Uncovering the Buried Story of the Cuban Five

Who are the Cuban Five? Why did the FBI arrest them? Why are they still in prison in the United States? What makes them national heroes in their homeland? What does their case have to do with the war on terror? And why should their story matter to Americans? Coversm Canadian journalist Stephen Kimber, the […]

The journalistic implications of fixed elections… dates

METRO LOGO GREEN Mr. Baillie, I must, respectfully, disagree. Last week, on the eve the possible election call that preceded the eve of the likely election call which was, thankfully, finally followed by the actual election call, Conservative leader Jamie Baillie declared that, if elected, he would introduce legislation to set fixed provincial election dates. […]

Peter MacKay has never smoked dope. Pity

So Peter MacKay has never smoked dope. Perhaps that’s his problem. If, indeed, he’s telling the truth. Last week, the justice minister got his knickers in a knot when Liberal leader Justin Trudeau’s matter-of-factly disclosed he had — like 39 per cent of Canadians — enjoyed the occasional puff from a joint, most recently at […]

And the winners are…

Congratulations to Mallory Duff, Natasha Badenhorst Briggs, Pedro Cipriano, Tina Holmes and Cynthia LaClair, winners of the Goodreads Giveaway of five copies of What Lies Across the Water: The Real Story of the Cuban Five. More than 900 people entered the competition and the winners were selected by some fancy Goodreads algorithm. For those of you who didn’t win, you […]

Feeling 'compassion fatigue' for Trevor Zinck

So… Trevor Zinck has “compassion fatigue.” His problem is not that he defrauded taxpayers of $9,000 by stealing money destined for charities, and sponsorships, and poured it down the bottomless drain of casino gambling. Nor is his problem that he suffers from an all-too-commonplace gambling addiction, which he needs to acknowledge and seek treatment for. […]

Rocky Jones, thank you and rest in peace.

The last time I talked face to face with Rocky Jones was in November 2011, a few nights before he was scheduled to deliver a public lecture on “The Struggle for Human Rights in African Nova Scotian Communities, 1961-2011.” It could have been the too-wordy title for his autobiography. (Metro File Photo) We met at […]

What Lies Across the Water: "A story that needed to be told"

The following is a translation by Cuba News’s Walter Lippman of a story that first appeared in Spanish in cubadebate on August 2, 2013. The article was written by Ricardo Alarcón, the former President of the Cuban National Assembly. A STORY THAT NEEDED TO BE TOLD Ricardo Alarcón de Quesada August 2, 2013 A CubaNews translation. […]

Win a copy of "What Lies Across the Water"

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Counterpunch reviews "What Lies Across the Water"

“The author’s clear, flowing, and often seat-gripping, even entertaining, narrative is an added plus. The book is highly recommended…” Stephen Kimber’s “What Lies Across the Water: The Real Story of the Cuban Five” by W. T. WHITNEY Publication of What Lies Across the Water, Stephen Kimber’s book about Cuban anti-terrorists serving wildly extravagant terms in U.S. […]

What Lies Across the water "reads like a page-turner novel, but it’s not…"

From a review of What Lies Across The Water: The Real Story of the Cuban Five in the Havana Times by Dawn Gable HAVANA TIMES — The endnotes of What Lies Across the Water* opens with: “The truth is — everybody lies.” But I believe author Stephen Kimber when he says that as part of […]