in Canada.” The CJC, the Canadian Jewish Congress, supporting the decision, noted that it should be seen as an “issue of security law, not a dispute over free speech” (Mar. 27, 2009, Montreal Gazette). Indeed, other Jewish organizations like the League of Human Rights of B’nai B’rith, not only supported the action but took some credit for the banning of Galloway.

Galloway’s talk, “Resisting War from Gaza to Kandahar,” sponsored by the Toronto Coalition to Stop the War, would have provided Canadians with a first hand account of conditions in Gaza following Israel’s invasion and destruction of that walled in strip of Palestinian land during the three week war from December 27 to January 18, 2009.

Galloway is one of a handful of foreigners to see the devastation that others could glimpse only from You Tube videos made available through Al Jazeera news service. All western journalists were banned from Gaza by Israel’s IDF. Galloway led a convoy of trucks from England to Gaza carrying relief provisions for the people. The convoy entered Gaza just over a week ago.

Contrary to the CJC contention that the banning should be seen as a security measure under section 34 (1) of the immigration act, a close reading of the act would suggest that Galloway cannot be perceived as a person (c) “engaging in terrorism” or in (e) “acts of violence that would or might endanger the lives or safety of persons in Canada,” but rather an individual, by virtue of his recent experience in Gaza, who would be upholding the intent of Canada’s Criminal Code, Sections 318-320. Canada’s Criminal Code, passed in 1970, builds upon the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination of 1966, the conventions of which support the Universal Declaration of Human Rights as defined by the Charter of the United Nations.

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Your Handy Dandy Reference Guide to the CHRC complaint against RadicalPress.com (Updated)

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Your Handy Dandy Reference Guide to the CHRC complaint against RadicalPress.com plus the CHR Tribunal process and hearing

Dear Radical Reader,

In the process of preparing some type of index of the related articles, etc surrounding this case for use with the media I decided to put together an easy to use list of urls that one might use to access most of the information pertaining to my case with the CHRC and the upcoming CHR Tribunal hearing.  Hopefully it will be useful for those interested in the outcome of this struggle for freedom of the Internet and for free speech.

If you discover that any of the urls are malfunctioning I would appreciate hearing about it. Thank you.

Shine your Light for Love & Peace & Justice for All,

Arthur Topham
Pub/Ed
The Radical Press
Canada’s Radical News Network
radical@radicalpress.com

http://www.radicalpress.com

“Digging to the root of the issues since 1998”
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RELATED URLS TO CANADIAN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION COMPLAINT (FILE NO: 20071016) AGAINST RADICALPRESS.COM BY HARRY ABRAMS & B’NAI BRITH CANADA

PLUS INFORMATION RELATED TO THE UPCOMING CANADIAN HUMAN RIGHTS TRIBUNAL HEARING (FILE NO: T1360/9006)

CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN CHRC & RADICALPRESS.COM:

http://www.radicalpress.com/?p=821
CHRC Complaint Against RadicalPress.com from Harry Abrams and B’nai Brith Canada
November 20, 2007

http://www.radicalpress.com/?p=629
Response to Canadian Human Rights Commission by the RadicalPress.com,
January 3, 2008

http://www.radicalpress.com/?p=686
International Support for Radical Press expressed through Letters to Quesnel Cariboo Observer
January 13, 2008

http://www.radicalpress.com/?p=785
Report from CHRC Investigations Division Re: Abrams/B’nai Brith Complaint against RadicalPress.com
August 27, 2008

http://www.radicalpress.com/?p=786
Comments on CHRC Report. Re: Complaint from Harry Abrams and B’nai Brith Canada against RadicalPress.com
September 17, 2008

http://www.radicalpress.com/?p=816

Letter from the CHRC to RadicalPress.com
November 21, 2008

http://www.radicalpress.com/?p=838
B’nai Brith: Beating the anti-Semitic Drum (updated article from Sept. 5, 2005)
By Arthur Topham
December 3, 2008

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Life is a Cabaret old Chum – Harry Abrams and B’nai Brith Canada go for the Gold!: Statement of Particulars from B’nai Brith Canada – Abrams/BBC v. RadicalPress.com

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[Editor's Note: I have intentionally refrained from posting the personal contact information on Harry Abrams which was contained in the document below. I don't think it serves any positive purpose and would likely just add additional fuel to the B'nai Brith's already red-hot furnace of furious, unfounded charges that I am somehow "repeatedly and publicly" vilifying Abrams "for his ethnicity and religion" because I have made the details of this vexatious complaint public from the beginning.

In case Harry and his cohorts haven't twigged on the reason for doing this I'll explain it again in clear, simple language. These "show trials", (for that is what they are) bear all the "Hallmarks" of those of the former Bolshevik Zionist-run Soviet Union where only what the State and the controlled media wanted the people to read and see. All the dirty dealings and backroom shenanigans and so on never appeared. That is not my idea of a free press – one that presents ALL the facts in order to achieve a consensus of truth and justice.

We have to see this hideous "hearing" hag for what she really is and from every angle possible no matter how revolting and disgusting she may be without her make-up and her fancy rhetorical garments. Were she the real beauty that Justice truly is this whole charade wouldn't be taking place to begin with so that is why I have tried to make public every pimple and blemish, every slip up and every deceptive ploy being used to create the false image that somehow something genuine and meaningful is taking place. I will continue as long as humanly possible to document this Boshevik/Zionist plot until every piece of repressive legislation contained in the CHR Act has been surgically removed and caste back into the pit of Hell from where it first slithered forth.

As far as I am concerned this whole "hate crimes" affair epitomizes the pure, Talmudic-Pharisaic influence that's crept into Canadian jurisprudence via subterfuge, deception and the viperous, seditious behaviour of special interest groups that purport to be aligned with Canadian values and laws yet, in fact, are acting in the interests of foreign nations and foreign political doctrines that any honest Canadian would find abhorent if they knew the truth. This current Zionist/totalitarian legislation contained in Section 13(1) of the Canadian Human Rights Act symbolizes everything that is wrong with our judicial system and with the general moral and ethical deterioration of our nation, and I, as one Canadian, it will remain silent in the face of what I perceive as a direct threat to my ideals and my country. That is why I've chosen to NOT allow it to go unnoticed nor unexposed! Hopefully Harry and the BBC will understand this explanation.

What Harry feigns as 'vilification' could possibly have something to do with his own issues of self-esteem but in truth, from what he explicitly states and expects as the preferred final outcome (or reward?) of this complaint for himself and his lobby group B'nai Brith Canada, I find such an explanation highly improbable. I suspect rather that it has more to do with the sound of that old jingle from the Zionist propaganda film Cabaret, "money, money, money, makes the world go 'round", than anything resembling "Justice".

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Motion to Dismiss Complaint Case Against RadicalPress.com

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[Editor's Note: On March 24, 2009 I sent the following Amended Motion to Dismiss the Complaint against RadicalPress.com to Tribunal Registry Officer Nancy Lafontant. The reason for doing so is explained in the document below and serves as but one instant of the level of competency that seems to permeate these federally funded and appointed quasi-judicial commissars of political correctness and those who utilize their services for the good of foreign nations and self-aggrandizement. To date I have not heard back from the Tribunal as to whether or not they will heed my wise advise or not. :-)

The document did spur the Complainants Harry Abrams and Anita Bromberg of the League for Human Rights of B'nai Brith Canada to rectify the situation as soon as possible. The following day March 25, 2009 I received an email from Abrams containing the Statement of Particulars and an apology to the Tribunal (a profuse one no less) for having misunderstood his duties as the Complainant in this melo-drama of madness. As I commented in another article I found it rather difficult to accept Abrams excuse of ignorance as to how the process works. This is the same Harry Abrams who, along with his co-complainant the B'nai Brith diligently and with forethought methodically harassed and maligned the fine person of Doug Collins for Mr. Collin's alleged "hate" crimes back in the mid-1990s. Were Mr. Collins alive today I'm sure he'd get a charge out of Harry's explanation.

I will be posting Abram's Statement of Particulars so that the general public can see how both the CHRC and its hammer, the CHRT work in synch to squeeze the maximum amount of blood out of their victims. Stay tuned folks!]

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AMENDED MOTION TO DISMISS COMPLAINT AGAINST RADICALPRESS.COM

BY EMAIL

Arthur Topham
Pub/Ed
The Radical Press
Box 4633 Barkerville Hwy
Quesnel, B.C. V2J 6T8
Email: radical@radicalpress.com

March 24, 2009

Nancy Lafontant
Registry Officer
Canadian Human Rights Tribunal
Nancy.Lafontant@chrt-tcdp.gc.ca

Dear Nancy Lafontant,

RE: Harry Abrams and the League for Human Rights of B’nai Brith Canada v. Arthur Topham and the RadicalPress.com
File Number: T1360/9008

I write to you on an urgent matter concerning the above case.

I note in my CHRT “guide to the Tribunal process” booklet under “Disclosure” (P. 35) the following:

“The Tribunal encourages the parties to complete their disclosure in the shortest possible time, which can sometimes mean within a month. The deadline for disclosure by the complainant and the Commission is sooner than that required for the respondent. This gives the respondent an opportunity to prepare a response to the material provided in support of the complaint. The complainant and the Commission are then given a short time to reply if they intend to raise additional facts or issues to refute the case disclosed by the respondent.”

In the February 9, 2009 letter from the CHR Tribunal, #5. SCHEDULE FOR DISCLOSURE the following is noted:

Pursuant to Rule 6 of the Tribunal’s Rules of Procedure, the Complainants, Harry Abrams and the League for Human Rights of B’nai Brith Canada and the Commission, will provide their Statement of Particulars and full disclosure by March 6, 2009 and their expert reports and summary by expert evidence by March 13, 2009.

Subsequent to this letter a further letter was received by myself via email dated March 5, 2009 from the CHRT signed by Guy Gregoire, Director, Registry Operations contained the following:

“Further to the Complainant’s counsel request of March 4, 2009, for an extension of time, and upon considering the Tribunal’s Letter dated February 9, 2009, setting deadlines for disclosures, the Tribunal has instructed the following:

The Complainants, Harry Abrams and the League for Human Rights B’nai Brith Canada and the Commission, will now provide their Statement of Particulars and full disclosure by March 11, 2009

The Respondent, Arthur Topham & RadicalPress.com will now provide its Statement of Particulars and full disclosure by March 25, 2009”

As of today, March 24, 2009, I have not received any notice or information from either the legal counsel for the complainants or the legal counsel for the CHRC regarding the disclosure of March 11, 2009 by either of the two parties.

As such it is impossible for me to review and respond to said information prior to the deadline of March 25, 2009 set for myself, Arthur Topham. It is also not possible, as a result of this delay to complete my own Statement of Particulars and full Disclosure by the March 25, 2009 deadline.

Based upon this information and the fact that the CHRC and the Complainants have not met their deadlines I am, by formal notice contained in this letter, moving that the complaint against myself, Arthur Topham and RadicalPress.com be dismissed immediately. In the alternative, I am asking that new and alternative deadlines be established for both parties.

If there is any further formality or motion that you require, please let me know as soon as possible.

Sincerely,

Arthur Topham pro se
Publisher/Editor
The RadicalPress.com

Cc:

Daniel Poulin
Legal Counsel
Litigations Services Division
Canadian Human Rights Commission
Marvin Kurz, Legal Counsel, B’nai Brith Canada

RadicalPress.com Constitutional Challenge to Sec. 13 of the Canadian Human Rights Act

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[Editor's Note: As part of my overall purpose in challenging B'nai Brith Canada's right to use the Canadian Human Rights Act to censor debate on political issues - specifically issues related to the ideology known as Zionism and its manifested forms throughout democratic and non-democratic nations of the world, including Israel and Palestine -  the illegality and the supreme danger to Canada of this specious piece of federal legislation known as Section 13(1) of the Canadian Human Rights Act has to be challenged from every angle humanly and legally possible. That is why I deemed it necessary to include it in my current case involving Harry Abrams and League for Human Rights of B'nai Brith Canada.

