Location: Mondragon Book Store and Coffee House, 91 Albert Street, Winnipeg Cuban Doctor on Canada Wide Tour to Speak on Cuba’s Humanitarian Medical Mission From October 13 to November 6, 2011 Dr. Jorge Tomas Balseiro Estevez, a member of Cuba’s…
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4 Directions Walk – End Poverty
Location: Manitoba Legislature. Walk or attend the rally! – Bring everyone you know! – Discuss Manitoba’s Justice Charter to Eradicate Poverty. Attend the rally or join a walk: East St. Mary’s & Perimeter, 10:30 a.m. Or join up at: St.…
Occupy Winnipeg
Location: Manitoba Legislative Building, Winnipeg By now, everyone has heard of Occupy Wall Street, where thousands have gathered in the heart of New York’s financial district to peacefully protest economic and social injustice. OWS is being replicated in numerous other…
Israeli privilege is unsustainable – Amira Hass
by Paul S. Graham “Inhuman, immoral and unsustainable” are the words used by Amira Hass to describe what she terms “the State of Israel and the privileges it endows to Jews only, at the expense of Palestinians.” Hass was at…
UN finds “systematic” torture in Afghanistan
By Allissa J. Rubin, New York Times, Oct. 10, 2011 KABUL, Afghanistan — Suspects are hung by their hands, beaten with cables, and in some cases their genitals are twisted until they lose consciousness in detention facilities run by the…
The Curious Case of Canada’s Missing Cholera Treatment Camp
By Paul S. Graham Cholera kills. Since the UN brought the disease to Haiti last year, 6,000 have died. Because this disease thrives in countries that lack potable water and sewage treatment infrastructure, it is unlikely to be eradicated soon…
U.S. Congress urged to reject arms sale to Bahrain
By Jim Lobe WASHINGTON, Sep 29, 2011 (IPS) – More than a dozen U.S. and international human rights and arms control groups are urging Congress to block a proposed 53- million-dollar arms sale to Bahrain, which hosts the U.S. Fifth…
Peace Alliance Winnipeg Monthly Meeting
Location: Project Peacemakers Office, 2nd Floor, Westminster United Church, 745 Westminster Avenue (2nd entrance west of Maryland St.) Peace Alliance Winnipeg meets monthly to plan our activities. Everyone is welcome.
Oppose secret trials in Canada
By Sophie Lamarche Harkat Please sign the statement against Secret Trials in Canada (Security Certificates) at www.harkatstatement.com. Security certificates allow for the detention of refugees and immigrants without charge or access to the evidence. My husband Mohamed Harkat – Moe to…
Winnipeg Radical Bookfair & DIY Fest
Location: 91 Albert Street, Winnipeg There will be a radical bookfair and DIY fest held in Winnipeg on September 23-25, 2011. All are welcome! Buy and sell books and zines, attend and put on workshops, table with cool…
