HEARTLESS ANIMALS

 What kind of a system threatens other countries with total destruction and starvation ? Well , the leaders of the free fucking world , that's who ! Hurray for democracy !

Iran Accuses Rubio of Threatening Iranians with Starvation as Trump Weighs Strikes

November 14, 2026 News

With a lighter warhead, Iran’s Khorramshahr missile could reportedly reach RAF Fairford in England. (Photo: Video grab, IRIB News)

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By Palestine Chronicle Staff  

Tehran accused Washington of threatening to starve Iranians after Rubio said US economic pressure made further military action against Iran unnecessary.

Key Developments

• Iran says Rubio’s remarks amount to an explicit threat against the Iranian population.
• Reuters reports that Trump is weighing whether to hold off on strikes following appeals from Saudi Arabia and Türkiye.
• Iran says it downed a US drone over Qeshm Island and reports another tanker fire in the Strait of Hormuz.

Iran accused US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Saturday of threatening to starve the Iranian population after he argued that Washington was inflicting enough economic damage to make further military action unnecessary.

The exchange came as Reuters reported that US President Donald Trump had privately discussed holding off on new strikes.

Iranian officials said land trade was expanding despite sanctions and a naval blockade, while Iran’s military reported a US drone downing and another tanker fire around the Strait of Hormuz.

Tehran Rebukes Rubio

Rubio said Friday that the economic pain Washington was inflicting on Iran was “so great” that the US did not need to take further military action at this stage, the Associated Press reported.

He also acknowledged that the war had caused economic pain for Americans and affected much of the global economy.

Rubio said Washington’s objective was to prevent Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon. He argued that the US did not necessarily need to bring down Iran’s government and could use financial pressure to pursue objectives that might otherwise require military action.

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei singled out Rubio’s remark about Iranians eventually needing to eat.

Baqaei said the comment amounted to an explicit threat to starve the population and, in Tehran’s view, an admission of intent to commit war crimes.

He accused Washington of repeating a policy of threats, sanctions and military aggression that had failed to force Iran to yield.

Trump Weighs Options

In the meantime, Reuters reported, citing three people familiar with the matter, that Trump had told senior advisers he might hold off on attacking Iran if Washington faced no new actions it considered provocative from Tehran or Yemen’s Ansarallah movement.

The discussions followed intelligence briefings and meetings with his national security advisers, according ot the agency.

For their part, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan both urged Trump in recent calls to avoid renewed attacks, according to Reuters.

The agency also reported that Trump had told the Saudi crown prince on October 31 that he planned to attack after the US elections. Bin Salman urged him to hold off, arguing that economic sanctions were already having an effect.

Trump publicly acknowledged requests from regional allies to take a slower approach. “I could end it immediately, but at the request of the nations that I am looking to protect, we are doing it a little bit longer way, a bit more civilly,” he told broadcaster Stephen A. Smith on Thursday.

The White House did not say whether Trump had decided against further strikes. “Only President Trump knows what he will do, and when,” a White House official said in a statement.

Trade Under Pressure

Iranian officials, however, disputed Washington’s account of the economic pressure. Economy Minister Ali Madanizadeh said Saturday that all land border crossings remained open and trade with neighboring countries was increasing despite sanctions and the naval blockade.

Madanizadeh said authorities were keeping some measures confidential to prevent Washington from countering them, Al Mayadeen reported.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said his government’s priority was to improve living conditions for Iranians.

Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Iran needed to strengthen both its economy and its ability to deter attacks so that sanctions and military threats could not force it to yield.

Araghchi said the Foreign Ministry was continuing diplomatic efforts to lift sanctions. Tehran has said it presented a proposal through Pakistani and Qatari mediation and is awaiting Washington’s response.

Drone over Qeshm

As Washington emphasized economic pressure, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said Saturday it had shot down a US MQ-1 drone over Qeshm Island in the Strait of Hormuz.

The IRGC described the flight as a spying mission. Anadolu reported that the IRGC said it had used a newly developed air defense system.

Iranian authorities had also reported downing two US MQ-9 drones over Qeshm in recent days.