There is a similar challenge that has already gone through the hearing process, one initiated by Marc Lemire. Please see the following Part 1 of the challenge at http://www.freedomsite.org/legal/Closing_submissions_constitutional-part_1.html and Part 2 at http://www.freedomsite.org/legal/Closing_submissions_constitutional-part_2.html

That decision in that case was reserved and should be handed down within the next couple of months. I say should but it could be delayed longer. In the interim period the Tribunal juggernaut continues to move onward in its relentless quest for new victims to grind into the dust along with the rights they are fighting to preserve.

Eventually Canadians are going to HAVE TO wake up to what is being perpetrated upon them.]

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RadicalPress.com Constitutional Challenge to Sec. 13 of the Canadian Human Rights Act

Filed March 21, 2009


TRIBUNAL FILE NUMBER T1360/9006

CANADIAN HUMAN RIGHTS TRIBUNAL BETWEEN:

HARRY ABRAMS and THE LEAGUE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS OF B’NAI BRITH CANADA

COMPLAINANTS

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CANADIAN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION

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ARTHUR TOPHAM and RADICALPRESS.COM

RESPONDENTS

NOTICE OF CONSTITUTIONAL QUESTION

The applicant, Arthur Topham, intends to question the constitutional applicability, validity and effect of sections 13 and 54 (1), (1.1)  of the Canadian Human Rights Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. H-6, as amended (herein after referred to as the “CHRA”).

The question is to be argued in a motion in writing filed with the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal.

The following are the material facts giving rise to the constitutional question: The Canadian Human Rights Commission requested the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal  to appoint a panel to inquire into a complaint laid against myself, Arthur Topham and my website RadicalPress.com under section 13 of the Canadian Human Rights Act. The complaint alleges that Arthur Topham and RadicalPress.com contrive to promote ongoing hatred affecting persons identifiable as Jews and/or as citizens of Israel by publishing articles on RadicalPress.com believed by the complainants to be discriminatory against these two groups.

Arthur Topham is bringing a motion before the Tribunal for relief under sections 24(1) of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and section 52 of the Constitution Act, 1982, and section 2 of the Canadian Bill of Rights on the grounds that sections 13 and 54(1), (1.1)  of the Canadian Human Rights Act are  a violation of sections 2 (a) and (b), 7, 26 and 31 of the Charter, not saved by section 1 thereof, and sections 1 (d) and (f) of the Canadian Bill of Rights.

The following is the legal basis for the constitutional question:

Section 13 of the CHRA was held to be in violation of the right to freedom of expression guaranteed under s. 2(b) of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms by the Supreme Court of Canada in Canada (Human Rights Commission) v. Taylor, [1990] 3 S.C.R. 892. The Court upheld the constitutionality of section 13, however, on the grounds that it was a reasonable limit on that freedom prescribed by law that was demonstrably justified in a free and democratic society pursuant to section 1 of the Charter.

The Taylor decision was based on an earlier legislative version of section 13 of the CHRA which limited the provision to the communication of hate messages using a telephone and limited penalties to a cease and desist order. The Act was amended in 1998, c.9, s.28 and 2001, c. 41, s. 88 to extend the application of section 13 to computer networks, including the Internet, and to introduce harsh financial penalty provisions in section 54 in addition to the previous cease and desist order provisions.

The applicant will be arguing that section 13 of the CHRA no longer meets the criteria in section 1 of the Charter  regarding freedom of expression and cannot be saved thereunder. The provision is, in essence, one of criminal law but one which provides no procedural safeguards, no defence of truth, lack of intent, or the fact that the messages may be privileged, fair comment or made in private communications. It is made applicable to the Internet, a medium far different from the taped voice messages on a telephone dealt with by the Supreme Court of Canada in the Taylor case.

Moreover, he will argue that the freedoms enjoyed by Canadians under the law in the 1950′s cannot be destroyed using section 1 of the Canadian Charter of Rights as a justification; and, further, that such freedoms are preserved by virtue of the Canadian Bill of Rights and section 26 of the Charter. Parliament has no jurisdiction under the Constitution Act, 1867, to abrogate the right of citizens in a democracy to discuss matters of public policy and administration, be it social, economic or political.

Switzman v. Elbling, [1957] S.C.R. 285, Boucher v. The King, [1951] S.C.R. 265 and Reference re Alberta Statutes, [1938] S.C.R. 100 will be relied upon.

Section 13 is not rationally connected to the legislative objective of promoting social harmony and individual dignity, since there can be no true social harmony between groups when truth is not the basis of this harmony.

There is no proportionality between the effect of the measures which limit the Charter right to freedom of speech and the legislative objective of section 13(1) of the Act. It is overbroad and fails to impair freedom of speech as little as possible, thereby having a severe chilling effect on legitimate expression on the Internet which includes newspapers, journals, magazines, videos, radio, audio, and discussion rooms. The definitions of “hatred” and “contempt” in practical effect are so vague as to include virtually any legitimate and verifiable criticism of the actions of an identifiable group.

Section 13  is a violation of the freedom of conscience because it denies the individual the right to speak the truth if that truth is deemed to expose identifiable groups to hatred or contempt.    Where truth is no defence to charges under section 13(1) of the Act, there is no objective standard for judging what is “hatred” or “contempt”.

Section 13 violates all rights to privacy as it applies to private communications.

The penalty provisions make clear that while section 13 masquerades as a remedial anti-discriminatory measure, it is in essence a criminal provision enforcing a moral code and inflicting punishment against the offender for violations against the State, not simply infringement of an individual’s rights for which compensation might be paid.

The deleterious effects of section 13 of the Act on the right to freedom of expression and conscience far outweigh the benefits derived from the provision. Hatred and contempt against groups arises from everyday news events. Published in newspapers and broadcast facilities, these matters have the defences of truth, privilege and fair comment according to libel law.

Such further and other grounds as I, Arthur Topham, pro se may advise and the Tribunal allow.

DATED this 21st day of March,  2009.

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Arthur Topham pro se
4633 Barkerville Hwy
Quesnel, B.C. V2J 6T8
Tel: 250-992-3479
Fax: 250-992-8033
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NEWS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MARCH 27, 2009 DOUG CHRISTIE & CANADIAN FREE SPEECH LEAGUE STILL AWAITING WORD ON INTERVENOR STATUS IN RADICALPRESS.COM COMPLAINT CASE

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NEWS  RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MARCH 27, 2009

DOUG CHRISTIE & CANADIAN FREE SPEECH LEAGUE STILL AWAITING WORD ON INTERVENOR STATUS IN RADICALPRESS.COM COMPLAINT CASE

QUESNEL, B.C. – RadicalPress.com Publisher Arthur Topham says Canadian Free Speech lawyer Doug Christie is still awaiting word from the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal as to whether his organization, the Canadian Free Speech League, will be granted intervenor status in the upcoming CHRT hearing involving the controversial Sec. 13 “hate crimes” complaint laid against Topham and his website RadicalPress.com by Victoria, B.C. resident Harry Abrams and his co-complainant the League for Human Rights of B’nai Brith Canada (T1360/9008).

Christie first became interested in the case back in February of 2009 and submitted a letter to CHR Tribunal Registry Officer Nancy LaFontant nancy.lafontant@chrt.tcdp.gc.ca stating:

“I am general counsel of the Canadian Free Speech League, and as such I am interested in the case of Arthur Topham. I would like the opportunity to intervene on behalf of the free speech issues raised in this case. We were allowed intervention status in the case of Marc Lemire, and it is our desire to assist in the maintenance of a constitutional challenge to the enabling legislation, as well as to participate in the fact-finding that would be the foundation of such an assessment.”

On March 6, 2009 Christie received a reply from the Tribunal requesting further details as to why he felt he should be granted the opportunity to intervene in the case.

On March 17, 2009 Christie sent a second letter to the Tribunal containing his reasons as set out below:

“Dear Ms. LaFontant:

Re:     Harry Abrams and The League of Human Rights of B’nai Brith Canada v. Arthur Topham and RadicalPress.com
Complaint No. : 20071016: Your email of March 6, 2009

The Canadian Free Speech League through its general counsel Douglas Christie has experience in this area beginning with the John Ross Taylor case in the Supreme Court of Canada, the first case of its kind. We seek to intervene to challenge the constitutional validity of section 13(1) of the Canadian Human Rights Act as it now stands amended and as it now applies to the Internet, a medium not considered in the Taylor case.

Our intervention in the case of Marc Lemire before Member Hadjis is still before the Tribunal on reserve. Our position in the Abrams complaint is that it should be adjourned to prevent contradictory rulings at the same level on the constitutional validity of the enabling legislation. In the alternative, a hearing on constitutional validity should be held.

There should be time established to provide notice of constitutional question to the appropriate authority and a hearing date set for expert opinion evidence from both sides.

It would be the position of the Canadian Free Speech League that section 13(1) as now amended constitutes a breach of section 2 of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, regarding freedom of expression, section 2(b) and freedom of religion, section 2(a) and should be declared of no force or effect pursuant to section 52 of the Constitution Act of Canada, RSC 1982.

Yours truly,

Douglas H. Christie
General Counsel”

Topham’s case became public in November of 2007 when Abrams and his co-complainant the League for Human Rights of B’nai Brith Canada filed a Sec. 13 complaint with the Canadian Human Rights Commission (CHRC) alleging that Topham and RadicalPress.com were promoting “hatred toward Jews and citizens of Israel” because of articles on his website critical of political Zionism and the actions of the foreign Jewish state of Israel.

As Topham stated, “Recent events such as the federal government’s involvement in refusing entry into Canada to MP George Galloway of Britain plus the Jewish Defense League’s smear and intimidation tactics toward anyone supportive of Palestine’s democratically-elected government only further highlight the need for open debate on Israel and its policies without fear of legal reprisal by Zionist lobbyists using the Canadian Human Rights Act’s Section 13 to censor and criminalize dissenting opinions.”

Topham, who also filed a constitutional challenge to this dangerous legislation on March 21, 2009 says, “Douglas Christie’s reasons for wanting to intervene in this case are not only legitimate but paramount to gaining a fair and balanced hearing. If Section 13 isn’t removed from the Act it will continue to increase the already staggering inequities thus far created by its misuse and bring further disgrace and shame upon Canada’s once proud reputation as a free and democratic nation.”

For further information on the complaint:

CHRC Complaint:  http://www.radicalpress.com/?p=821

Response to Complaint: http://www.radicalpress.com/?p=629

CHRC Investigation Report: http://www.radicalpress.com/?p=785

Comment on the Report by RadicalPresss.com: http://www.radicalpress.com/?p=786

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CONTACT: Arthur Topham

Email: radical@radicalpress.com

Website: http://www.radicalpress.com

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Wayne Prante’s letter to Jason Kenny was posted without permission!!!

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ICONIC SHOT OF SPLITTING THE SKY ARREST WITH GLOATING BUSH FANS
Photo credit: Travis Dickie traviswd@gmail.com
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From: Wayne abig_secret@yahoo.ca
Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2009 00:28:49 -0700 (PDT)
To: RadicalPress radical@radicalpress.com

Subject: Re: Letter to PM Harper regarding the Barring of the Honorable Mr. George Galloway MP by Wayne Prante

Hello,

I am surprised to see my letter posted on your site, as I had only sent it to a few of my associates for their information, not public consumption, and I would have appreciated a request to post it publicly. I have not even posted it on any of my own sites yet, and had I, it would be fair game.

