Strong and Free?
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SOCIALIST ACTION AUGUST 2015 11 Not so much, says a United Nations human rights com mittee report. It harshly criticizes the Canadian state for a broad range of failures, including an “inadequate” response to the problem of missing and murdered ab original females, gender in equality, and “abuses” relat ed to Canadian corporations operating overseas.
The July 23 report ex pressed deep concerns about Canada’s new antiterrorism law, C-51, saying it is a threat to civil liberties and could lead to “mass sur veillance and targeting ac tivities” by the Canadian Se curity Intelligence Service. It cites a lack of oversight and review of bodies like CSIS.
The UN study also took aim at excessive use of force by police during protests in Canada. It listed police crackdowns during the G20 protest in 2010 in Toronto, and student protests in Que bec in 2012.
The five-year UN commit tee review pointed to human rights abuses connected to Canadian firms operating abroad, particularly mining corporations.
Although not mentioned in the report, Barrick Gold has been criticized for acts of violence against women in 2009 and 2010 allegedly committed by private se curity officers for Barrick’s Porgera gold mine in New Guinea.
The review also sounded the alarm over Canada’s lengthy immigration deten tion (8519 people in 2014 alone) and the lack of medi cal support for inmates with mental health problems. — B.W.
be built, although it will not happen overnight. Such a united front must take bold action that cuts into the very fabric of capitalist privilege, with not only mass protests but also prolonged general strikes and oc cupations that can lead the way to the overthrow of capitalism once and for all. That strategy must link to gether anti-austerity movements in Greece and across the continent to defeat the bankster class of Europe. Building a revolutionary party in Greece that can lead these struggles remains a top priority.
Build a united front against austerity and privatiza tions! Break with the EU!
Nationalize the banks! Occupy the factories!
For a government of workers, not capitalists! n
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