Separately, IRGC aerospace adviser Ali Bilali told Russia’s Sputnik that Iran was studying US military equipment it said it had recovered during the 2025 and 2026 wars to inform the development of its own systems, Al Mayadeen reported.

Tanker Fires

Iran’s navy said an oil tanker caught fire early Saturday after hitting a naval mine in the eastern Strait of Hormuz.

It said the vessel had attempted to pass without authorization and asserted that the eastern part of the waterway was under Iranian naval control, Al Mayadeen reported.

That announcement followed a separate statement Friday from the IRGC Navy, which said two tankers, including a supertanker, had struck mines and caught fire while attempting to transit the strait without authorization.

Anadolu reported that the IRGC said the vessels had switched off their radar and positioning systems.

The tanker reports followed competing accounts of a confrontation over Bahrain.

The IRGC said it had destroyed a US early-warning radar in retaliation for a strike on a telecommunications tower in Iran’s southern city of Sirik. US Central Command said its forces intercepted two Iranian drones heading toward Bahrain and reported no injuries or damage.

The US and Israel launched their war on Iran on February 28. Tehran responded with attacks on Israel and US military facilities in the region.

Washington and Tehran signed a memorandum of understanding on June 18, but negotiations later stalled over arrangements for navigation through the Strait of Hormuz, a vital route for international oil shipments.

(PC, Al Mayadeen, Anadolu, Reuters, AP)

THEY JUST DON'T FUCKING STOP

 The greed of imperialist governments knows no limits , and it seems they can't waste any time going through their facade of democracy any more either . They don't have the time to even pretend to respect workers' rights or the rights of Indigenous people . It's not gonna be easy for those greedy motherfuckers.

No to Carney Government's Nation-Wrecking!

All Out to Stop Bill C-39!

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

From coast to coast to coast, Canadians, Quebeckers and Indigenous Peoples are expressing their concern and taking action to oppose Bill C-39, the Building Canada Strong Act. Bill C-39 builds on the nation-wrecking plans of the Carney government set out in Bill C-5, its first major legislation which was passed in June 2025. These bills significantly restructure the state so that extraordinary powers are concentrated in the executive, including individual Ministers. Bill C-39 eliminates the sunset clauses which were added to Bill C-5 which meant that after five years these executive powers, akin to emergency powers, would have to be reviewed. If Bill C-39 is passed the expanded prerogative powers of the executive will become permanent. Bill C-39 also advances the process of putting representatives of narrow private interests in charge of decision-making, including approval of projects of the nuclear and uranium industries and pipelines.  

In the name of "building a strong Canada," Bill C-39 undermines Parliament and denies the peoples' right to say NO! to projects that attack workers' rights, including the right to strike, and violate the treaty and hereditary rights of Indigenous Peoples. It strengthens the arbitrary powers of Ministers whose avowed aims are to increase profits for the supranational oligopolies, with no regard for people or the environment. In the name of the "national interest," which is defined by Carney and his ministers, Bill C-39 sets out a modus operandi for eliminating all obstacles to projects that serve the oligarchy. 

Action at office of MP in Nipissing-Timiskaming, October 15, 2026

November 12 is a National Day of Action to Stop Bill C-39, with dozens of organizations in Canada and Quebec holding rallies and demonstrations. Workers, women, youth, seniors, Indigenous Peoples and their collectives are going all-out to demand the withdrawal of the bill. Environmental groups, trade unions and rights organizations are holding rallies at constituency offices of Members of Parliament (MPs) and other locations. Coordinated campaigns are taking place during the week of November 9 to 13 when MPs are in their ridings, including face-to-face meetings demanding MPs act to stop Bill C-39.

Onion Lake Cree demonstration in Ottawa against Bill C-39, October 26, 2026

(Photos: H. Giroux, Onion Lake Cree Nation)

LEST WE FORGET THE INTERNMENT CAMPS

 

War Measures Act of 1914 and Internment of Canadians as "Enemy Aliens"

Internment camp in Banff, Alberta.

Upon Great Britain's declaration of war on Germany, the Borden Conservative government enacted the War Measures Act, in August 1914. The law's sweeping powers allowed the government to suspend or limit civil liberties and provided it the right to incarcerate "enemy aliens."

