by Leslie Schulman at 10:56 AM ET UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Tuesday urged Afghan President Hamad Karzai to put a stop to executions and join nations calling for a death penalty moratorium. The call came…
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Majority of Canadians support US war resisters
Canadians prefer tangible foreign aid to value spreading: Poll by Norma Greenaway, Canwest News Service Published: Tuesday, November 11, 2008 OTTAWA – Canadians say providing bridges, roads and other forms of concrete foreign assistance is more important than spreading such Canadian…
Peace Alliance Winnipeg Annual General Meeting
Date: Sunday, Nov. 16, 2008 Time: 1:30 pm Place: Workers Organizing Resource Centre, 180 Smith, Mezzanine Level Press the buzzer to get access to the building. The AGM will discuss the work the Peace Alliance has engaged in during the…
On November 11th, remember to ask “Why?”
There are many ways to look at the significance of November 11th. One is to use the occasion simply to remember and honour the sacrifice of those who died in the wars Canada has fought without any reflection as to…
Majority Agenda Coalition Rally at the Conservative Party Convention in Winnipeg
The Majority Agenda Coalition is holding a rally at the national convention of the Conservative Party of Canada. According to the organizers: “This is the start of the fightback to block the Harper minority government from imposing its narrow agenda…
Joshua Keys at Mondragon Books
War resister Joshua Keys will be speaking at Mondragon Books. When: 7:00 pm, Thursday, Nov. 13, 2008 Where: Mondragon Books, 91 Albert St., Winnipeg When Private First Class Joshua Key was shipped to Iraq, the US army combat engineer believed…
Canadian soldier says it’s time to end Afghanistan war
Oct 08, 2008 04:30 AM I love my country just like anybody else. But when I hear of things our troops have done in Afghanistan, I have to ask, “What kind of legacy do we wish to leave behind?” Some…
40 Afghan civilians killed as U.S.-led air strike hits wedding party
Villagers in Wech Baghtu, Kandahar say 37 people have died, including 23 children and 10 women after planes flattened houses shortly after US troops had fought Taliban insurgents nearby on Monday afternoon. Photo: EPA/UK Telegraph KABUL, Nov. 5 (Xinhua) —…
Afghan Election Could Be Scrapped Due to Instability
The Financial Times reports members of the Afghan government, European diplomats and NATO military officials are pushing to delay, or even scrap, next year’s presidential election in Afghanistan. They argue that the poll could dangerously aggravate political tensions. Analysts said…
Support cluster bomb ban
Five weeks before a groundbreaking new treaty banning cluster bombs opens for signature in Oslo, Mines Action Canada (MAC) is asking everyone to sign the People’s Treaty banning cluster bombs to show Canada and other world leaders we are watching…
