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CW: protester being struck in the head by a pepper ball

Footage I took earlier of the moment Reverend David Black, a regular protester outside of the Broadview Detention Center, was shot in the head with a pepper ball by ICE agents on the roof of the facility.

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Chris Houston @chrishouston.ca · 1d

Prosecute war criminals, not protesters

The real problem of humanity: we have Palaeolithic emotions, medieval institutions and godlike technology

That sentiment has never felt more true, as we try to make sense of an increasingly connected and chaotic world

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Prosecute war criminals, not protesters

American sociobiologist Edward O. Wilson once said that “The real problem of humanity is the following: We have Palaeolithic emotions, medieval institutions and godlike technology.” That sentiment has...

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Chris Houston @chrishouston.ca · 20h

Poverty, underfunded healthcare, poor services, and a lack of jobs. That's what damages communities.

Blaming immigrants is a distraction.

I say that as an immigrant. Kemi described herself as "to all intents and purposes a first-generation immigrant" (Politico, 2022)

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High immigration levels damage communities, Kemi Badenoch warns

The Conservative leader says society is in danger of fragmenting unless concerns are acted on.

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Chris Houston @chrishouston.ca · 1d

Prosecute war criminals, not protesters

The real problem of humanity: we have Palaeolithic emotions, medieval institutions and godlike technology

That sentiment has never felt more true, as we try to make sense of an increasingly connected and chaotic world

chrishouston.ca/stories-of-p...

Prosecute war criminals, not protesters

American sociobiologist Edward O. Wilson once said that “The real problem of humanity is the following: We have Palaeolithic emotions, medieval institutions and godlike technology.” That sentiment has...

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Chris Houston @chrishouston.ca · 1d

My heart: “give them a little hug”

My brain: “yeah, probably don’t do that”

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Chris Houston @chrishouston.ca · 1d

I’m trying to enjoy the supermoon, but my roomies only care about dinner. Typical trash pandas.

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Chris Houston @chrishouston.ca · 5d

MSF accused the US government of a war crime. And it the bombing of Kunduz trauma centre obviously is a war crime.

But the body set up in 1977 to investigate allegations of war crimes, despite their frequency, has only ever done 1 investigation (Russia in 2017).

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International Humanitarian Fact-Finding Commission - Wikipedia

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Alex Cosh @alexcosh.bsky.social · 5d

A Veteran Reporter Was Branded as a Russian Spy. The Proof Didn’t Hold Up thewalrus.ca/a-veteran-re...

A Veteran Reporter Was Branded as a Russian Spy. The Proof Didn’t Hold Up | The Walrus

Former MP Chris Alexander accused David Pugliese of treason. Experts now argue his evidence was fake

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Chris Houston @chrishouston.ca · 5d

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Photos of the 14 MSF staff killed in Kunduz.

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Chris Houston @chrishouston.ca · 5d

MSF accused the US government of a war crime. And it the bombing of Kunduz trauma centre obviously is a war crime.

But the body set up in 1977 to investigate allegations of war crimes, despite their frequency, has only ever done 1 investigation (Russia in 2017).

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interna...

International Humanitarian Fact-Finding Commission - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

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Chris Houston @chrishouston.ca · 5d

Bombing hospitals is almost always a war crime.

Of course, it's also morally, ethically abominable.

www.icrc.org/en/document/...

The protection of hospitals during armed conflicts: What the law says

According to international humanitarian law (IHL), health establishments and units, including hospitals, should not be attacked. This protection extends to the wounded and sick as well as to medical s...

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Chris Houston @chrishouston.ca · 5d

Fuck war. And fuck all the politicians who make war.

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Chris Houston @chrishouston.ca · 5d

10 years ago, the US military killed my colleugues and their patients in Kunduz trauma centre. 42 died in a war crime that was never independently investigated.

Photo below, me and others at the @msf.org Pakistan offices.

www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/afghanistan-...

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Chris Houston @chrishouston.ca · 5d

10 years ago, the US military killed my colleugues and their patients in Kunduz trauma centre. 42 died in a war crime that was never independently investigated.

Photo below, me and others at the @msf.org Pakistan offices.

www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/afghanistan-...

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Chris Houston @chrishouston.ca · 5d

Disgusting news from Manchester. A deadly attack on a synagogue on Yom Kippur.

Sadly, antisemitism is on the rise in the UK.

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At least two killed in stabbing and car ramming attack on Yom Kippur at synagogue in Manchester, UK police say | CNN

At least two Jewish worshippers were killed and several others injured in a car ramming and stabbing attack outside a synagogue in the English city of Manchester on Yom Kippur, the holiest day in Juda...

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Chris Houston @chrishouston.ca · 6d

My column this week also notes the peace awards, which happened on World Peace Day. The same day, three countries made the long-overdue step of recognising the statehood of Palestine.

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Peace Day, Peace Awards, and Palestine

A lot happened on Sunday 21st September 2025. Peaceful proclamations were made, the Canadian Peace Museum issued a suite of awards, buildings were illuminated, and three countries recognised Palestini...

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Chris Houston @chrishouston.ca · 6d

A report on the third annual peace awards ceremony from the Canadian Peace Museum

Canadian Peace Museum @canadianpeacemuseum.ca · 6d

Delighted to see news of our recent awards in Bancroft This Week.
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Newspaper article with headline: Canadian Peace Museum celebrates its third annual Award Ceremony

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Chris Houston @chrishouston.ca · 6d

A lot happened on World Peace Day 2025. My latest article covers the local, the national, and the international.

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Peace Day, Peace Awards, and Palestine

A lot happened on Sunday 21st September 2025. Peaceful proclamations were made, the Canadian Peace Museum issued a suite of awards, buildings were illuminated, and three countries recognised Palestini...

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Chris Houston @chrishouston.ca · 8d

Inquiry into UK going to war with Iraq found that:
1 - UK went to war in Iraq before peaceful options were exhausted.
2 - Flawed military intelligence was not challenged
3 - Legal basis for war not satisfactory, planning inadequate, consequences under-estimated

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Chilcot report: Findings at-a-glance

An at-a-glance summary of the findings of Sir John Chilcot's official report on the UK's involvement in the 2003 Iraq War.

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Chris Houston @chrishouston.ca · 8d

Also from 2016:

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016...

Tony Blair unrepentant as Chilcot gives crushing Iraq war verdict

Sir John Chilcot delivers highly critical verdict on Iraq war but ex-PM says: ‘I believe we made the right decision’

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Chris Houston @chrishouston.ca · 8d

Enraging news, from 2016

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Tony Blair says world is better as a result of Iraq War

Tony Blair says the world would be

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Chris Houston @chrishouston.ca · 8d

In case you missed it, Gen Z protests have toppled two governments this month.

Today: Madagascar's president dissolves government after 'Gen Z' protests

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Earlier this month: How a Gen Z revolution upended Nepal's government

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Madagascar's president dissolves government amid 'Gen Z' protests

The UN says 22 people have been killed and more than 100 others injured since protests broke out on Thursday.

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Chris Houston @chrishouston.ca · 11d

Abnormalize the prison-industrial complex

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Chris Houston @chrishouston.ca · 11d

Canada “committed to the global Arms Trade Treaty in 2019, which bars exports known to facilitate genocide, crimes against humanity, breaches of the Geneva Conventions, or attacks on civilians.”

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Canadian Arms Exports

Engrossed in my work, the calm is periodically shattered by a loud crash through my headphones - memories of the Exposure Therapy I received last year remain vivid. The therapy, which confronted me wi...

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