The term "enemy alien" referred to the citizens of states legally at war with Canada living in Canada during the war.

From 1914 to 1920, Canada interned 8,579 persons as so-called enemy aliens across the country in 24 receiving stations and internment camps. Of that number, 3,138 were classified as prisoners of war, while the others were civilians. The majority of those detained were of Ukrainian descent, targeted because Ukraine was then split between Russia (an ally) and the Austro-Hungarian Empire, an enemy of the British Empire. Some of the internees we born in this country and had the status of British subjects, others were naturalized British subjects, while most were recent immigrants.

Most internees were young unemployed single men apprehended while trying to cross the border into the U.S. to look for jobs -- attempting to leave Canada was illegal. Eighty-one women and 156 children were interned as they had decided to follow their menfolk into the only two camps that accepted families, in Vernon, BC (mainly Germans) and in Spirit Lake near Amos Quebec (mainly Ukrainians).

Internment camp in Fernie, BC.

Besides those placed in internment camps, another 80,000 "enemy aliens," mostly Ukrainians, were forced to carry identity papers and to report regularly to local police offices. They were treated by the government as social pariahs, and many lost their jobs.

Monument to those interned at the Castle Mountain camp in Alberta.

The internment camps were often located in remote rural areas, including in Banff, Jasper, Mount Revelstoke and Yoho national parks in Western Canada. Internees had much of their wealth confiscated. Many of them were used as forced labour on large projects, including the development of Banff National Park and numerous mining and logging operations. They constructed roads, cleared land and built bridges.

Between 1916-17, during a severe shortage of farm labour, nearly all internees were paroled and placed in the custody of local farmers and paid at current wages. Other parolees were sent as paid workers to railway gangs and mines. Parolees were still required to report regularly to police authorities.

Federal and provincial governments and private concerns benefited from their labour and from the confiscation of what little wealth they had, a portion of which was left in the Bank of Canada at the end of the internment operations on June 20, 1920.

A small number of internees, including men considered to be "dangerous foreigners," labour radicals, or considered "troublesome" internees, were deported to their countries of origin after the war, largely from the Kapuskasing camp in Ontario, which was the last to be shut down.

Of those interned, 109 died of various diseases and injuries sustained in the camp, six were killed while trying to escape, and some -- according to a military report -- went insane or committed suicide as a result of their confinement.

Internment camp in Petawawa, Ontario.

UNTRUE

 Did young men go of to war so we could be lied to and duped by slimy politicians every fucking election time and in between ? Should kkkanadian soldiers have been in Korea or Iraq , not to mention the complete destruction of Libya ? Does this make "us" safer ? 

Here's some history :

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Recruitment of Indigenous Peoples

When the First World War broke out on July 28, 1914, Canada had no official policy on the recruitment of Indigenous Peoples into the army because they did not have status as citizens. However, in 1915, as the casualties began to mount, the British government directed the Dominions to begin recruiting Indigenous people for the war effort. Australia and New Zealand, along with Canada, recruited Indigenous soldiers to fight on the side of British imperialism in the war. It is estimated that 4,000 Indigenous men and women served in the Canadian Expeditionary Force in the First World War out of a total of some 600,000 troops from Canada. It is estimated that a third of "Status Indian" men between the ages of 18 and 45 served in the War. There are no known statistics for Métis and Inuit because the Canadian government only recognized "Status Indians" in the records.

Many First Nations, which were the main source of Indigenous recruits along with a much smaller number of Métis and Inuit, protested against the attempt to recruit them into the Canadian colonial army and opposed the arrival of recruitment officers and the Indian Agent on their reserves. Other First Nations refused to participate unless they were accorded equal status as sovereign nations and dealt with on a nation-to-nation basis by the British Crown with which they had signed their treaties.

Some Indigenous leaders and elders also reminded the government that they had received reassurances at the time of the signing of the numbered treaties with the Crown that their youth would not be serving in any wars, specially those abroad.

As well, many Indigenous women wrote to the Department of Indian Affairs demanding that the Canadian government keep its hands off their sons and husbands and that they were needed at home.