I stand by my letter and have no intention of suing anyone, nor do I request that you pull it, BUT, I  would appreciate it if you would:

1. ask me next time,

2. add a note that you posted the letter without permission of the author, and

3. that the author (me) may not necessarily agree or disagree with other material posted on The Radical Press

4. state that you added the imagery to the article, and

5. add the following links to that web page

http://www.straight.com/article-206239/jewish-canadians-concerned-about-suppression-criticism-israel

http://www.warcriminalsout.com/Canada_Bans_MP_George_Galloway.html

http://www.petitiononline.com/galcan09/

My only intent in sharing it with a few people whom I know, was to show them what I said, how I feel, and encourage them to also write letters and make their voices heard about the Galloway and Splitting the Sky issues.

I am all for free speech, and obviously, speaking out is important to me, BUT, I do not want to become either the posterboy for the neo-nazis, nor a dartboard for the JDL and other Zionist groups.

My friend Prof.Tony Hall was attacked recently in Winnipeg by a group of Zionist thugs, and was blamed for something on another site  (where his paper was re-published), which he had no knowledge or control over. I don’t need those hassles. I really have enough on my plate right now, thanks.

Regards,

Wayne

- War Criminals OUT!  http://www.warcriminalsout.com

…it’s the OTHER War on Terrorism …silly!

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REPLY TO WAYNE PRANTE FROM RADICALPRESS.COM EDITOR:

Dear Wayne,

Thank you for writing. Before I attempt any explanation for having ran with your letter allow me to first apologize having done so without your permission. I have no legal grounds to contest any of the assertions that you have made regarding the fact that I did not first seek approval for having used it nor for the manner in which I may have embellished it with additional graphic materials. As per your request that I publish what you have submitted I will be happy to do so.

That said, I will try as briefly as possible, to explain my actions.

I have had a working relationship with both Splitting-the-Sky and Tony Hall for close to a decade now. Dac, or STS as he is known on the net, is a close personal friend of mine and my wife’s and we have collaborated together on a number of issues since at least 2000 A.D. I am sure that Dac would be happy to confirm all that I say as well as Tony.

My former monthly tabloid, The Radical, (circa 1998 – 2002) was likely the first Canadian publication to give comprehensive coverage to Dac’s experiences prior to the Gustafsen Lake encounters (his period in the USA) and then afterwards to that issue in the Cariboo and onward.

Dac2000

Splitting the Sky with his Above the Law Part 2 video of the Gustafsen Lake Siege by RCMP in 1995 as seen in the November, 2000 edition of The Radical.
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Also Tony Hall was a regular contributor to the newspaper with numerous articles on issues of social justice.

These are but two of the more colorful personalities that I have known over the years and worked with. There are others relevant and otherwise.

I note that you refer to Tony as “your friend” so I am certain that he will confirm all that I am saying in this letter.

TonyHall

Tony Hall, Canadian advocate for truth in the 9/11 cover up.
Photo Credit: RadicalPress.com©
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Being in many ways in the forefront of social issues and social justice here in B.C. for the past decade and more I’ve had enough experience with the sort of issue that you are voicing here although in the past few years it has become a rarer and rarer bird. In many respects there is a tacit understanding amongst those struggling with these issues that what is on the net is open game in terms of usage. Not of course that articles should be altered in any manner nor their authorship hidden but that if they’re there then they’re fair game in terms of being picked up and used for the common cause.

So in other words there’s a certain amount of assumption taken for granted and having received this letter from Dac I did assume that it had been sent to the government and that if Dac had it and was passing it on to me (knowing that I am in the business of publishing) and didn’t forewarn me that it was still being sent in confidence then it was for use. Please don’t assume though that I’m trying to pass along my own responsibility on to Dac. I’m not. I know that he sent me the letter in good faith and likely didn’t realize that there would be any kuffuffle arising over its use.

My point in publishing it ought to be obvious. It was to support Dac, George Galloway and also to expose the machinations of those lobby groups in Canada who have abused their privileges and are working toward ends inimical to the general well-being of this country.

I again apologize for having pre-empted whatever plans you had, or have with respect to your letter. Hindsight is always superior to foresight and this may be a good example of that principle.

I am in the midst of a major legal battle with the CHRCommission and their Tribunal over the issue of publishing materials on my website critical of these lobby groups we’re discussing here. I took the time away from critical work to help Dac out by further publishing his plight to the best of my abilities. That included my own plea to have others write to Kenney and the PM etc. as you yourself wished.

I don’t know you from Adam Wayne but I will tell you frankly that the kitchen you have walked into is very hot; extremely so, and if you are going to stay in that room and do battle with those who are in the process of cooking our collective goose (so to speak) then you’d better get used to the heat. As for Tony he’s been around the block long enough that I’m surprised that he would be pissing and moaning about an issue such as what you’ve told me of.

I hope this helps in some way to explain my actions. As I said, as soon as I can find time to publish your concerns I will. I still say it was a helluva good letter and a timely one to boot.

Shine your Light for Love & Peace & Justice for All,

Arthur Topham
Pub/Ed
The Radical Press
Canada’s Radical News Network
radical@radicalpress.com
http://www.radicalpress.com
“Digging to the root of the issues since 1998”

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Letter to PM Harper regarding the Barring of the Honorable Mr. George Galloway MP by Wayne Prante

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British politician George Galloway sits with Palestinian students near their school, the al-Fadelah Islamic school, destroyed during Israel’s 22-day offensive that ended in January, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on March 11, 2009. (Ibraheem Abu Mustafa/Reuters

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[Editor's Note: The following letter addressed to Jason Kenney the Federal government shill responsible for barring MP George Galloway from speaking to real Canadians on real, substantive issues of sovereignty and social democracy and freedom of speech by Wayne Prante is a fine response to the minister's kowtowing stance toward the Zionist lobbyists like B'nai Brith Canada, the Canadian Jewish Congress and this Jewish Defense League mossad operative who was able to influence our government into shaming itself before the whole world!

It's bloody well time that Canadians come out of their mind-controlled stupor and realize just how detrimental these foreign lobbyists are to our national security and our identity as a democratic, freedom-loving people who value our sacred rights to free speech and association.

Recent events in Calgary where we saw our police agencies working overtime to protect the world's most recent and diabolical war criminal, George Bush Jr. so he could continue to bullshit his way about the world claiming fame when he ought to be in jail is another blow to Canada's sovereignty and pride. Rather than arrest the global killer they wasted their energy on arresting and beating up the one man of courage, John Boncore, aka Splitting-the-Sky, who had the balls to do what the cops should have done at the onset of this travesty of human rights. 

We need thousands upon thousands of Canadians writing letters to these Zionist lackeys in Ottawa telling them their days are numbered. In case you don't have Jason Kenney's email address why I just happen to have it handy. See the bottom of this post for his contacts. Write, fax or phone the shill and let him know how YOU feel about the sell-out of our country to the Zionist lobbyists.

My sincere thanks to Mr. Prante for showing courage and honesty at a time when others are only showing apathy and cowardice.]

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To: Prime Minister/Premier ministre pm@pm.gc.ca
Office of the Prime Minister / Cabinet du Premier ministre
From: “Wayne Prante” wayne1402@shaw.ca

Subject : REGARDING THE BARRING OF THE HONOURABLE MR. GEORGE GALLOWAY, MP (UK)

Tuesday, March 24, 2009

JKenneyZioshillBanner

Dear Mr. Kenney, et al

Mr. Galloway should absolutely be allowed to visit and speak in MY Canada!

I would be honoured to have a man of his honesty, integrity and moral character speaking to Canadians, indeed, as a guest speaker in the House of Commons of Canada, as moral character is something which is sadly lacking there! I’m sure you might learn a thing or two.

Mr. Galloway has NOT supported terrorism as the JDL suggests, but rather, has tried to assist human beings in need of aid, to tried to avert the catastrophe of innocents, and eliminate needless human suffering. He is to be RESPECTED and COMMENDED, not barred. At least, that is how the Canada I was born in would react.

The JDL does not speak for the majority of Canadians, but merely presumes to. Need I remind you, that you, and your government are OUR servants Mr. Kenny, and are there at the pleasure of Canadians, not the JDL – theoretically anyways. Your actions, however, give us great cause to doubt that.

It is YOU sir, the JDL, and other political Zionist groups in this country, who are acting like WWII Nazis* and undermining freedom and democracy, not only here at home, but around the world.  It is YOU who are supporting rogue nations and ‘aiding and abetting’ terrorists and ‘war criminals’, and fighting illegal wars. It is YOU who are responsible for the deaths of well over a hundred fine Canadian soldiers. And it is YOU who is bringing shame upon Canada, for the all of the above, as well as by barring peace activists and humanitarians to Canada, while allowing the likes of Bush and other former members of his rogue government come and go at will.

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Kenny (center job) with his CJC buds discussing ‘anti-Semitism’

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Modern day Israel was itself brought into existence by terrorism perpetrated by Zionists against the UK (and by extension, the Commonwealth, which includes Canada), but now Israel is considered a legitimate ‘democratic’ nation. Do we not see a contradiction here?  Most Canadians that I speak to see that very clearly.

The JDL, which you apparently support and legitimize has in fact been branded a terrorist organization by the FBI.  Hamas, on the other hand, has been democratically elected by the Palestinians and your failure to recognize that is racist, hypocritical, and shameful.

Evidence? Let me kindly refer you to an article which has just been published in the Guardian, documenting Israeli War Crimes, admitted to by it’s own former soldiers:

‘Gaza war crime claims gather pace as more troops speak out – Fresh allegations have come to light that gung-ho leadership inculcated a culture of disregard for Palestinian casualties.’  http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/mar/22/israel-palestinian-territories-war-crimes  (March 22nd, 2009)

Here is a quote:

‘An investigation by a group of former Israeli soldiers has uncovered new evidence of the military’s conduct during the assault on Gaza two months ago. According to the group Breaking the Silence, the witness statements of the 15 soldiers who have come forward to describe their concerns over Operation Cast Lead appear to corroborate claims of random killings and vandalism carried out during the operation made by a separate group of anonymous servicemen during a seminar at a military college..’

By your definition, I guess that makes those former Israeli soldiers ‘hate criminals’ and ‘terrorist supporters’ for speaking out, and me one too for daring to repeat it, as opposed to the obvious conclusion that the government of Israel has committed crimes against humanity, with the complicity and endorsement of your government.

Perhaps what you really need to do is ban the JDL and other Zionist lobby groups for supporting war criminals and terrorists, in the rogue nation of Israel, and stop them from spreading hate, fear and propaganda in Canada?

HarperZioflag

“We stand on guard for thee” Oh Israel!!!

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When you speak of supporting Hamas as a ‘terrorist organization’, let us also not forget Mr. Kenney, that we in Canada recognize two separatist parties from Quebec, certain members of which might now still be planting bombs and blowing people up, were it not for official recognition of them. Has the Quebec Crisis gone down the political memory hole too? Is the irony lost on you?

No, Mr. Galloway is not a problem at all for most Canadians. Hearing him would be very refreshing, given the drivel we get from the likes of you.  It is YOU and your government, who have lost the respect and support of the Canadian people, are out of touch with reality, and have no legitimacy, much less ‘moral’ authority to govern and represent us.

Your recent negligence and dereliction of duty to act against the ‘reasonably suspected’ international war criminal George W. Bush adds further evidence of this, as well as the arrest of the one man in this country who had the courage and moral character to attempt to perform a citizen’s arrest of Mr. Bush in Calgary (which the Government of Canada was legally obligated to do). This not only adds insult to injury, it makes you complicit in war crimes, by aiding and abetting!

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John Boncore, aka Splitting-the-Sky, attempting to arrest war criminal George W. Bush in Calgary

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In the interest of ‘Peace, Order and Good Government’, the ‘honourable’ thing for you to do Mr. Kenney, Mr. Harper, et al, is resign!

Not, however, because I have any more faith in the sitting opposition parties, who also have no moral character or backbone, but on principle, assuming you even comprehend the term.

Canadians of good, moral character are outraged, ashamed, disgusted and fed up with ALL of you, and are sick and tired of seeing their county’s good name being dragged through the mud.

