https://znetwork.org/author/yvesengler/ Independent Left News, Analysis, Vision and Strategy Tue, 07 Oct 2025 14:39:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://znetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/cropped-Z_logo_512-32x32.png https://znetwork.org/author/yvesengler/ 32 32 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/ndp-2026-a-blueprint-for-a-generation/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/ndp-2026-a-blueprint-for-a-generation/#respond Tue, 07 Oct 2025 16:00:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1289610 Canada’s NDP needs to rekindle the anti-capitalist thinking and activist energy that spurred its creation. That logic has shaped my campaign’s recently released platform. In July 1933 the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) met in Regina for its first national convention. About 130 delegates approved what became known as the Regina Manifesto. It said, “genuine international [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/ndp-2026-a-blueprint-for-a-generation/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/canadian-jewrys-authoritarian-turn/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/canadian-jewrys-authoritarian-turn/#respond Sat, 26 Apr 2025 14:40:28 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1282992 Do the majority of Canadian Jews approve of Donald Trump-like deportations and harassment of pro-Palestinian activists? Do most Canadian Jews want to defund universities that don’t repress students opposing genocide? Do the majority of Canadian Jews agree with mainstream, pro-Israel organizations as they become ever more brazenly authoritarian and threaten the Charter of Rights and [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/canadian-jewrys-authoritarian-turn/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/double-standard-about-israels-foreign-interference/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/double-standard-about-israels-foreign-interference/#respond Wed, 16 Apr 2025 19:52:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1282578 Benjamin Netanyahu is openly throwing his weight behind Pierre Poilievre. But few are pushing back against this flagrant interference in Canada’s election. On Friday the Israeli prime minister posted, “Canada has always sided with civilization. So should Mr. Carney. But instead of supporting Israel, a democracy that is fighting a just war with just means [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/double-standard-about-israels-foreign-interference/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/once-again-concordia-admin-defends-israel-not-its-students/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/once-again-concordia-admin-defends-israel-not-its-students/#respond Tue, 11 Mar 2025 16:00:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1280848 Eight hundred and eighty-five to 58. That was the result of a recent Concordia student vote in favour of the university severing ties with Israel. At a Special General Meeting of the Concordia Student Union (CSU) undergraduates voted more than 15-to-1 to adopt two motions in support of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement (BDS). [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/once-again-concordia-admin-defends-israel-not-its-students/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/im-being-charged-for-responding-to-anti-palestinian-hate-on-x/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/im-being-charged-for-responding-to-anti-palestinian-hate-on-x/#respond Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:55:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1280024 omorrow the Montreal police will arrest me for posting to social media against Israel’s genocide in Gaza. Today I received a phone call from a Montreal police officer by the last name of Crivello. She asked me to come to a downtown police station where I will be charged for harassment and indecent communication. Crivello [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/im-being-charged-for-responding-to-anti-palestinian-hate-on-x/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/canada-aids-palestine-by-training-pa-police-to-repress-resistance/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/canada-aids-palestine-by-training-pa-police-to-repress-resistance/#respond Sat, 28 Dec 2024 15:20:06 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1277686 In recent days Palestinians in occupied Jenin have set up barricades and called a general strike to denounce PA repression. They were responding to PA security forces killing a child named Muhammad Imad al-Amer and 19-year-old Ribhi Muhammad al-Shalabi as part of an operation to dislodge resistance groups in Jenin. PA forces also killed Palestinian Islamic Jihad [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/canada-aids-palestine-by-training-pa-police-to-repress-resistance/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-many-ways-canada-could-send-message-to-israel/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-many-ways-canada-could-send-message-to-israel/#respond Wed, 10 Apr 2024 16:22:05 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1264842 In a first, Parliament spent a full day debating a motion on the Israel/Palestine conflict. The March 18 opposition day motion presented by the social democratic NDP called for Canada to recognize Palestine, fund UNRWA and “support the work of the International Court of Justice and the International Criminal Court” on Israel. The motion also called to [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-many-ways-canada-could-send-message-to-israel/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/canadas-complicity-with-crimes-against-humanity-in-gaza/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/canadas-complicity-with-crimes-against-humanity-in-gaza/#respond Mon, 16 Oct 2023 15:53:38 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1255866 Melanie Joly traveled to Israel to support its genocidal policies in Gaza. The trip will go down as one of the more shameful moments in Canada’s odious anti-Palestinian history.  