From Gaza to Cuba: How Canada Remains the World’s Most Tactful Bystander
| CODEPINK Feb 15, 2026 Anne Kamath, Umer Azad, CODEPINK Ontario The world is witnessing yet another manufactured humanitarian catastrophe unfolding in plain sight in Cuba. This crisis is not the result of any internal collapse or mismanagement. It is the deliberate outcome of United States policy, a policy of collective punishment designed to impose economic suffocation on an entire population to extract political change. President Donald Trump has openly declared his intention to overthrow the Cuban government by year’s end, meaning Washington is transforming its decades-old blockade into a full-scale siege. The Trump administration has absurdly designated the small, peaceful Caribbean nation as “an unusual and extraordinary threat” to the United States, weaponizing tariffs and economic coercion against any country that dares to sell oil to Cuba. |
Western imperial alliance in crisis: Canada condemns USA, declaring ’new world order‘ in China
| At Davos, Canadian PM Mark Carney admitted that the West’s imperialist „rules-based international order“ was „false“, hypocritical, & exploitative. What does his criticism of „American hegemony“ mean? Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has garnered a lot of attention for a speech he delivered at the 2026 World Economic Forum in Davos, in which he condemned Donald Trump’s threats and announced that Canada will “fundamentally shift our strategic posture” and “diversify” away from the United States. These remarks came just a few days after Carney took a high-profile trip to China, to try to mend relations. He was the first Canadian leader to visit since 2017. At a meeting with China’s President Xi Jinping in Beijing, Carney said foreign relations must shift in a “new world order”. |
End of Hypocritical ‚Rules-Based Order‘?: In China Visit & Davos Speech, Canada Breaks with USA
| Join Daniel Dumbrill (Canadian in China) and Ben Norton (American journalist in China) as they react to and analyze Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s groundbreaking visit to China and his explosive speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos. Carney admits the „rules-based international order“ was always hypocritical and exploitative, marking Canada’s strategic pivot away from US dominance in the face of Trump’s annexation threats. From Chongqing China, we dive into: Carney’s talks with President Xi on boosting trade and diversification. The admission that middle powers profited from US imperialism—until they became targets. US aggression against allies like Canada, Greenland, and Europe. The dawn of a multipolar world: Could this signal the end of US hegemony? Opportunities for the Global South amid this imperial disruption. |
