Anti-NATO protesters gathered again in Montreal on Saturday to demand Canada withdraw from the alliance, a day after a demonstration organized by different groups resulted in arrests, burned cars and shattered windows.

the purpose of the protest was to demonstrate against what he called NATO’s “complicity with Israel’s military while it’s conducting its genocide in Gaza, … war crimes in Lebanon, Syria” and that “it’s enforcing illegal occupation of Palestinian territories.”

However, Allard rejected accusations of antisemitism. He said the protests were against the actions of the state of Israel and not Jewish people, adding that earlier this week the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

  • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldM
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    47
    arrow-down
    2
    ·
    6 hours ago

    Yeah, I’m sure Canada not being allied with a bunch of other naval powers would be a lot better for the residents of Монреаль in the long run.

    • gedaliyah@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      17
      arrow-down
      3
      ·
      6 hours ago

      It is weird that there are these protest groups wearing particular scarves that always seem to be acting in the interest of Russia.

    • solo@slrpnk.netOP
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      1
      arrow-down
      15
      ·
      edit-2
      6 hours ago

      Honest question: has the USSR or Russia ever attempted to invade Canada? I only know that Canada had sent military around 1917 to fight against communism (well, what is called this way) but I don’t know much more on the topic.

        • solo@slrpnk.netOP
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          3
          arrow-down
          8
          ·
          5 hours ago

          To my knowledge Chamberlain is pretty famous for his misjudgments. Anyways, thanks for answering my question

      • HikingVet@lemmy.ca
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        2
        arrow-down
        1
        ·
        5 hours ago

        No, Ruzzia in any of its forms has not tried to invade us, to the best of my knowledge