Sincerely,

Wayne Prante,
Maple Ridge, BC
V2X 4E1

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* My preference would have been to have compared these Zionists to their fore-runners the Bosheviks of the former USSR. Ed.

Reply from Harper’s office:
REGARDING THE BARRING OF THE HONOURABLE MR. GEORGE GALLOWAY, MP (UK):

On Tue, 3/24/09, Prime Minister/Premier ministre pm@pm.gc.ca wrote:
Letter to PM Harper regarding the Barring of the Honorable Mr. George Galloway MP by Wayne Prante

From: Prime Minister/Premier ministre pm@pm.gc.ca
Office of the Prime Minister / Cabinet du Premier ministre
To: “Wayne Prante” wayne1402@shaw.ca
Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Dear Mr. Prante:

On behalf of the Right Honourable Stephen Harper, I would like to thank you for your recent e-mail.

Please be assured that your comments have been noted and that they will receive due consideration from the Minister, who has already received a copy of your correspondence.

L.A. Lavell
Executive Correspondence Officer
for the Prime Minister’s Office

Agent de correspondance
de la haute direction
pour le Cabinet du Premier ministre
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Contact Jason

Email:
kennej@parl.gc.ca

Constituency Office:

1168 137 Ave SE
Calgary, AB
T2J 6T6
P. 403-225-3480
F. 403-225-3504

Ottawa Office:

325 East Block
House of Commons
Ottawa, ON K1A 0A6
P. 613-992-2235
F. 613-992-1920

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SUPPORT LETTERS FOR RADICALPRESS.COM CONTINUE TO GROW!

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THE 1st EDITION OF THE RADICAL CAME OUT JUNE, 1998. IT’S HEADLINES NOW STAND AS A FOREWARNING OF THE STRUGGLES THAT LAY AHEAD WITH THE SUBVERSIVE FORCES OF TYRANNY EMBEDDED IN CANADA’S GOVERNMENT, JUDICIARY, MEDIA AND INSTITUTIONS

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Dear Free Speech lovers,

As you can see from the headlines of the First Edition of The Radical of June, 1998 the prime objective of The Radical Press was to ensure that Canadians would not end up living under a tyrannical government that used censorship to silence important debates of any nature be they political, religious, philosophical, or otherwise.

Whether that original headline was a prophetic warning of things to come or not waits to be seen still. Judging from the events of the last few years it appears that the forces of repression and censorship in this nation are bound and determined to do their best to turn Canada into another Orwellian police state where freedom of speech becomes a thing of the past.

As we’ve seen just recently with the Harper government’s shameful kowtowing to the Canadian Jewish Defense League and their  banishing of British MP George Galloway from entering Canada, the writing is definitely on the wall! Now is the time for concerned citizens everywhere to speak out and let our politicians know, in no uncertain terms, that such behavior on the part of our elected representatives is NOT ACCEPTABLE IN THIS FREE NATION!

The Zionist forces hiding within these lobbyist groups like B’nai Brith Canada, the Canadian Jewish Congress and this newcomer on the block, the Jewish Defense League, are all working in the interests of foreign governments rather than the people of Canada and our right to free expression.

Since I first put out a plea on the net March 2, 2009 for letters of support in my battle with Zionist B’nai Brith Canada the response has been phenomenal and positive. From notable and busy activists such as Jeff Rense, David Icke, and Canadian website owner Connie Fournier of www.freedominion.ca to people across Canada, the USA and the world, encouraging messages of support for freedom of speech on the Internet are growing stronger by the day.

As only a couple of days remain before I must send all these letters to the Tribunal as part of the upcoming hearing process I’m enclosing some examples received thus far by individuals who, regardless of their extremely busy schedules or place of residence, have taken the time to lend their support to this important complaint case by the CHRC and Tribunal.

Please read them or at least scan through them. Hopefully you will be moved to also express your thoughts on this issue. In more ways than one time is running out and please don’t misconstrue that statement as mere scare tactics on my part.
Anyone wishing to see the form letter that can help you with the basics of the case please go to the following url at RadicalPress.com. http://www.radicalpress.com/?p=937

Also I must put in a plug for financial help from those willing and able. Please see  http://www.radicalpress.com/?p=930    for details.

Please pass this message along if you can. Thanks.

PS. Due to time constrains I’m not going to make links of all the email addresses contained in the letters. If you wish to contact any of the writers merely copy and paste their address from the article.

Shine your Light for Love & Peace & Justice for All,

Arthur Topham
Pub/Ed
The Radical Press

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LETTERS OF SUPPORT FOR RADICALPRESS.COM

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Shastah Topham
shastatopham@yahoo.com

Nancy Lafontant
Registry Officer
Canadian Human Rights Tribunal
Nancy.Lafontant@chrt-tcdp.gc.ca

Date: March 25th 2009

Nancy Lafontant,

RE: File Number: T1360/9008

The complaint case by the Canadian Human Rights Commission involving Arthur Topham and his website RadicalPress.com and Harry Abrams and the League for Human Rights of B’nai Brith Canada is one which deeply concerns me.

Arthur Topham and I have been married for over thirty years. My Jewish heritage has never been an issue in our life together – in fact quite the opposite. He often mentioned he knew he would marry a Jewish woman.

I feel that it is of paramount importance for the tribunal to distinguish the difference between “anti-Semitism” and “anti-Zionism”. They are not one and the same concept.

Anti-Semitism bespeaks of racism and hatred towards Jews. My husband Arthur Topham has never demonstrated behaviors of racism or hatred toward myself, or any person, group, or religion.

Political Zionism, on the other hand, is a practice which is not remotely connected to religion or God. It is more of a philosophy or ideology based on astronomical greed, corruption, power and control.

The book, “The Protocols of the Elders of Zion” clearly indicates the ideology and concepts of what Zionism is based on. I suggest that each and every person within the CHR Commission and the CHR Tribunal read “The Protocols of the Elders of Zion” to educate themselves on the true nature of Political Zionism.

My husband Arthur Topham, in his quest to expose Political Zionism and educate the world, is uncovering a massive Zionist secret nest of lies and deceit, the origin of which goes back well beyond the Twentieth Century.

Any attempts to muzzle the truths that Arthur Topham is bringing forward to the public would be silencing his God given right to free speech. All people who sit on the CHRC and CHRT are cognizant of this truth, and must therefore decide which master they will serve – SATANIC ideology – or the GOD of TRUTH, INTEGRITY and LOVE.

Mrs. Shastah Topham
Cottonwood, B.C.

#86

Nancy Lafontant
Registry Officer
Canadian Human Rights Tribunal
Nancy.Lafontant@chrt-tcdp.gc.ca

March 20, 2009

Dear Nancy Lafontant,

RE: File Number: T1360/9008

The complaint case by the Canadian Human Rights Commission involving Arthur Topham and his website RadicalPress.com and Harry Abrams and the League for Human Rights of B’nai Brith Canada is not only of extreme importance to citizens of Canada but also to the people of the United States of America.

I am an American citizen and the owner of a major alternative News Network (www.rense.com) and the host-producer of my own nationally-syndicated Talk Radio Program (for 15 years) here in the U.S.

Like Canada’s notorious Sec. 13 of the Canadian Human Rights Act, our US House Judiciary is also currently facing two pending federal ‘hate’ crime bills-HR 256 and 262.

These ‘hate crimes’ bills – introduced by special interest groups not unlike those in Canada now attempting to destroy Mr. Topham and his website – pose a direct threat to the First Amendment to our US Constitution; and like Sec. 13 of your CHR Act, ought to have no place in any of our respective nations’ law books.  All human beings have a God-given birthright to their own opinions and thoughts.  There is no such thing as ‘partial’ or ‘restricted’ free speech just as there is no way to be partially pregnant.  We either have full, unfettered Freedom of Speech, or we have none.

I am adamant in my feeling that the VAST majority of Canadians, just like Americans, do not want or need ANY anti-free speech laws…and all efforts in that regard should be taken to rid your nation of them.

It is my position that censorship of ideas and opinions of people anywhere has no place in the media nor on the Internet in a free world.

On behalf of Arthur Topham and RadicalPress.com, I would ask that you give serious attention to eliminating these draconian laws from your Canadian Human Rights Act and allow Freedom of Speech to resume its rightful place in all forms of debate.

Sincerely,

Jeff Rense
sightings@mindspring.com

#88

Nancy Lafontant
Registry Officer
Canadian Human Rights Tribunal
Nancy.Lafontant@chrt-tcdp.gc.ca

March 22, 2009

Dear Nancy Lafontant,

RE: File Number: T1360/9008

The complaint case brought against Arthur Topham and his website RadicalPress.com by the League for Human Rights of B’nai Brith Canada via the Canadian Human Rights Commission is not only of utmost importance to all Canadians who wish to express themselves on the Internet freely but to people everywhere who value this basic human right.

As a British citizen and the owner/operator of one of the world’s largest alternative websites ( www.davidicke.com ) I find it outrageous that such injustice is now being perpetrated upon Arthur Topham and his website.

Like Mr. Topham I also have also been attacked by the likes of former CHRC Investigator and serial litigator Richard Warman, who takes the term ‘thin skin’ to new levels of meaning. As a result, I have been accused of similar ludicrous “hate crimes” when I could not be racist if my life depended on it. So I understand the nature of this charge against Topham and his website.

Canada’s notorious and discredited Sec. 13 of the Canadian Human Rights Act, was designed by special interest groups such as the Canadian Jewish Congress, B’nai Brith Canada and others and then inserted into the CHR Act to be used against other individual Canadians and groups who, according to Canada’s Bill of Rights and its Charter of Rights and Freedoms as well as the International Right under the Charter of Rights of the United Nations, nonetheless retain the legal, and most basic, human right to express their opinions and those of others on their websites or in their public writings.

This problem of Zionist lobby groups attempting to subvert the constitutional rights of free speech in so-called free nations around the world is becoming more and more obvious and vast numbers of people who once dismissed such claims as ‘racist’ are now seeing this blatant fact. The example of your federal government banning an elected British MP, George Galloway, from entering Canada is just the most recent and graphic example of what I’m talking about.

On behalf of Arthur Topham and RadicalPress.com, and all freedom-supporting Canadians who oppose such actions by lobbyists for foreign nations, I would suggest you give serious attention to eliminating these draconian laws from your Canadian Human Rights Act and allow the fundamental and crucial right to freedom of speech to resume its rightful place in all forms of debate.

After all, your own children and grandchildren will also have to live in the Orwellian world you are helping to create. Will they thank-you for it? Or be disgusted?

Sincerely,

David Icke
8 Vernon House,
20 Wood Street,
Ryde,
Isle of Wight
United Kingdom
PO33 2JR

BOOKRES@aol.com

#87

Nancy Lafontant
Registry Officer
Canadian Human Rights Tribunal
Nancy.Lafontant@chrt-tcdp.gc.ca

March 20, 2009

Dear Nancy Lafontant,

RE: File Number: T1360/9008

I am writing on behalf of Arthur Topham from the Radical Press.

Mr. Topham is the respondent in a Section 13 complaint by Mr. Harry Abrams.

Although Arthur Topham has political opinions that differ vastly from my own, I think it is important that he is allowed to express them, and I am deeply disgusted that the CHRC is still busily trying to censor Canadian citizens.

The CHRC has come under intense scrutiny over the past year, and this whole process has been discredited.  It really is time that they stopped trying to police the online speech of Canadians and started doing something useful, like protecting human rights instead of stomping on them.

When this case goes to a Tribunal, I guarantee that it will be covered extensively in the online media, and that the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal will not have another opportunity to conduct their business in the dark and, in the words of Richard Warman, “continue their tradition” of issuing lifetime Cease and Desist Orders to every respondent.

Mr. Topham will not be fighting this fight alone.  Those days are over.

