“Toxic Bob” Wastes Burma: Forced Labour and Pollution Rampant at Canadian-Owned Mine

By Asad Ismi According to a recent report, Ivanhoe Mines Ltd., a Canadian company owned by Robert Friedland, is “raping the environment” and using forced labour in Burma. Ivanhoe operates the US$90 million Monywa copper mine, Burma’s largest mining investment, in a 50-50 partnership with the Burmese military dictatorship (known as the State Peace and […]

Who Killed Martin Luther King?: The Cover-Up of the Century

“The United States government is the greatest purveyor of violence in the world.” —-Martin Luther King Jr. On December 8, 1999, a jury in Memphis, Tennessee, reached the verdict that Martin Luther King Jr. was killed as a result of a conspiracy involving the FBI, CIA, U.S. Army, Memphis police and the Mafia. After a […]

Arming A Genocidal Force: Canadian Military Exports to Indonesia, 1979-1999

By Asad Ismi As the Indonesian army and its militias set fire to Dili and killed thousands of East Timorese in September 1999, the Canadian government refused to stop the export of military goods to Indonesia. This at a time when even the United States, Jakarta’s main backer, had suspended military sales to Indonesia, as […]

Informed Dissent: Three Generals and the Vietnam War

Book published by Vietnam Generation Press, Chevy Chase, Maryland, U.S., 1991. Written by Asad Ismi and Robert Buzzanco The book details the positions of three U.S. generals who opposed the U.S.’ deepening involvement in and invasion of Vietnam. Buy here Available from an additional seven booksellers here