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…
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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…
Canadian Human Rights on Trial: the Case of Omar Khadr
by Paul S. Graham Almost unnoticed amidst the hoopla and the protests associated with the opening of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights was a dinner held at the Grand Mosque Community Centre last Friday in honour of Edmonton-based human…
The war in Eastern Ukraine & the New Cold War
Speaker: Roger Annis Roger Annis is a Vancouver-based writer who attended an antiwar conference in Yalta, Crimea on July 6, 7. Conference delegates included Ukrainians, Russians and antiwar activists from Europe and North America. Broadway Disciples United Church 396 Broadway…
Independent probe of Ukraine catastrophe needed
OPINION: Civil Society Calls For Impartial Inquiry on Air Crash and Catastrophe in Ukraine By Alice Slater NEW YORK, Sep 2 2014 (IPS) – It is ironic that at this moment in history when so many people and nations around…
Human Rights & Justice in Canada – The Case of Omar Khadr
An evening honouring Dennis Edney, lawyer of Omar Khadr Dennis Edney (QC) is the recipient of the National Pro Bono Award (2008) and the Human Rights Medal (British Columbia, 2009). “The story of Omar and Guantanamo Bay reflects the failure…