http://www.Taylor-Report.com The Taylor Report is a weekly radio progam broadcast by CUIT 89.5fm at the University of Toronto. We cover current events, politics, human rights, peace and labour, and stories and individuals that are not widely heard. This site is meant as a resource for our listeners, one which will allow them to access some of our archived shows and guide them in further researching some of the topics and issues covered during the programs. en-us 60Today former Liberian president Charles Taylor has been unanimously convicted of 11 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity by the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) sitting at The Hague. The verdict, which convicted Taylor for aiding and abetting rather than joint criminal enterprise, was followed by an impromptu dissent by the Trial Chamber's alternate judge, Justice Sow of Senegal. In an unexpected turn of events, as Justice Lussick (Presiding), Justice Doherty and Justice Sebutinde rose to leave the courtroom after delivering the verdict, Justice Sow addressed the Court: "The only moment where a Judge can express his opinion is during the deliberations or in the courtroom, and, pursuant to the Rules, when there are no serious deliberations, the...http://redesign.taylor-report.com/articles/index.php?id=72Columnist Siddiqi has turned to the best minds available to back the Star’s headline, "Canada should lobby for bombing of Syria" (March 15, 2012). Hugh Segal, John McCain and Lloyd Axworthy agree it’s time to deploy "air assets" to remove Assad, it’s the humanitarian thing to do. Humanitarian: As in burn Korans, urinate on the dead and massacre civilians? Segal wins the prize for imperial goofiness. NATO bombed Libya to remove Gaddafi so we have to bomb Syria to avoid a "double standard". You bomb one Arab government you don’t like you gotta bomb the next one goes the Senator’s logic. Of course "double standard" actually means doing to others what you would not allow done to you, which would apply to the Star, to Canada, to Siddiqi, to Segal, to Axworthy and McCain....http://redesign.taylor-report.com/articles/index.php?id=71Koffi Annan has been to Damascus for the UN Secretary General. The Syrians had better watch their step with him, he’s as dangerous as a regiment of the Paris led phony Free Syrian Army. Koffi will try to arrange a UN/Arab League presence in Syria which can then move on to destabilize the government, through such means as disinformation outlets to confuse and demoralize the population and “corridors” for passage of people and weapons to rebel strongholds, safe from Syrian government oversight. That done, when the time is ripe, when the army has been divided and somewhat disarmed, hostilities can be resumed—with “world opinion” on the side of freshly armed rebels. All blame will placed on Assad. It should be kept in mind that Koffi Annan did precisely t...http://redesign.taylor-report.com/articles/index.php?id=70Peter Munk, Chairman of Barrick Gold, Gerald Schwartz, President of Onex and Joel Reitman, CEO of MIJO Corp. have each contributed to the Mulcair campaign for leader of the New Democratic Party. "Now" magazine of Toronto mentions this as "odd". How is it odd? Munk, Schwartz and Reitman are keen supporters of Israel and are looking for candidates who agree with them. Mulcair fills the bill. He can do the mantra 2 state process line, but is missing on Israeli occupation and aggression. He won the hearts of Zionists with his attempt to bully Lizzie Davis. On Israel and the Palestinians Mulcair is a lot like Bob Rae, without the finesse. Some might have thought it odd that Thomas Walkom of the Toronto Star would write about the leaders campaign with paragraphs about contributo...http://redesign.taylor-report.com/articles/index.php?id=69The law case of the century: Indictment against NATO military and political leaders (UPDATED) NATO: Indictment for breach of international law in the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya. The military and political leaders of NATO are hereby accused of the following crimes committed in the Libyan campaign of 2011, in which the systematic breaches of international law are underlined. Understanding that international law exists and that it is systematically broken by certain powers with impunity, understanding that such a situation is unacceptable and that the same set of laws should apply to all, equally, with the same sets of weights and measures employed in upholding it, I hereby accuse NATO and the below-mentioned individuals, party to its acts in...http://redesign.taylor-report.com/articles/index.php?id=68