Many reasons are given for the participation of Indigenous people in the First World War. One of the reasons was the promise of a regular paycheque, another was the argument that within the First Nations, warrior societies should play their role in assisting the British Crown as their relations were with the Crown, not Canada. Another argument was that after making their contributions, Indigenous relations with the Canadian state would improve when they returned.

Indigenous soldiers took part in all the major battles that the Canadian army participated in and distinguished themselves as scouts, snipers, trackers and as front line fighters winning the admiration and respect of their non-Indigenous comrades and officers. At least 50 Indigenous soldiers were decorated for bravery and heroism. In the course of the war, some 300 lost their lives and many more were wounded and others died after returning home from the effects of mustard gas poisoning, wounds that they suffered, and diseases they had contracted in Europe such as tuberculosis and influenza.

The Military Service Act passed by the the Borden Conservative government in 1917 introduced conscription including for "Status Indians." Conscription was not only broadly opposed in Quebec, but also by Indigenous Peoples who denounced this manoeuvre by the government to disregard their status as Indigenous Peoples. In response to this opposition, the government was forced to grant Indigenous Peoples an exemption from serving overseas.

Other injustices were also imposed on Indigenous Peoples. In 1917, Arthur Meighen, Minister of the Interior as well as head of Indian Affairs, launched the "Greater Production Effort," a program intended to increase agricultural production. As part of this scheme, reserve lands that were considered "idle" were taken over by the federal government and handed over to non-Indigenous farmers for "proper use." After both non-Indigenous and First Nations protested that this was a violation of the Indian Act, the government amended the Indian Act in 1918 to make these illegal actions legal.

Post-War Brutality Against Indigenous Veterans

At the end of the war, returning soldiers, including Indigenous veterans, held high hopes that their contributions to the war effort would translate into a better future for themselves and their communities. Indigenous veterans thought that their status as "wards" of the state would be over and that they would be treated as equals. Instead they found that nothing had changed and the racism and colonial actions of the Canadian government continued.

Many Indigenous veterans returned with illnesses such as pneumonia, tuberculosis and influenza which they had contracted overseas. Those who had suffered poison gas attacks returned with weakened lungs and became more prone to tuberculosis and other respiratory illnesses. Like their non-Indigenous fellow soldiers, Indigenous veterans suffered from the trauma of the war -- which in today's terms would be called post-traumatic stress disorder -- and other illnesses such as alcoholism, which wrecked their lives and caused many problems for their families and communities. In fact, the overall standard of living in Indigenous communities declined in the years following the war as returning veterans found it extremely difficult to keep regular work and to return to their pre-war lives. In the face of these complex problems, Canada provided little support to Indigenous veterans.

Benefits and support for veterans from the Canadian government through the Soldiers Settlement Acts of 1917 and 1919, such as land and loans to encourage farming, did not extend to Indigenous veterans. To add insult to injury, through the Acts the federal government confiscated an additional 85,844 acres from reserves to provide farmland for non-Indigenous veterans.

The racist Canadian colonial state's aim of exterminating Indigenous Peoples by assimilating them was alive and well. This was expressed by the notorious Duncan Campbell Scott, architect of the Residential School System in Canada and Deputy Superintendent of the Department of Indian Affairs, who wrote in a 1919 essay:

These men who have been broadened by contact with the outside world and its affairs, who have mingled with the men of other races, and who have witnessed the many wonders and advantages of civilization, will not be content to return to their old Indian mode of life. Each one of them will be a missionary of the spirit of progress... Thus the war will have hastened that day,... when all the quaint old customs, the weird and picturesque ceremonies... shall be as obsolete as the buffalo and the tomahawk, and the last tepee of the Northern wilds give place to a model farmhouse.

Haudenosaunee veteran Frederick Loft founded League of Indians in 1919.

The neglect of Indigenous veterans and other abuses of Indigenous Peoples by the Canadian state, led Haudenosaunee veteran Frederick Loft from Six Nations on the Grand River, who had served as a lieutenant overseas in the Forestry Corps, to form the League of Indians of Canada in 1919. Before his return to Canada, Loft had met with the King and Privy Council in London to express his concerns about the way Indigenous Peoples in Canada were being treated. Under his leadership, the League of Indians fought to protect the lands and treaty rights of Indigenous Peoples.