Sincerely,

Connie Fournier
Free Dominion
Connie Fournier
connie@freedominion.ca

#85

Nancy Lafontant
Registry Officer
Canadian Human Rights Tribunal
Nancy.Lafontant@chrt-tcdp.gc.ca

March 19, 2009

Ms Lafontant;

RE: File Number: T1360/9008

I’m writing to you today to express my concerns over a case currently before your tribunal; Harry Abrams and the B’nai Brith vs. Arthur Topham and his website radicalpress.com.

Right off the bat I’m going to tell you that I think Topham’s ideas, in regards to Jews, are repulsive.  I find them inaccurate and ill-informed.  That said, however, I also have a very strong belief that as a free individual in what is supposed to be a free country, Topham has the right to express those ideas unhindered by the state.  As a person who believes very strongly in the fundamental right of ALL Canadians to be able to express their opinions without fear, I wish to register my dissatisfaction with the fact that special lobby groups and thin skinned serial complainers are attempting to use the Canadian Human Rights Act and Sec. 13(1) to stop their fellow Canadians from expressing their opinions and beliefs.

Arthur Topham is before your Tribunal where he’s charged with the crime of committing “hate speech”.  More specifically, as indicated by Harry Abrams in his complaint, and while Abrams was gloating on the Western Standard blog ( http://www.no-libs.com/files/w_s_abrams.htm ), Topham is being persecuted for making available, a copy of the “Protocols Of The Elders Of Zion”, a document that is freely available on the internet.  I myself have made that document available on my website, along with 2 other documents that Harry Abrams will surely find offensive; the Quran http://no-libs.com/media/docs/Quran.pdf and Mein Kampf http://no-libs.com/media/docs/meinkampf.pdf .

If Harry Abrams and your tribunal are to continue with your persecution of Arthur Topham, you’ll have to stand me alongside him as I’ve committed the exact same “crime”.

My name is Richard Evans and you know where to find me.

Richard Evans
richard@no-libs.com

#79

Nancy Lafontant
Registry Officer
Canadian Human Rights Tribunal
Nancy.Lafontant@chrt-tcdp.gc.ca

Date: March 16, 2009

Dear Nancy Lafontant,

RE: File Number: T1360/9008

I have known Arthur Topham as editor of Radical Press for approximately 15 years and he has always expressed his opinions openly without prejudice and he has no expectations of persuasion or transference on behalf of the reader. He often expresses radical assumptions and provides interesting conjecture through his editorials. His aptly named former newspaper and website “Radical Press” should indicate to any free thinking intelligent individual the challenging level of his discourse.

As a person who believes very strongly in the fundamental right of ALL Canadians to be able to express their opinions and views without fear of legal repercussions I wish to register my dissatisfaction with the fact that special lobby groups in Canada are attempting to use the Canadian Human Rights Act and Sec. 13(1) to stop their fellow Canadians from expressing their opinions and beliefs on matters of importance to Canada.

I strongly feel that a person’s right to speak their mind in an open, civil and truthful manner on political, social and religious issues of the day is crucial to an understanding of how our society and the world at large works and that a person’s viewpoint should not be censored merely because it disagrees with either the status quo or the position of another interest group with differing political views.

Judging from how this Sec. 13(1) of the Canadian Human Rights Act has been used to unfairly penalize free expression in Canada I believe that this legislation should be removed from the CHR Act and that issue of “hate crimes” should be dealt with as in the Criminal Code of Canada where a person thus charged has the right to a fair trial in a court of law with either a Judge or a Judge and Jury.

Thank you,

Denis Walsh,
City Councillor, Kamloops.
520A Seymour St.,
Kamloops, BC
denis@telus.net

#84

March 18, 2009

Nancy Lafontant
Registry Officer
Canadian Human Rights Tribunal
Nancy.Lafontant@chrt-tcdp.gc.ca

Dear Ms Lafontant,

RE: File Number: T1360/9008 (B’nai B’rith Canada vs. RadicalPress.com)

I am writing in connection to the complaint made against Mr. Arthur Topham and The Radical that is now before the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal.  In this case, the complaint appears to have been brought by the B’nai B’rith in regard to Mr. Topham’s writings on Israel and Zionism.  A recent case against columnist Mark Steyn was made by another special interest group alleging that Mr. Steyn had instigated hatred against Muslims.

As a person of Jewish heritage, I find much of what Mr. Topham writes about these topics difficult to read, occasionally overstated, and sometimes (in my view) simply wrong.  By the same token, I find Mr. Steyn’s commentary about Islam and Muslims often misguided.  Both of these journalists, however, are also often thought provoking and insightful.  Regardless of how one views such writings, whether they match the world/political/social perspectives of others, the freedom to express opinions publicly without the fear of legal repercussions for doing so is a fundamental civil right of all Canadians.

Certainly, there are those who would find any criticism of a particular group or ideology offensive, yet it is not the place of such self-appointed guardians to protect me or my fellow citizens from opinions that may not match our own.  The hallmark of a free society is the right to hold contrary opinions and to express them in public.  For this reason, any attempt to censor so called hateful ideas by the use of the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal has no place in such a society.  Commentary that poses real risks to the lives of others can easily be dealt with by means of the Criminal Code of Canada. Using Sec. 13(1) of the Canadian Human Rights Act to accomplish the work of the Criminal Code is a blatant misuse of the laws of the land.  It is also, I suggest, a certain path to political tyranny of the majority to censor ideas and their expression.

Sincerely yours,

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Canada ban’s Irish MP: Galloway faces his Jewish Defence League (JDL) “Terrorist” accuser

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Anti-war MP George Galloway leader of the Respect party in Britain

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[Editor’s Note: Thanks to Charles Tupper for sending along this amazing video of yet another Mossad/Israeli/Zionist front organization out to tell Canada’s government and the people of Canada who the hell can come here and speak on issues of concern to Canadians! WHAT A DISGUSTING PILE OF BIGOTRY AND HYPOCRISY BY MP HARPER AND THE CONSERVATIVE GOVERMENT!!!

As Michael Rivero of http://whatreallyhappened.com rightly states:

The decision to ban George Galloway from Canada seems odd, but now it emerges that the Jewish Defence League (JDL) pressured the Canadian Government to do so. The action takes on sinister connotations for Canada, why? Because the Jewish Defence League are according to the FBI a Terrorist Group. In its report, Terrorism 2000/2001, the FBI referred to the JDL as a "violent extremist Jewish organization". This "violent extremist Jewish organization" now it seems has power and influence over the Canadian Government.

Canadians are just waking up to the fact that Israel controls their government just as much as it does the USA. And note that inevitably, the Israeli shill has to fall back on the Holocaust to try to bludgeon his way through Galloway's arguments. The good point is watching the Israeli whore thrashing around and clearly aware that he is losing the war for legitimacy in the public eye.]

Canada ban’s Irish MP: Galloway faces his Jewish Defence League (JDL) “Terrorist” accuser

PLEASE WATCH THIS AMAZING YOU TUBE OF THE ZIONIST THUG TRYING TO JUSTIFY HIS POSITION AND SPEAK FOR CANADIANS!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAm7rfHKSyY

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/mar/20/george-galloway-banned-canada
George Galloway banned from Canada

• Anti-war MP banned on grounds of national security
• ‘This idiotic ban shames Canada,’ says Galloway

By Deborah Summers and agencies


Friday 20 March 2009

George Galloway: branded the decision ‘irrational, inexplicable and an affront to Canada’s good name’.
Anti-war MP George Galloway has been banned from Canada, it emerged today.

A Canadian spokesman confirmed that the Respect MP had been deemed inadmissible on national security grounds and would not be allowed into the country.

Galloway today branded the ban “idiotic” and vowed to fight the ruling with “all means” at his disposal. He is due to give a speech in Toronto on 30 March.

Earlier today the Sun said border security officials had declared Galloway, 54, “inadmissible” because of his views on Afghanistan and the presence of Canadian troops there and would be turned away if he attempted to enter the country.

A spokesman for Citizenship and Immigration Canada said the decision had been taken by border security officials “based on a number of factors” in accordance with section 34(1) of the country’s immigration act.

The act states:

“A permanent resident or a foreign national is inadmissible on security grounds for:

(a) engaging in an act of espionage or an act of subversion against a democratic government, institution or process as they are understood in Canada;

(b) engaging in or instigating the subversion by force of any government;

(c) engaging in terrorism;

(d) being a danger to the security of Canada;

(e) engaging in acts of violence that would or might endanger the lives or safety of persons in Canada; or

(f) being a member of an organisation that there are reasonable grounds to believe engages, has engaged or will engage in acts referred to in paragraph (a), (b) or (c).”

Galloway, MP for Bethnal Green and Bow, is consulting the organisers of his north American speaking tour and exploring whether legal action can be taken to overturn the ban.

Jason Kenney, Canada’s immigration minister, has the right to exempt people from the act if it is felt that their presence would not be “detrimental to the national interest”.

But a spokesman said Kenney would “decline to exercise that discretion” in Galloway’s case.

Alykhan Velshi, Kenney’s spokesman, said that the act was designed to protect Canadians from people who fund, support or engage in terrorism.

“We’re going to uphold the law, not give special treatment to this infamous street-corner Cromwell who actually brags about giving ‘financial support’ to Hamas, a terrorist organisation banned in Canada,” he said. “I’m sure Galloway has a large Rolodex of friends in regimes elsewhere in the world willing to roll out the red carpet for him. Canada, however, won’t be one of them.”

Responding to the news, Galloway issued a statement headed: “This idiotic ban shames Canada.”

The MP said: “This decision, gazetted in Rupert Murdoch’s Sun, is a very sad day for the Canada we have known and loved – a bastion of the freedoms that supporters of the occupation of Afghanistan claim to be defending.

“This has further vindicated the anti-war movement’s contention that unjust wars abroad will end up consuming the very liberties that make us who we are.

“This may be a rather desperate election ploy by a conservative government reaching the end of line, or by a minister who has not cottoned on to the fact that the George Bush era is over.

“All right-thinking Canadians, whether they agree with me over the wisdom of sending troops to Afghanistan or not, will oppose this outrageous decision.

“On a personal note – for a Scotsman to be barred from Canada is like being told to stay away from the family home.

“This is not something I’m prepared to accept.”

Galloway is due to speak at a public forum entitled Resisting War from Gaza to Kandahar, hosted by the Toronto Coalition to Stop the War later this month.

He is also due to speak at a second public forum in Mississauga, west of Toronto, on 31 March.

His proposed visit prompted the Jewish Defence League of Canada to write an open letter to the country’s government urging it to do “everything possible to keep this hater away”.

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http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2009/03/20/galloway-ban-canada-kenney.html

British MP barred from Canada

Friday, March 20, 2009 |
CBC News

[First part a repeat of article above and snipped here. Ed.]
Opposition questions ban

Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff, speaking to reporters after a speech in Winnipeg Friday, said while he’s no fan of Galloway, people can’t be banned from Canada for what they may say.

“If he is being barred on free speech grounds that is an outrage,” said Ignatieff. “He can come to Canada and talk rubbish all day long as far as I’m concerned.”

But Ignatieff said Canadian security officials may know something he doesn’t.

“If there is a security threat, that is another matter,” he said.

NDP immigration critic Olivia Chow said the Conservatives have a pattern of suppressing those who have contradictory views.
“The minister of immigration is becoming the minister of censorship,” Chow told Canadian Press. “We don’t have to agree with everything Mr. Galloway talks about.

“But, at bare minimum, they should be allowed to express their points of view so Canadians can make decisions themselves. This is pure censorship and it’s wrong.”

Jewish groups pleased

Jewish organizations B’nai Brith and the Canadian Jewish Congress applauded the decision.

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 B’nai Brith’s executive vice-president, Frank Dimant

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“We applaud the government for its explicit recognition that individuals who glorify terrorism and promote hatred be denied access into Canada,” said a statement from B’nai Brith’s executive vice-president, Frank Dimant.

