Toronto: Communist League candidates join protest, oppose Ottawas support of Israeli war |
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TORONTOSome 2,000 people marched from the Israeli to the U.S. consulate here August 12 to demand an end to Tel Avivs murderous assaults in Lebanon and Gaza. Michel Dugré and Beverly Bernardo (center with glasses and foreground), the Communist League candidates for Toronto city council in wards 12 and 14, respectively, joined the actionthe third since the war on Lebanon began. The two candidates and their supporters received a warm response as they distributed a campaign flyer that condemned Ottawas support for the Israeli war and called for the immediate, unconditional withdrawal of Canadian, U.S., and other imperialist armed forces from Iraq and Afghanistan. BEVERLY BERNARDO Related articles: After cease-fire, Israeli forces begin pullout from Lebanon Hezbollah: a bourgeois party modeled on Tehran 10,000 in D.C. protest Israeli attack on Lebanon U.S. govt revokes visas for 100 Iranians Front page (for this issue) | Home | Text-version home |