DENNIS EDNEY (LAWYER FOR OMAR KHADR):“THE RULE OF LAW & THE POLITICS OF FEAR”“If we can mistreat a child such as Omar Khadr from the age of 15, then who amongst us is safe?” — Dennis EdneyFriday, June 19, 2015Broadway…
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Canadian intervention in Ukraine contrary to peace and democracy
By Glenn Michalchuk The decision of the Canadian government to send 200 troops to train the Ukrainian army will only intensify the divisions that have erupted in Ukraine since the installation of the Poroshenko government. Harper is pursuing his “new”…
Kiev’s Bloody War Is Backfiring
By Justin Raimondo Global Research, February 12, 2015 When Ukrainian army officers came to the Ukrainian village of Velikaya Znamenka to tell the men to prepare to be drafted, they weren’t prepared for what happened next. As the commanding officer…
War Resisters – Let Them Stay Week – Jan. 25-31, 2015
By Peace Alliance Winnipeg This Sunday marks the beginning of Let Them Stay Week, a national campaign dedicated to securing the safety of American war resisters who have sought refuge in Canada. As the War Resisters Support Campaign notes in…
Peace Allinc Winnipeg Monhly Meeting
Please join us for the first monthly meeting of 2015. Date: Tuesday, January 6, 2015 Location: Project Peacemakers Office, 2nd floor, 745 Westminster Ave. (Westminster United Church) Time: 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm The agenda includes planning for a fundraising…
New website focuses on Ukraine and the new Cold War
By Roger Annis Following several months of preparatory work, a new website providing information and analysis of the war and political crisis in Ukraine is now online. The website is titled The New Cold War: Ukraine and beyond . You…
Dancing Tragedies and Dreams
by Paul S. Graham Art, culture, dance and politics blended seamlessly in Winnipeg on September 21, 2014, with the performance of Dancing Tragedies and Dreams, a production of the Canadian Palestinian Association of Manitoba, at Prairie Theatre Exchange. Dancing Tragedies…
Don’t attack Iraq
On Saturday, Oct. 25th, Peace Alliance Winnipeg held an information picket at the intersection of Osborne Street and River Avenue to call for an end to Canada’s bombing mission in Iraq and Syria. In doing so, PAW was joining with…
The War in Eastern Ukraine and the New Cold War
by Paul S. Graham In April 2014, the government that had come into power two months earlier in Ukraine launched what it termed an “anti-terrorist operation” against the people of Eastern Ukraine. The easterners were opposed to the government’s plans…
Don’t Attack Iraq!
The Canadian Peace Alliance and the Collectif Échec à la guerre are calling for a weekend of protest actions, on 25-26 October, against Canadian participation in the third Iraq war. These protests will take place on the 12th anniversary of…