AltWeeklies Wire
How Canada Got Caught in an Afghan Election That Doesn't Add Upnew
The news on the Afghan election, backed so earnestly by Canada and its $35 million contribution, has gone from terrible to tragic.
NOW Magazine |
Paul Weinberg |
10-16-2009 |
International
Canada's Afghan Pullout Bluesnew

The prime minister's promised 2011 exit is in jeopardy from a shifting U.S. geo-strategy.
NOW Magazine |
Paul Weinberg |
09-08-2008 |
War
Feast of Foesnew
My weird kosher dinner with right-wing Christian zealots hungry to topple liberal media.
NOW Magazine |
Paul Weinberg |
07-05-2007 |
Media
Tags: media
We're At the Breaking Pointnew
While the explosive detainee torture scandal continues to monopolize the front pages, a growing chorus of defence experts are declaring NATO's Afghanistan mission to be on the razor's edge of stinging humiliation.
NOW Magazine |
Paul Weinberg |
05-04-2007 |
International
Tags: international
Theatre of the Absurdnew
We're fighting to the last soldier in Afghanistan, despite the odds.
NOW Magazine |
Paul Weinberg |
09-15-2006 |
International
Tags: WAR
Bio-Med Backtracknew
University of Toronto appears to be backing off its relationship with Battelle Memorial Institute, a major Pentagon contractor in the chemical warfare field -- was it peace activists that did it in?
NOW Magazine |
Paul Weinberg |
05-04-2006 |
War
Tags: war & peace
Thumbs Downnew
Prime Minister Harper may have titillated front-page editors by wandering Kandahar in combat gear, but can he dodge pressure for a parliamentary debate?
NOW Magazine |
Paul Weinberg |
03-16-2006 |
Politics
Tags: WAR