Bernie Farber, CEO of the Canadian Jewish Congress, wrote: “George Galloway enables terrorism. In so doing he puts Canadian civilians at risk and comforts those who fight our soldiers in Afghanistan. The government’s decision was the right one from legal, security and moral viewpoints.”

Galloway was expelled from the Labour party in 2003 after publicly lashing out against British involvement in the Iraq war. Labour party officials said Galloway’s comments “incited foreign forces to rise up against British troops.”

He later helped form the anti-war Respect party.

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The Israel lobby gets its man—and tips its hand By Philip Weiss

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Chas Freeman – Exposing Zionist Jew Lobbyists

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http://www.amconmag.com/article/2009/mar/23/00006/
Freeman’s Fight

The Israel lobby gets its man—and tips its hand.

By Philip Weiss

Charles Freeman Jr.’s withdrawal of his acceptance of a high-level intelligence position in the Obama administration was a national-security drama more riveting than an episode of “24.” The moral was clear: even a president who owes his job to a progressive movement in American politics could not support a longtime public servant who had made the mistake of criticizing Israel. Fierce advocates of the Jewish state, notably Sens. Chuck Schumer and Joe Lieberman and Reps. Eric Cantor and Steve Israel, played important roles in Freeman’s exit, while present and former officials of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee flitted in and out of the wings.

The message to all office-seekers is obvious. “They want to kill the chicken to scare the monkeys. They want other people to be intimidated,” Freeman told The American Conservative just before he withdrew his name to be chairman of the National Intelligence Council. He went on, “If the administration does not stick with me, then it’s destroying the argument that the Israel lobby is only a mythic entity and does not control the public space. … It will show the world that it is not able to exercise independent thinking on these issues.”

If there was encouraging news in the administration’s collapse, there it was. When Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair announced Freeman’s withdrawal late on the afternoon of March 10, the matter was on center stage, in plain sight of what Freeman calls “the American political class.”

Three hours later, Freeman issued a statement directly accusing the Israel lobby of “doing widening damage to the national security of the United States.” He wrote that its tactics “plumb the depths of dishonor and indecency and include character assassination, selective misquotation, the willful distortion of the record, the fabrication of falsehoods, and an utter disregard for the truth.” He continued:

I believe that the inability of the American public to discuss, or the government to consider, any option for U.S. policies in the Middle East opposed by the ruling faction in Israeli politics has allowed that faction to adopt and sustain policies that ultimately threaten the existence of the state of Israel. It is not permitted for anyone in the United States to say so.

Freeman’s ability to say so to a wide audience was electrifying and unique. His charge was soon mentioned in the chief boroughs of liberal opinion, National Public Radio, the Washington Post, and the New York Times. Time’s Joe Klein called his exit “an assassination,” and The Atlantic’s Andrew Sullivan said it was a “scalping.” Unlike countless other incidents in which American policy on the Middle East has been compromised behind closed doors, this time the Israel lobby was seen fleeing the scene of the crime.

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Splitting the Sky Arrested at Calgary Bush Protest

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Splitting the Sky Arrested at Bush Protest in Calgary

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[Editor's Note: I received an email from Splitting the Sky's wife Sandra Bruderer on Tuesday, March 17th informing me that he had called her at 11:44 am to say he'd been arrested by Calgary police and was in jail. As Sandra said, "He was arrested this morning in Calgary for trying to break the police line and arrest former President George Bush for war crimes and crimes against humanity."

He told his wife that the police could hold him for up to 24 hours.

She further stated, "There are people down there trying to get him released. One of them just called me to say that they have been told that Dac has been released but they don't know where. They don't see him and none of us have heard from him since. So we don't believe that he has been released. The Calgary police is saying that he has been released but he hasn't.

Tony [Hall] just called back to say that Dac is still in jail there as someone has been in to see him. He is being held till tomorrow and is being charged with assault. Dac’s lawyer Ramsey Clark has been notified. Dac said there were lots of cameras down there and something should be on the Calgary news tonight.

Arrest Bush!!”]

http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Politics/2009/03/17/pf-8783241.html

March 17, 2009
Protesters greet Bush in Calgary
By THE CANADIAN PRESS

George W. Bush will discuss his eight years in the Oval Office when he visits Calgary, Alta., Tuesday

CALGARY — The rage on the man’s face was evident as he berated police officers preventing him from entering the building where former U.S. president George W. Bush was making a speech Tuesday.

“There is a war criminal upstairs that has committed murder,” screamed the man, who identified himself only as Splitting the Sky. “If I try to get in there you will arrest me. What is wrong with you?

“I am going in there and make a citizen’s arrest,” he said as he attempt to push past police. “Arrest George Bush. Arrest George Bush.”

A few minutes later he was handcuffed and hustled past a long line of Calgary’s business elite waiting to get inside the Telus Convention Centre.

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An unflattering photo of Splitting the Sky attempting to break through police lines outside the Telus Convention Centre in Calgary Tuesday March 17th to make a citizens arrest of War Criminal George W. Bush. He was arrested soon after.

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Protest organizers say at least four demonstrators were arrested at Tuesday’s event.

About 60 Calgary police officers were on duty outside to control between 200 and 300 people carrying signs that read “No to U.S. Crimes Against Humanity,” “Indict Bush For War Crimes” and “Canada Is Not Bush Country.”

Another sign read “Shoe Him The Door” — a reference to the Iraqi journalist who threw his shoe at Bush during a news conference in Baghdad in December.

Two Calgary men showed up at the demonstration to support the former U.S. president. Their signs read “The World Is Safer Because of George W. Bush.”

“Thank you, George Bush. Thank you, George Bush,” they chanted.

“He doesn’t sit down and negotiate with terrorists,” shouted one of the men, who identified himself as Merle.

“Try doing this in Cuba,” he said as he pointed to the jeering protesters.

There were shoes everywhere during the protest. A young woman wearing a hood, orange jumpsuit and a name tag that said “Club Gitmo” was pulling a shoe cannon along with a target festooned with pictures of Bush.

An obviously amused police officer told her to leave.

Some of those opposed to Bush’s visit have said he should be arrested as a war criminal because of alleged torture at military prisons in Iraq and Guantanamo Bay.

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A protester chants slogans outside the venue where former U.S. President

George Bush was invited to speak to a crowd of Calgary business people on

Tuesday, March 17, 2009. (Jeff McIntosh / THE CANADIAN PRESS)

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Tuesday’s speech was one of the first public appearances Bush has made since leaving the presidency in January with a dismal approval rating and much of the blame for his country’s collapsing economy. The speech was closed to the media.

“It’s not too late to turn back. Walk away,” the demonstrators yelled to some of the 1,500 guests invited to hear Bush speak to the Calgary Chamber of Commerce.

A couple of hundred people lined up early to go through a special security screening room before entering the hall where Bush was speaking.

A few said the former president has to take some of the responsibility for what has happened in the United States, but also has the right to talk about his administration.

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http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20090317/Bush_calgary_090317/20090317?hub=TopStories
Protesters greet George Bush in Calgary

Tue. Mar. 17 2009 8:08 PM ET

The Canadian Press

CALGARY – George W. Bush wooed a packed crowd at a private luncheon in Calgary with his trademark folksy charm, while hundreds of protesters outside hurled insults and shoes at the former U.S. president’s image.

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Former U.S. president George W. Bush, left, speaks with former Canadian

ambassador to the United States Frank McKenna at an invitation-only event

on Tuesday, March 17, 2009 in Calgary. (AP / TinePublic, Ewan Nicholson)

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Four demonstrators were arrested outside the downtown Calgary convention centre where Bush spoke for one of the first times since leaving office in January. At the time, he had a dismal approval rating and was blamed for his country’s collapsing economy.

“There is a war criminal upstairs that has committed murder,” screamed one man, who identified himself only as Splits the Sky. “If I try to get in there you will arrest me. What is wrong with you?”

Bush’s affable public persona, subdued by widespread criticism of his administration near the end of his time as president, was front and centre as he explained his eight years in the Oval Office.

In his 35-minute speech, he drew ties between his childhood in rural Texas and life in rural Alberta, including the common binds of community and family.

Bush poked fun at himself, but also grew serious when talking about Canada’s role in providing the U.S. with a secure source of energy.

He also admitted his administration spent its final days “bailing water” trying to deal with the financial crisis, and said while there’s no easy answer going forward, more government involvement is not the solution.

The event was closed to the media, but many of the 1,500 people who paid $400 a ticket to hear Bush speak stopped to offer their impressions. Few seemed annoyed by the fact the event started an hour and a half late due to tight security screening.

“He was very, very candid. He was witty and witty in a way that you would have to be intelligent to be that witty,” said Calgary Tory MP Lee Richardson.

“He seemed to have a remarkable grasp of events and issues that just didn’t come through as president.”

Brenda Kenny, president of the Canadian Energy Pipeline Association, said Bush emphasized the interconnected, open markets that tie Canada and the U.S. together.

Peter Yates, a lawyer who has dual citizenship and voted against Bush in 2004, admitted the former president is very personable and gave an entertaining speech.

“My feelings are still the same — he’s a folksy affable guy but I don’t agree with his policies.”

Most of the 400 protesters waiting outside showed their negative feelings for Bush.

Some of those opposed to Bush’s visit have suggested he should be arrested as a war criminal because of alleged torture at military prisons in Iraq and Guantanamo Bay. Many yelled at police officers for not arresting Bush on the spot.

Signs read “No to U.S. Crimes Against Humanity,” “Indict Bush For War Crimes” and “Canada Is Not Bush Country, as well as “Shoe Him The Door” — a reference to the Iraqi journalist who threw his shoe at Bush during a news conference in Baghdad in December.

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A Protest sign that should have read: “Go To Jail Bush!!!”

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Two men showed up to support Bush, however. Their signs read “The World Is Safer Because of George W. Bush.”

“Thank you, George Bush. Thank you, George Bush,” they chanted.

The former president’s speech almost exactly marks six years since the invasion of Iraq, said organizer Peggy Askin, and it’s not OK to forget what happened in the ensuing years.

“He shouldn’t be able to go anywhere in the world and just present himself as a private citizen,” she said. “We do not have any use for bringing war criminals into this country. It’s an affront.”

One businessman in the audience said Bush implied he had some regrets from his time in office, although he didn’t give specifics.

“He admitted that maybe there were some things he could have done differently, but overall he made some sense with the reasons for doing it,” said George Fink, CEO of Bonterra Oil and Gas.

The 43rd president of the United States defended his reasons for military action in Iraq and Afghanistan, Fink said.

“He said if we were in his boots in 9-11, a short time after he got in, there was a big demand to do something, and he had to react and he reacted.”

Kenny said Bush seemed eager to explain his views, and he said he plans to write a book to show what happened during eight very challenging years.

“I wouldn’t say apologetic, I would say acknowledging that there was not always agreement and, frankly, just accepting that as a fact.”

The Globe and Mail reported on its website that besides defending his decision to invade Iraq, Bush said “risk takers,” not government, will solve the world recession and that he had positive things to say about current president Barack Obama.

“I love my country more than politics,” Bush said.

“He deserves my silence and if he wants my help he can pick up the phone and call me.”

On the economy, Bush even though he is a “free market guy,” he had to step in with a bail-out package in the waning days of his administration.

But he said the government can’t do it alone.

“It’s the risk takers, not the government, that is going to pull us out of this recession,” he said.

In a question and answer session, Bush defended the invasion of Iraq and the toppling of Saddam Hussein.

“The world is better off and the Iraqi people are better off without Saddam, no ifs, ands or buts,” he said.

There were shoes everywhere during the protest. A young woman wearing a hood, orange jumpsuit and a name tag that said “Club Gitmo” was pulling a shoe cannon along with a target festooned with pictures of Bush.

Protesters flung projectile footwear from the device at the massive photo of a smiling Bush, while others jeered and tossed sandals and boots by hand.

