Founded in 1986 in Toronto, the Mackenzie Institute is an independent non-profit organization concerned with issues related to political instability and organized violence. This includes such matters as terrorism, political extremism, warfare and organized crime.
The aim of the Institute is to provide research and commentary on its subject matter, to promote informed public debate, and to hold to the proposition that our liberal democratic tradition must be safeguarded and fostered.
The Institute is also concerned with the social and political stability of Canada, and works to enhance it when it can.
The Institute is named for the voyageur Alexander Mackenzie, the first European (and likely the first man) to reach the Pacific Ocean from Upper Canada, and the first to trace the Mackenzie River to the Arctic Ocean. Mackenzie had the courage to explore routes that everyone knew existed, but feared to try. In our own way, we try to emulate his courage and forthrightness.
Worth Repeating:
Dr. Boaz Ganor's Plenary Address at ICT's 11th International Conference: World Summit on Counter-Terrorism can be viewed by clicking HERE and is also available through the ITC website, www.ict.org.il/
COMMENTARY
Let’s Ban the
Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps
Canada has a fairly tough and effective set of anti-terrorism laws, provided that a terrorist belongs to an entity listed by the Canadian government to which these laws are deliberately applied. We’ve listed al Qaeda and Hizbollah, and once the Tamil Tigers were added to the list, it helped to being about the end of that group.
The Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) are the paramilitary troops of the Iranian regime. Like the KGB of the Soviet Union or the SS of Nazi Germany, the IRGC are both the agents of order for a harsh ideological regime and its agents of oppression.
On the face of things, they are a national police force and a security agency for the government of a nation-state. However, that nation state is a regime that was created and is sustained through coercion and violence, and the IRGC are the agents of that coercion.
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BRIEFING NOTE
The Anatomy of Anti-Semitism
Issue #34 -- March 2012
Perhaps some readers might not care that much for Jews. The author counts many Jews among his dearest friends and colleagues, and has travelled enough in the Middle East to get a very clear idea of the fundamental differences between Israeli society and those of its neighbours… but these are personal experiences. There are other reasons to be concerned.
First, the alliance between the Progressive Left and the Islamists should alarm one as much as the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact might have in 1939. Two groups, both inimical to our society, joined in unholy matrimony? We can already guess at the rough beast that will be born from this. They might be focusing right now on the Jews and trying to assure us that this is ‘social justice’ or some such rot, but only a complete fool would take either group at their word, let alone both of them in combination.
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