In particular, the League of Indians fought to preserve Indigenous rights and led the battle against the "involuntary enfranchisement" changes to the Indian Act, orchestrated by Duncan Campbell Scott and passed in 1920, aimed at extinguishing Indigenous title by giving "Status Indians" the vote, while at the same time working to undermine and sabotage the work of the League of Indians and isolating and criminalizing Loft. The League also mounted legal challenges to establish Indigenous claims to hunting, fishing and trapping rights among other things.

The League of Indians was the first attempt by Indigenous Peoples in Canada to form a national organization to resist the Canadian colonial state's assault on their rights and claims. It subsequently inspired the formation of other Indigenous political organizations to battle the colonial Canadian state and its organized racist attacks.

(With files from Indian Affairs and Northern Development Canada, Canadian Encyclopedia, Veterans Affairs Canada and Library and Archives Canada. Hardial Bains Resource Centre Archives.)

" MAKING A DIFFERENCE "

 There have been so many times that I've heard about people saying they wanted to join the army or police force in order to " make a difference " . This makes no sense . Make a difference how exactly? It would seem that you'd join the armed forces or cops in order to maintain or even strengthen the status quo . Or in the case of the army , to go to other countries and help the amerikkkans and kkkanadian corporations steal natural resources and force the population to work for starvation wages . Some soldiers want to make a change like this :

What we know (so far) about the plot to seize land in Quebec and the military men allegedly behind it

RCMP accuse 3 men from Quebec City area of building up an 'anti-government militia'

Catharine Tunney · CBC News · Posted: Jul 09, 2025 6:33 PM EDT | Last Updated: July 9, 2025

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A photo from Raphaël Lagacé's Facebook profile posted 2021. It included a caption protesting the Liberals' gun control legislation. He is now charged with knowingly facilitating a terrorist activity. (Raphaël Lagacé/Facebook)

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The RCMP made shocking allegations this week when they accused four men, including Canadian Armed Forces members, of amassing a trove of weapons and explosives as part of a scheme to take over land near Quebec's capital.

Police called the plot an act of "ideologically motivated violent extremism."

National security experts say it's likely the first time that active members of the Canadian military have been charged with terrorism-related offences. The case is also unique due to the sheer scale of weapons and gear seized, and allegations some of the equipment was taken from the military.

This is just the start of what could be a long journey through the courts. But here's what we know so far about the extremist plot and the men allegedly behind it.

Who are the suspects? 

The accused are all relatively young men from Quebec, all with ties to the armed forces or cadets.

Three of the four accused — Marc-Aurèle Chabot, 24, of Quebec City; Simon Angers-Audet, 24, of Neuville, Que; and Raphaël Lagacé, 25, also of Quebec City — have been charged with the serious offence of facilitating a terrorist activity. 

According to court documents, the alleged offence took place in Montreal, Quebec City, Petawawa, Ont., and Rolphton, Ont., between 2021 and 2024.

If convicted, they face up to 14 years in prison.

Lagacé, 25, is one of the men accused of facilitating a terrorist activity. (Raphaël Lagacé/Facebook)

The three also face a slew of charges related to the firearms, explosives and other gear the RCMP uncovered.

The documents show Lagacé is accused of storing 50 firearms illegally. 

Matthew Forbes, 33, of Pont-Rouge, Que., faces charges including possession of firearms, prohibited devices and explosives, and possession of controlled items. He also faces charges related to the Explosives Act and Defence Production Act, which regulates access to military supplies.

The Office of the Canadian Forces Provost Marshal said in a statement Tuesday evening that Forbes and Chabot are serving members — both corporals based at CFB Valcartier.  

A colleague of Chabot's confirmed that he was serving last summer in the Vandoos, also known as the Royal 22nd Regiment. CBC News has agreed to withhold his identity because he was not authorized to speak publicly on Canadian Armed Forces matters. 

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Two active members of the Canadian Armed Forces are among four Quebec men accused of being part of an alleged anti-government plot that involved creating a militia and seizing land.