One of the arrested protesters was ticketed and released, said police. Three others were charged with more serious offences — one with breach of the peace and two with obstructing a police officer and resisting arrest.

Seventy-nine police officers were involved, but that included traffic members who closed off intersections for the president’s motorcade.

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Jewish Canadians Concerned About Suppression of Criticism of Israel

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Prime Minister Harper – an unabashed supporter of Zionist Israel

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Frank Demant – Zionist head of B’nai Brith Canada

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http://yayacanada.blogspot.com/
Jewish Canadians Concerned About Suppression of Criticism of Israel

Monday, March 16, 2009
The following statement was rejected by both the Toronto Star and the Globe and Mail (as an op-ed).

Over 150 Jewish Canadians signed a statement expressing their concerns about the campaign to suppress criticism of Israel that is being carried on within Canada. The signatories include many prominent Canadians, including Ursula Franklin O.C., Anton Kuerti O.C., Naomi Klein, Dr. Gabor Mate, and professors Meyer Brownstone (recipient of Pearson Peace Medal), Natalie Zemon Davis, Michael Neumann, and Judy Rebick.

The signatories are particularly concerned that unfounded accusations of anti-Semitism deflect attention from Israel’s accountability for what many have called war crimes in Gaza. They state that B’nai Brith and the Canadian Jewish Congress have led campaigns to silence criticism of Israel on university campuses, in labor unions and in other groups. Immigration Minister Jason Kenney and Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff unquestioningly echo the views of these particular Jewish organizations.

They strongly state that they are against all expressions of racism. While firmly committed to resisting any form of prejudice against Jewish people, their statement explicitly states that these spurious allegations of anti-Semitism bring the anti-Communist terror of the 1950s vividly to mind. The statement underlines the immeasurable suffering and injustice to the Palestinian people due to the severe poverty, daily humiliations, and military invasions inflicted by the State of Israel.

Statement: Jewish Canadians Concerned about Suppression of Criticism of Israel

We are Jewish Canadians concerned about all expressions of racism, anti-Semitism, and social injustice.  We believe that the Holocaust legacy “Never again” means never again for all peoples.  It is a tragic turn of history that the State of Israel, with its ideals of democracy and its dream of being a safe haven for Jewish people, causes immeasurable suffering and injustice to the Palestinian people.

We are appalled by recent attempts of prominent Jewish organizations and leading Canadian politicians to silence protest against the State of Israel. We are alarmed by the escalation of fear tactics.  Charges that those organizing Israel Apartheid Week or supporting an academic boycott of Israel are anti-Semites promoting hatred bring the anti-Communist terror of the 1950s vividly to mind.  We believe this serves to deflect attention from Israel’s flagrant violations of international humanitarian law.

B’nai Brith and the Canadian Jewish Congress have pressured university presidents and administrations to silence debate and discussion specifically regarding Palestine/Israel.  In a full-page ad in a national newspaper, B’nai Brith urged donors to withhold funds from universities because “anti-Semitic hate fests” were being allowed on campuses.  Immigration Minister Jason Kenney and Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff have echoed these arguments. While university administrators have resisted demands to shut down Israel Apartheid week, some Ontario university presidents have bowed to this disinformation campaign by suspending and fining students, confiscating posters, and infringing on free speech.

We do not believe that Israel acts in self-defense.  Israel is the largest recipient of US foreign aid, receiving $3 million/day.  It has the fourth strongest army in the world.  Before the invasion of Gaza on 27 December 2008, Israel’s siege had already created a humanitarian catastrophe there, with severe impoverishment, malnutrition, and destroyed infrastructure.  It is crucial that forums for discussion of Israel’s accountability to the international community for what many have called war crimes be allowed to proceed unrestricted by specious claims of anti-Semitism.

We recognize that anti-Semitism is a reality in Canada as elsewhere, and we are fully committed to resisting any act of hatred against Jews. At the same time, we condemn false charges of anti-Semitism against student organizations, unions, and other groups and people exercising their democratic right to freedom of speech and association regarding legitimate criticism of the State of Israel.

Signatories:

Abigail Bakan, Adam Balsam, Sharon Baltman, Julia Barnett, Lainie Basman, Jody Berland, Sam Blatt, Geri Blinik, Anita Block, Elizabeth Block, Sheila Block, Hannah Briemberg, Mark Brill, Stephen Brot, Meyer Brownstone, Eliza Burroughs, Smadar Carmon, Gyda Chud, Charles P. Cohen, Nathalie Cohen, David Copeland, Natalie Zemon Davis, Eliza Deutsch, James Deutsch, Judith Deutsch, Abbe Edelson, Jack Etkin, Elle Flanders, Danielle Frank, Ursula Franklin, Dan Freeman-Maloy, Miriam Garfinkle, Alisa Gayle, Jack Gegenberg, Mark Golden, Brenda Goldstein, Sue Goldstein, Cy Gonick, Marnina Gonick, Rachel Gotthilf, Amy Gottleib, Kevin A. Gould, Daina Green, Lisa Frances Greenspoon, Ricardo Grinspun, Cathy Gulkin, Rachel Gurofsky, Deboran Guterman, Yesse Gutman, Freda Guttman, Judy Haiven, Michael Hanna-Fein, Jean Hanson, Jan Heynen, Maria Heynen, Adam Hofmann, Jake Javanshir, Jeannie Kamins, Marylin Kanee, Howard S. Kaplan, Gilda Katz, Maxine Kaufman-Lacusta, Mira Khazzam, Bonnie Sher Klein, Mark Klein, Martin Klein, Naomi Klein, Joshua Katz-Rosene, Ryan Katz-Rosene, Judy Koch, Anton Kuerti, Jason Kunin, Aaron Lakoff, Michael Lambek, Natalie LaRoche, Richard Borshay Lee, Andy Lehrer, Gabriel Levin, Gabriel Levine, Joel Lexchin, Kim Linekin, Abby Lippman, Lee Lorch, Martin Lukacs, Audrey Macklin, Elise Maltin, Richard Marcuse, Wayne Mark, Gabor Mate, Arthur Milner, Anna Miransky, Dorit Naaman, Joanne Naiman, Neil Naiman, Michael Neumann, David-Marc Newman, David Noble, Clare O’Connor, Robin Ostow, Andre W. Payant, Jenny Peto, Simone Powell, Chanda Prescod-Weinstein, Fabienne Presentey, Yacov Rabkin, Diana Ralph, Naomi Rankin, Judy Rebick, Ester Reiter, Jillian Rogin, Richard Roman, Joseph Rosen, Herman Rosenfeld, Martha Roth, Marty Roth, Ruben Roth, E.Natalie Rothman, B. Sack, Ben Saifer, Miriam Sampaio, Jacob Scheir, Fred Schloessinger, Alan Sears, Shlomit Segal, Edward H. Shaffer, Noa Shaindlinger, Ray Shankman, Eva Sharell, Elliot Shek, Sid Shniad,  Max Silverman, Samuel Singer, Elizabeth Solloway, Susan Starkman, Greg Starr, Jonathan Sterne, Jeremy Stolow, Rhonda Sussman, Vera Szoke, Joe Tannenbaum, Howard Tessler, Marion Traub-Werner, Ceyda Turan, Sandra Tychsen, Cheryl Wagner, Jon McPhedran Waitzer, David Wall, Naomi Binder Wall, Kathy Wazana, Karen Weisberg, Barry Weisleder, Paul Weinberg, Judith Weisman, Suzanne Weiss, Abraham Weizfeld, Ernie Yacub, B.H. Yael, Yedida Zalik, Melvin Zimmerman

An open letter to all Christian Zionists

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Painting of Mary & Christ Child by a Controversial German artist 1913

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An Open Letter to All Christian Zionists

By Lifeforce

March 10, 2009

Dear Susan:

I have been very slow in responding to your email because I fear that I have provoked you with my commentary about the Zionist control of our government.  That was not my intention.  And if you feel threatened I regret that very much.  My purpose was to warn you.   If you are not aware, you cannot possibly protect yourself from the threat that Zionism poses for all of us.  And things are going to get a lot worse before they get better..

In your message you question my religious convictions.  If you notice in my message,  I never discussed the religious ramifications of this problem. I never once used the term “Jew.”  There is a very good reason for that. Zionism at its core is not about religion.  It is about politics, power and ultimately it is about the struggle for world domination. The conflict between the Arabs and the Israelis is not a religious conflict.  It is a political struggle for the control of the middle east.  Unlike our people, the people of the middle east understand this very well.   But you seem to want to reduce this discourse to the level of religion.   Discussing religion is something I generally avoid, because it is a dead end.  A no win proposition.  But since we apparently cannot escape that notion I will share with you some of my views.    I consider my personal spirituality far more important than man’s organized religion.  Millions have died because of man’s ability and willingness to distort the teachings of the great spiritual masters.  That is true now more  than ever.  Let’s just say that I love God, and I love God’s divine plan more than you can ever know.   I do believe in, and try very hard to FOLLOW,  the teachings of Christ.   I consider him to be the greatest savant and spiritual leader in world history.  Christ taught the world unconditional love, mercy, compassion and forgiveness for everyone —- including your enemies.  He lived and died by that mantra.  When he was being crucified he forgave his murderers. That seems to be the part that Christians have the hardest time remembering. Don’t you think it is  time to start?   In contrast to Christianity the Zionists have a saying:  “Never forgive, and never forget.”  And they don’t.  God’s chosen people?  That said, do you honestly believe that Jesus Christ would approve of what some of the so-called Christian churches are doing—with respect to their support of Zionism and Israel?  Do you think Christ would support the Zionists as they murder innocent Palestinian children.  I don’t think so.   The IDF deliberately targeted toddlers and small children in their latest genocidal attack on the Palestinians.  They consider it a sport to shoot children.  “Only head shots count.” Hundreds of children were shot by Israeli snipers.  When they lay dead they mutilated the bodies by using them for target practice.  One little girl had eighteen bullet holes in her body and her two year old sister, who she was carrying at the time of her death, was shot twelve times.    Do you think this is the kind of behavior that would be practiced by people who are God’s chosen?  I don’t think so.  That kind of behavior is not just evil, it is satanic.

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France Launches New Anti-Zionist Political Party

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ISRAEL’S APARTHEID WALL – THE RESULT OF RACIST ZIONISM

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[Editor's Note: The move by the French people to fight fire with fire as symbolized by this sensible, peaceful, democratic initiative to counter the devastating effects of political Zionism upon their once sovereign nation ought to be a inspiration to all other nations suffering under this restricting and debilitating yoke. I can only dream that Canada and the USA and Great Britain and Australia and especially Germany would be paying close attention to this laudable initiative on the part of the French people and in turn follow suit.

The danger to every democratic nation on Earth posed by this racist, apartheid political ideology is glaringly apparent to those who have been witness to the terrible, unjust deeds inflicted upon the Palestinian people of Gaza and Palestine proper over the past 60 years. Much of this tragedy has remained hidden from the west due to the complicity of the Zionist media in silencing both the actions of Israel and suppressing open debate and contrary information as well as efforts via specious lobby groups in the west such as the B'nai Brith and its arm known as the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) plus other Zionist groups such as the Canadian Jewish Congress here in this country to penalize and censor any criticism of the actions of this political ideology.

Maybe it time for Canada to come up with its own anti-Zionist political party. How about the "Canadian Anti-Zionist Party" (CAZP)? Simple and to the point. Upcoming political aspirants and Canadian sovereigntists and patriots please take note! :-) ]

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France Launches New Anti-Zionist Political Party

March 13, 2009

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In an attempt to rid it’s country from the control of Zionist Lobby Groups and organizations, France has launched it’s new Anti Zionist Political Party called “Parti Anti Sioniste.” http://www.partiantisioniste.com/ Below are the party’s goals taken from a translated page:

EFFORTS AND AMBITIONS OF ANTI Zionist PARTY IN FRANCE

• To eliminate the Zionist interference in the affairs of the Nation.

