CBC: Liberals denounce and agree with Tory motion condemning Israel boycotters
CBC.ca By Neil MacDonald So, the Trudeau government intends to join with the Conservatives next week and condemn the United Church of Canada and the Quakers, along with every other organization and...
View ArticleSFSC Letter: Greatest Threat to Free Speech in the West
February 21, 2016 The Hon. Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada Dear Prime Minster Trudeau, Re: Greatest Threat to Free Speech in the West: Criminalizing Activism Against Israeli Occupation (1) I...
View ArticleSFSC Letter: To the Moderator of the United Church of Canada
Jordan Cantwell (The Right Reverend), Moderator United Church of Canada Dear Rev. Cantwell I am writing on behalf of the Seriously Free Speech Committee to commend you on the courageous letter you sent...
View ArticleCorporate SLAPP vs Free Speech
Tuesday, June 28 @ 7pm SFU Harbour Centre, Room 7000 515 West Hastings, Unceded Coast Salish Territories Speakers: Alan Dutton • stopslappsuits.ca • Kinder Morgan SLAPP suit defendant Jason Gratl •...
View ArticleSFSC – Brian Campbell lived to make the world a better place
It is with great sadness that we report that Brian Campbell, one of the founders of the Seriously Free Speech Committee (SFSC), died from cancer on Dec. 27, 2016 at the age of 72. Brian helped organize...
View ArticleIJV: Remembering Brian Campbell
Independent Jewish Voices Canada Vancouver’s activist community lost a valued friend in December, when Brian Campbell died of lung cancer. Brian was a man of rare depth, a fierce advocate for human...
View Articlestraight.com: Free speech advocate and long-time Vancouver library employee...
by Charlie Smith @ straight.com A pioneering activist and former Vancouver Public Library staff member has died. Brian Campbell passed away shortly after Christmas from lung cancer after spending his...
View ArticleSFSC Event April 5: Why is Canadian professor Hassan Diab still held in...
Dr. Hassan Diab, a sociology professor at the University of Ottawa, was arrested in 2008 in connection with the deadly bombing of a Paris synagogue that occurred in 1980. Throughout his long ordeal –...
View ArticleSFSC Event Oct 26: Roger Waters talks Palestine live on-stage at Vancouver forum
On Thursday, October 26 2017, Roger Waters, the creative power and songwriting force behind Pink Floyd, will discuss his evolution as a human rights activist and his support for Palestinian rights...
View ArticleSFSC Event Nov 8: “Occupation of the [North] American Mind” Film screening
Presented by Seriously Free Speech and Independent Jewish Voices. Narrated by Roger Waters, this compelling and important film examines how the Israeli government, the U.S. government, and pro-Israel...
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