Amidst the brutal siege of Gaza foreign affairs minister Joly traveled to Israel Friday. After meeting her Israeli counterpart, Eli Cohen, Canada’s top diplomat tweeted, “I [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/canadas-complicity-with-crimes-against-humanity-in-gaza/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/ottawas-history-of-taking-credit-for-what-protest-won/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/ottawas-history-of-taking-credit-for-what-protest-won/#respond Sat, 16 Sep 2023 15:19:30 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1254174 On the few occasions where activists have directly restrained imperialist policies their partial victories have been twisted to reinforce benevolent Canadian mythology. Coverage of the 50th anniversary of Augusto Pinochet’s coup against Salvador Allende highlights the phenomenon.   In recent days there have been many stories about the Chileans who found refuge in Canada after the coup but only [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/ottawas-history-of-taking-credit-for-what-protest-won/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/cutting-through-canadas-war-propaganda-or/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/cutting-through-canadas-war-propaganda-or/#respond Tue, 25 Jul 2023 15:48:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1249954 Twenty years ago I helped set up a small activist collective called Block the Empire to oppose Canada’s contribution to the invasion of Iraq. I participated in many protests against Canada’s occupation of Afghanistan and Haiti as well as Canadian complicity in Israeli violence. I’ve written critically about the NATO war on Libya and many [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/cutting-through-canadas-war-propaganda-or/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/canadian-foreign-policy-critics-dont-do-it-for-dough/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/canadian-foreign-policy-critics-dont-do-it-for-dough/#respond Tue, 27 Jun 2023 16:30:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1248488 Investigating the political economy of ideas is imperative to understanding foreign policy. But those seeking to discredit already marginalized critical perspectives shouldn’t ignore Canada’s large, well-financed, ideological apparatus promoting pro-corporate and US empire policies.  Recently a journalist from leftist Québec publication Pivot asked me “Do you receive some money when you’re interviewed by Chinese media [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/canadian-foreign-policy-critics-dont-do-it-for-dough/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/top-10-reasons-not-to-subsidize-electric-car-industry/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/top-10-reasons-not-to-subsidize-electric-car-industry/#respond Fri, 12 May 2023 15:12:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1245932 Recently Canada’s Liberal government announced $13 billion in support to attract Volkswagen to establish an electric car battery production facility halfway between Toronto and Detroit. The German auto manufacturer will set up its factory on “1,500 acres of prime agricultural land” in St. Thomas, Ontario. The government claims its motivation is ecological. But here are the top [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/top-10-reasons-not-to-subsidize-electric-car-industry/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/canadian-left-sinks-to-a-new-low-during-biden-visit/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/canadian-left-sinks-to-a-new-low-during-biden-visit/#respond Fri, 31 Mar 2023 16:30:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1242528 What a state we’re in! The lowest point of the left since the 1950s. The Joe Biden visit proves it.  Green Party leader Elizabeth May gave the US president chocolate. NDP leader Jagmeet Singh and MP Charlie Angus labeled him a working-class hero. Unifor President Lana Payne wrote that “Pro-equality” POTUS deserved a “Standing O” while the National [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/canadian-left-sinks-to-a-new-low-during-biden-visit/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/understanding-the-logic-of-canada-giving-2-26-billion-in-arms-to-ukraine/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/understanding-the-logic-of-canada-giving-2-26-billion-in-arms-to-ukraine/#respond Fri, 03 Mar 2023 16:03:36 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1240511 Over the past year Ottawa has given Ukraine over $2 billion in weapons. The size of the arms donation is unprecedented in Canadian history.  According to a February 17 Le Devoir calculation, Canada has delivered $2.26 billion in weapons to Ukraine. The paper costed 17 different announcements, which include 4 heavy tanks, 4,200 single-use rocket launchers, an anti-aircraft [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/understanding-the-logic-of-canada-giving-2-26-billion-in-arms-to-ukraine/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/disrupting-politicians-events-to-show-international-solidarity/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/disrupting-politicians-events-to-show-international-solidarity/#respond Sat, 19 Nov 2022 15:19:33 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1232222 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/disrupting-politicians-events-to-show-international-solidarity/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/uprising-targets-canadas-man-in-haiti/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/uprising-targets-canadas-man-in-haiti/#respond Fri, 16 Sep 2022 15:03:30 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1220236 A popular uprising has paralyzed life in much of Haiti. While police are violently suppressing protesters, don’t expect Canadian officials to criticize security forces they fund.  