Jimmy Cliff sang this at the Glastonbury Festival on June 24, 2011, changing the title of his 1960s anti-war hit Vietnam to Afghanistan. His uncompromising anti-war message was broadcast to a huge TV audience. Lyrics Hey, Afghanistan, Afghanistan…
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Why CETA is Bad for Canada
Location: CGA Manitoba Room, Red River College, 160 Princess Street, Winnipeg, MB A free event featuring Maude Barlow, National Chairperson, Council of Canadians Paul Moist, National President, Canadian Union of Public Employees Canada and the European Union are negotiating a…
Canadian Peace Alliance statement on Afghan detainee files
Judicial Inquiry NOW! Release All the Afghan Detainee files By the Canadian Peace Alliance Despite what John Baird and Peter MacKay said, the release of 4,000 heavily censored files is not the end of the Afghan detainee scandal. The…
Freedom Flotilla to sail soon
Athens, June 23, 2011 — The international “Freedom Flotilla II – Stay Human” is ready to sail within the next few days to Gaza expressing its solidarity in action with the Palestinian people. The international “Freedom Flotilla II – Stay…
Canadian delegation takes Abdelrazik case to the UN
By Project Fly-Home On June 16th, 2011, a seven-person delegation, acting in solidarity with Abousfian Abdelrazik, met with a representative of the German Mission to the United Nations (Germany currently chairs the 1267-Committee) and representatives of the 1267 Monitoring Team.…
Wikileaks, Canada, Iraq & the mainstream media
In the Wake of Wikileaks: A Media Critique of Revelations about Canadian Duplicity in Iraq By Richard Sanders, coordinator, Coalition to Oppose the Arms Trade and editor of COAT’s magazine Press for Conversion! “One of the most striking differences between…
End the bombing of Libya
Statement of Peace Alliance Winnipeg to the 30th Annual Walk for Peace, June 18, 2011 On Tuesday, June 14 the Conservative Government of Stephen Harper, with almost unanimous support of all political parties, extended Canada’s role in the bombing of…
June 18: 1st Annual Winnipeg International Peace Festival / 30th Annual Winnipeg Walk for Peace
Vimy Ridge Park is the venue of the first annual Winnipeg International Peace Festival and the 30th Annual Winnipeg Walk for Peace which will take place Saturday, June 18, 2011. The theme for this year’s march is the UNESCO Manifesto…
Libya: Diplomacy, not bombs, says Lewis MacKenzie
NATO’s Libya ‘hope’ strategy is bombing By Maj.-General (Ret.) Lewis MacKenzie, Globe and Mail, June 10, 2011 We are now in the 84th day of the bombing campaign that the United Nations Security Council authorized to enforce a no-fly zone…
Peace Alliance Winnipeg Monthly Meeting
Location: Project Peacemakers Office, Upper Level – 756 Westminster Avenue (Westminster Avenue and Maryland Street), Winnipeg (MAP) Everyone is welcome.