BDS Debate: Alex Tyrrell Says Green Party Membership is More Progressive Than The Leadership
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Excellent coverage of my opinion on Elizabeth May's purge of federal shadow cabinet members who support BDS.
"According to Tyrrell the party is far more left-wing than its current leadership and needs to shift away from the center and modernize to reflect it, starting with a hard look at the...
Alex Tyrrell Signs Open Letter on BDS: « Green party values oblige us to stand with the oppressed. »
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Green Party members across the country will continue our push for BDS leading up the the federal convention in Calgary.
I am happy to have signed this letter along with 14 former Green Party of Canada candidates, two members of the federal Green Party shadow cabinet and two delegates on...
On Aug. 7 in Ottawa, delegates at the Green Party of Canada's federal convention voted overwhelmingly to endorse boycott, divestment and sanctions against the sectors of the Israeli economy that benefit from the occupation of Palestinian territories.
The result of this pristine exercise in grassroots democracy did not sit well...
Alex Tyrrell Calls Justin Trudeau Hypocritical For Marching in Pride While Arming Saudi Arabia
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Justin Trudeau can attend as many #GayPride events as he likes but the fact of the matter is that his government continues to supply Canadian made weapons to the Saudi Arabian government despite the fact that they continue to stone members of the LGBTQ+ community to death.
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Alex Tyrrell Highlights Positive Coverage of Green Party BDS Endorsement in a Series of Posts
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Alex Tyrrell highlights positive coverage of the Green Party of Canada's 2016 endorsement of Boycott divestment and sanctions against the state of Israel over the mistreatment of the Palestinian people and the killings of innocent civilians and children.
https://www.facebook.com/alex.tyrrell.92/posts/1776946975851923
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Well, Elizabeth May is taking a week off to consider resigning as leader of the Green Party of Canada. I would like to take this opportunity to wish her well.
In my opinion, the most concerning part of this whole thing is the speed at which both her rhetoric and...
I completely disagree with this statement my colleague Andrew Weaver, leader of the BC Green Party.
The BDS campaign is entirely consistant with Green values of peace, diplomacy and non violence. It is reasonable to impose sanctions on a government that has been killing thousands of civilians in the occupied...
Green Party of Canada delegates have just voted to endorse Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) against the Israeli government at the federal convention in Ottawa!
Congratulations to all the party members, who worked hard to advocate for human rights in the face of harsh criticism, intimidation and smear campaigns carried...
Congratulations to Omar Khader on his release from prison. For far too long the Harper government allowed the US government to illegally detain, torture and abuse M. Khader's human rights.
Khadr was forced into becoming a child soldier by his father and at 15 years old he was wounded on...