Major centres across Haiti have been blocked for days. Protesters want foreign appointed leader Ariel Henry to go. They are angry about insecurity and the cost-of-living. Stoking the growing [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/uprising-targets-canadas-man-in-haiti/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/canadas-foreign-military-training-operations-are-unscrupulous-power-plays/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/canadas-foreign-military-training-operations-are-unscrupulous-power-plays/#respond Tue, 24 May 2022 08:55:21 +0000 https://zcomm.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1058532 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/canadas-foreign-military-training-operations-are-unscrupulous-power-plays/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/lets-end-ecocidal-capitalism/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/lets-end-ecocidal-capitalism/#comments Fri, 22 Apr 2022 09:26:22 +0000 https://zcomm.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1057437 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/lets-end-ecocidal-capitalism/feed/ 1 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/reaction-to-haitian-strike-exposes-liberal-lie-on-feminist-foreign-policy/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/reaction-to-haitian-strike-exposes-liberal-lie-on-feminist-foreign-policy/#respond Thu, 24 Feb 2022 11:13:05 +0000 https://zcomm.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1055394 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/reaction-to-haitian-strike-exposes-liberal-lie-on-feminist-foreign-policy/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/time-to-fight-climate-change-not-each-other/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/time-to-fight-climate-change-not-each-other/#respond Fri, 03 Dec 2021 09:03:26 +0000 https://zcomm.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1052420 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/time-to-fight-climate-change-not-each-other/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/canadian-imperialism-in-africa/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/canadian-imperialism-in-africa/#respond Tue, 14 Sep 2021 09:01:58 +0000 https://zcomm.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1050143 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/canadian-imperialism-in-africa/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/haitis-debt-of-independence/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/haitis-debt-of-independence/#respond Wed, 01 Sep 2021 09:01:18 +0000 https://zcomm.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1049797 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/haitis-debt-of-independence/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/earthquake-devastates-haiti-canada-shouldnt-make-it-worse/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/earthquake-devastates-haiti-canada-shouldnt-make-it-worse/#respond Thu, 19 Aug 2021 09:01:08 +0000 https://zcomm.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1049461 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/earthquake-devastates-haiti-canada-shouldnt-make-it-worse/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/lima-group-loses-lima/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/lima-group-loses-lima/#respond Thu, 12 Aug 2021 09:01:26 +0000 https://zcomm.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1049181 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/lima-group-loses-lima/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/time-to-ban-automobile-advertising/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/time-to-ban-automobile-advertising/#comments Wed, 21 Jul 2021 09:03:18 +0000 https://zcomm.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1048598 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/time-to-ban-automobile-advertising/feed/ 1 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/no-new-fighter-jets-campaign-first-step-towards-defunding-military/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/no-new-fighter-jets-campaign-first-step-towards-defunding-military/#respond Mon, 19 Jul 2021 09:01:05 +0000 https://zcomm.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1048523 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/no-new-fighter-jets-campaign-first-step-towards-defunding-military/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-assassination-of-jovenel-moise/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-assassination-of-jovenel-moise/#comments Sat, 10 Jul 2021 09:01:55 +0000 https://zcomm.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1048240 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-assassination-of-jovenel-moise/feed/ 1 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/canadian-venezuela-conference-and-liberal-hypocrisy/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/canadian-venezuela-conference-and-liberal-hypocrisy/#respond Mon, 14 Jun 2021 09:01:22 +0000 https://zcomm.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1047513 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/canadian-venezuela-conference-and-liberal-hypocrisy/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/for-canadian-taxpayers-why-is-israel-still-a-charity-case/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/for-canadian-taxpayers-why-is-israel-still-a-charity-case/#respond Sun, 30 May 2021 09:01:09 +0000 https://zcomm.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1047148 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/for-canadian-taxpayers-why-is-israel-still-a-charity-case/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/antisemitism-definition-to-take-center-stage-at-ndp-convention/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/antisemitism-definition-to-take-center-stage-at-ndp-convention/#respond Sat, 03 Apr 2021 09:00:15 +0000 https://zcomm.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1045200 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/antisemitism-definition-to-take-center-stage-at-ndp-convention/feed/ 0