• Denounce all the politicians who are advocating Zionism.

• Eliminating all forms of Zionism in the nation.

• Prevent companies and institutions to contribute to the war effort of a foreign nation that does not respect international law.

• Unleashing our state, our government and our institutions of the grip and the pressure of Zionist organizations.

• Unleashing the media for a plurality of information to promote freedom of expression.

• Promote the free expression of the politics, culture, philosophy and religion and free of Zionism.

• Restoring power in France and the French under the new geopolitical and economic rules on the big issues that engage the responsibility of the Nation.

• Do not engage France in the wars of colonization and repatriate our armed forces stationed in Africa, Afghanistan and around the world.

• Requiring a referendum for any new commitment of France abroad.

• Establish a bill to ban dual nationality to participate in war without explicit mandate of the Nation.

• Prohibit any militia whatever their faith.

• Establish a national dialogue to raise awareness and a society that excludes any advocacy of Zionism.

• Set the mode of voting by proportional representation so that all segments of society are represented.

• Advocate for the establishment of a society of justice, progress and tolerance.

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Translated Link HERE http://translate.google.co.uk/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.partiantisioniste.com%2F&sl=fr&tl=en&hl=en&ie=UTF-8

The Hate Crime Law Concept: It is all very sinister for at least nine major reasons by William B. Fox

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[Editor's Note: The following letter of support for freedom of speech in Canada and the USA plus the article below it is an example of the type of response that RadicalPress.com is receiving from people around the world with regard to the complaint laid by B’nai Brith Canada.

It is hoped that you will find the time to read it through and pass it along to your friends and associates.

Mr. Fox is an American who believes very strongly and passionately in the same values which those of us in Canada also are fighting to defend. His list of nine major reasons for getting rid of “hate crime” laws is as enlightening as it is frightening for all concerned citizens who wish to be treated equally under the law.

If you haven’t written a letter in support of this issue I would please ask you to reconsider and put your shoulder to the wheel for a common and worthy cause. See http://www.radicalpress.com/?p=936 for information on the case and also http://www.radicalpress.com/?p=937 for a suggested form letter explaining how to frame a letter to the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal. We need as many letters of support as possible so please do your best to write. Thank you.]

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Nancy Lafontant
Registry Officer
Canadian Human Rights Tribunal

Dear Ms. Lafontant:

I consider it a great honor to be able to send a letter in support of the free speech rights of Arthur Topham, publisher of the Radical Press, whose persecution under Canada’s draconian “hate crime”-related laws is being registered under file number  T1360/9008.

I run the web site www.americafirstbooks.com http://www.americafirstbooks.com/ , in which I have archived the works of free speech activist Rev. Ted Pike at: http://tinyurl.com/44xyoo .  There is quite a lot of material on this web page that is relevant to this case.

First, it contains numerous articles that document the underhanded tactics of the Anti-Defamation League of B’nai Brith (an unregistered agent of Israel) to steal free speech rights under the guise of “hate crime” laws in America as well as Canada.

Secondly, numerous articles by Rev. Ted Pike and his niece Harmony Grant explain how the Canadian Human Rights Act is exactly the kind of Orwellian nightmare that we must avoid here in America at all costs.  For this reason, I spent more than two full days of my time recently calling up every member of the House Judiciary Committee in Washington, D.C. to make my own personal strenuous effort to try to defeat the currently proposed “hate crime” legislation.  An archived copy of the follow on email that I sent to Congressmen can be found here: http://tinyurl.com/bay6s4 .

Please watch Rev. Ted Pike’s ten minute video that explains the Trojan Horse nature of proposed hate crime legislation in America, and how similar legislation has subverted Canadian free speech:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9Fyva1Vwbk&eurl=http://www.truthtellers.org/&feature=player_embedded .

At the end of this email I have reproduced the same essay that I submitted in my emails to Congressmen.  It is titled: “The Hate Crime Law Concept: It is all very sinister for at least nine major reasons.”

To put it bluntly, when it comes to the whole “hate crime” concept, the King wears no clothes. We should get all “hate crime” laws off the books and go back to being more free and civilized, as both Americans and Canadians were decades ago before all this Orwellian “hate crime” nonsense got snuck in through various Trojan Horse legislative initiatives.

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Join the IntegrityBC yahoo group!

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Editor’s Note:

The yahoo group Integrity BC was first started back on March 6th, 2004 by Arthur Topham and former Lawyer Jack Cram. Its purposes are outlined below. For a number of years I have been away from the site but it has, nonetheless pioneered on and persevered in its aims.

Regular contributors to the site ensure that it remains hard-hitting and controversial. A perusal of the latest posts involving former United Church Minister Kevin Annett will illustrate this comment.

Check it out and become a contributing member.

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The goals of INTEGRITY BC are:

1. To document, expose and eliminate all forms of corruption in B.C. with an emphasis on Government, Judicial and large corporations.

2. To restore faith, honour and integrity in the Rule Of Law.

3. To liaise, support and assist allied individuals, groups and coalitions.

4. To encourage proportional representation and effective accountability in government for the social, cultural, economic and healing benefit of all.

5. To create, promote, expand and share alternative communication networking via the web, newspapers, pamphlets, radio and t.v. for distribution of information, news and events reflecting IntegrityBC objectives and goals.

6. To foster and build a B.C. Peoples’ Movement as an effective independent watchdog to police ‘public’ and ‘political’ party policies and programmes.

7. To expand and to share these goals with other provinces and territories.

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BIG DEMONSTRATION against Nuclear Industry March 21st in Washington, D.C.!!!

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March 4, 2009

Hi Friends of Art Nuko,

There will be a BIG demonstration at the Pentagon on March 21, 2009 for those who can make it. Details below.

If not you can still help spread the word.  Please send this message and attached poster (jpg under a meg) to you mailing list and post to blogs and other web sites like Reddit and Digg.

See you there,
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Art Nuko

CarlChaplin@Shaw.ca

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Demand that the billion dollars for the nuclear industry be taken out of the stimulus package. With an outcry from the public, this thing can be defeated.


Saturday, March 21, 2009

Money for Jobs and  Education – Not Wars & Occupation
US Out of Iraq and Afghanistan!
No War on Iran or Pakistan!
End US Support for the Occupation of Palestine!

Gather at 12 noon at 23rd St. & Constitution Ave. NW in Washington, D.C.!

For more information, please visit the National Assembly’s website at http://www.natassembly.org
or write natassembly@aol.com

THE ARROW LAKES INDIANS ARE RECOVERING FROM EXTINCTION: Ghost Peoples by Cliff Woffenden

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THE ARROW LAKES INDIANS ARE RECOVERING FROM EXTINCTION

New Book Tells of a People Who Were Forgotten Until Their Ancestors Were Taken Away

Local author and artist Cliff Woffenden’s latest book is now published. The title Ghost Peoples is the story of the Arrow Lakes Indians. Cliff wrote this book to clear up the many misunderstandings about these people and their place in local and Canadian history.

In 1956 the Canadian government declared the Arrow Lakes Indian Band extinct. There was only one problem – they were still alive. But the government was about to begin negotiations with the USA for the Columbia River Treaty that would dam the Columbia and create a reservoir stretching from Castlegar in the south to Revelstoke in the north. This two hundred kilometer long lake would eventually wipe out all archaeological traces of a culture that had endured for over five thousand years.

To complicate matters, just when the last visible vestiges of their culture were disappearing from the landscape, the people came back to their home to request the return of the remains of their ancestors that were dug up by archaeologists and carted off to museums.

An interesting dilemma for the government. A rediscovery of a peoples’ identity. A clash between two worldviews. The return of the Sinixt Peoples has caused both elation and fear among members of the dominant society. Their return signals the end to the vacuum in our history and on our landscape. It also brings up the insecurities of a society that seems to fear the truth.

Ghost Peoples is the story of the Sinixt: their origins, their culture, their history and their present situation. This story is not one of blame but one that hopes to shine a light on a darkness that pervades our history so that it can be reconciled. Our story is not complete without the truth of our prehistory; our landscape is barren without its original inhabitants.

Ghost Peoples is published by Howling Moon Productions of Nakusp, B.C. CANADA
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CLIFF WOFFENDEN – AUTHOR/ARTIST

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Contact information: Cliff Woffenden

91 4th Ave NW,

Box 214, Nakusp, B.C. V0G 1R0

250-265-0122

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Cliff has been researching the story of the Sinixt people for two decades and lives in Nakusp, B.C. He is available for comment at 250-265-0122 or woffend@telus.net

The Educational System Was Designed to Keep Us Uneducated and Docile

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The Educational System Was Designed to Keep Us Uneducated and Docile

By Patrick Grimm
Tuesday, March 3, 2009

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It’s no secret that the US educational system doesn’t do a very good job. Like clockwork, studies show that America’s schoolkids lag behind their peers in pretty much every industrialized nation. We hear shocking statistics about the percentage of high-school seniors who can’t find the US on an unmarked map of the world or who don’t know who Abraham Lincoln was.

Fingers are pointed at various aspects of the schooling system—overcrowded classrooms, lack of funding, teachers who can’t pass competency exams in their fields, etc. But these are just secondary problems. Even if they were cleared up, schools would still suck. Why? Because they were designed to.

How can I make such a bold statement? How do I know why America’s public school system was designed the way it was (age-segregated, six to eight 50-minute classes in a row announced by Pavlovian bells, emphasis on rote memorization, lorded over by unquestionable authority figures, etc.)? Because the men who designed, funded, and implemented America’s formal educational system in the late 1800s and early 1900s wrote about what they were doing.

Almost all of these books, articles, and reports are out of print and hard to obtain. Luckily for us, John Taylor Gatto tracked them down. Gatto was voted the New York City Teacher of the Year three times and the New York State Teacher of the Year in 1991. But he became disillusioned with schools—the way they enforce conformity, the way they kill the natural creativity, inquisitiveness, and love of learning that every little child has at the beginning. So he began to dig into terra incognita, the roots of America’s educational system.

In 1888, the Senate Committee on Education was getting jittery about the localized, non-standardized, non-mandatory form of education that was actually teaching children to read at advanced levels, to comprehend history, and, egads, to think for themselves. The committee’s report stated, “We believe that education is one of the principal causes of discontent of late years manifesting itself among the laboring classes.”

By the turn of the century, America’s new educrats were pushing a new form of schooling with a new mission (and it wasn’t to teach). The famous philosopher and educator John Dewey wrote in 1897:

Every teacher should realize he is a social servant set apart for the maintenance of the proper social order and the securing of the right social growth.

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Roadkill Radio starts today!!! with hosts Kari Simpson and Terry O’Neill

Dedicated to all who value the truth, free speech and are willing to sacrifice themselves on the “Highway of Public Controversy”

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Hi Everyone, 

We are very excited to launch this Hard-Hitting, Pro-Family, Pro-Truth Radio show.

Please help us to make it a hit by forwarding this email to your list and then making a date with us tonight on RoadKill Radio!!!  It’s going to be fun and ohhhh so very needed!!!

With great appreciation for all you do!

Kind Regards,

Kari Simpson

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YES TODAY!!!!!!

RoadKill Radio Launches Online!!!!!

And You Are Invited!!

Hosts Kari Simpson & Terry O’Neill

Unabashedly Canadian, BOLD with No Apologies and oh yes, one more thing – we are pleased and determined to ensure those “Politically-Incorrect” voices that have been silenced are given an opportunity to be part of the debate and to have your voices heard!!

WHERE:         Listen live -     http://WWW.ROADKILLRADIO.COM

WHEN:          TODAY!!!  Tuesday March 3, 2009 @ 7:30 – 9:30 pm (PST)

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TOPICS:

– The naughty Pro-Lifers who dared to exercise their right to free speech and have now been charged by the  University of Calgary with trespassing!

–  Polygamy, do we need to say more?….YES!

–  Gay Politics 101 and other Social Injustices – The Corren Agreement