The colleague expressed concerns about comments Chabot had made about the federal government and then prime minister Justin Trudeau. He described those comments as "almost treasonous."

The Canadian Armed Forces said one of the four accused was a former armed forces member, and the other a former civilian instructor with the Royal Canadian Air Cadets. It did not provide names. 

But a Facebook account belonging to Lagacé is filled with photos of him in military-inspired gear posing with firearms and shows he was a decorated member of the cadet program.

• Man accused of facilitating terrorism used quarry outside Quebec City for target practice

In 2019 he received an award from Jean-Marc Lanthier, then the vice-chief of the defence staff, after he performed CPR on his grandfather, according to a Facebook post. 

Lagacé used his social media page to rail against the Liberals' gun control legislation and posted a photo of a hat that says "make Trudeau a drama teacher again."

Angers-Audet's father told La Presse his son left the army during the COVID-19 pandemic and had a stroke after getting a vaccine.

Philippe Audet told the French-language newspaper that his son and friends are being framed. 

What are they accused of planning?

The quartet is accused of plotting to "forcibly take possession of land" near Quebec's capital. The plan, according to the RCMP, included building up an "anti-government militia." Members of the group had allegedly already begun what the police described as "military-style training, as well as shooting, ambush, survival and navigation exercises."

"A variety of firearms, some prohibited, as well as high-capacity magazines and tactical equipment were allegedly used in these activities," said the RCMP.

In this provided photo, the RCMP says this is the 'military-style training in which the accused took part.' (RCMP)

On Tuesday, the Mounties released a photo showing seven people taking part in those alleged exercises. They appear to be in a quarry or pit, wearing military-style fatigues.

The RCMP said one the suspects is also accused of running an Instagram account intended to recruit members.

The men had stockpiled a massive trove of weapons and equipment, according to their charge sheets. 

None of the allegations have been tested in court.

Many details remain unknown about their alleged plan, but more will likely be revealed if the case moves to trial.

What weapons were seized? 

One of the most eye-popping elements of the story is how much firepower and equipment was seized.

The RCMP executed searches in January of last year, seizing 16 explosive devices, 83 firearms and accessories, approximately 11,000 rounds of ammunition of various calibres and nearly 130 magazines.

The court documents show a CZ Bren 2 MS rifle, a Glock 17 9-mm pistol, military smoke grenades, laser aiming devices and night-vision goggles were part of the haul. 

The RCMP said searches conducted in the Quebec City area led to the seizure of 16 explosive devices, 83 firearms and accessories, approximately 11,000 rounds of ammunition of various calibres, nearly 130 magazines and four pairs of night-vision goggles. (RCMP)

Forbes is also charged with illegally sending a laser-sighting system to someone in Quebec City, France and the United States.

The RCMP said in its news release some of the seized items were military equipment, but wouldn't confirm if that included weapons.

Jessica Davis, president of Insight Threat Intelligence and a former analyst with the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS), said the seizure is the largest cache of weapons and components in any terrorism incident in Canadian history.

What was the alleged motivation?

It's not yet clear what allegedly motivated the suspects. 

Other than describing the men as wanting to create an "anti-government militia," investigators have not commented on their political leanings. 

RCMP spokesperson Staff Sgt. Camille Habel did say those involved with ideologically motivated violent extremism often want to form a new society. 

• RCMP charges military members allegedly plotting to form militia and seize land

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They'll often want to "create some kind of chaos" in order to live the way that they want, she said Tuesday. 

Habel said the RCMP's investigation began in the spring of 2023 and determined the alleged activity began in June 2021.

The RCMP said this photo shows some of the seized military equipment. (RCMP)

That would coincide with the COVID-19 pandemic and repeated lockdowns. At the time, intelligence agencies were warning of the rise in ideologically motivated extremism and how players were leveraging the pandemic to sow hateful narratives and divisive conspiracy theories.

What happens next? 

The four men made brief virtual appearances in a Quebec City courthouse Tuesday, where Crown prosecutor Sara Moussa objected to their release.

Their next court date is July 14.

The four have not entered a plea yet and a bail hearing hasn't been scheduled.