By Chris Hedges, Truthdig, March 21, 2011 Jess Goodell enlisted in the Marines immediately after she graduated from high school in 2001. She volunteered three years later to serve in the Marine Corps’ first officially declared Mortuary Affairs unit, at…
By Sophie Lamarche What was expected to be the end of a long nightmare and a great end to 2010 turned out to be a disaster. We can’t really put 2010 behind us because our battle continues. On Dec.…
By Tom Engelhardt, Counterpunch, March 17, 2011 When men first made war in the air, the imagery that accompanied them was of knights jousting in the sky. Just check out movies like Wings, which won the first Oscar for Best…
Location: Manitoba Legislature This is a day of solidarity with the Libyan people. The organizers are calling out to governments worldwide to recognize the Libyan plight and ACT!!!! -The recognition of the Libyan Transitional National Council as the de facto…
By Paul S. Graham It’s Israeli Apartheid Week in Winnipeg, Canada and many other cities and towns around the world. In Winnipeg, Israeli Apartheid Week 2011 is taking place on the campuses of the University of Manitoba and the University…
Take action: March 14 to 25th by Project Fly Home Profiled, put under intrusive surveillance, imprisoned, tortured, exiled, and blacklisted – Abousfian Abdelrazik’s story reads like a catalogue of the repressive tools of the Orwellian “war on terror.” And he…
Speaking at a forum, Jan. 23, 2011, sponsored by Peace Alliance Winnipeg and Project Peacemakers, author/activist Yves Engler explores Stephen Harper’s foreign policy and how it cost Canada its bid, in 2010, for a seat on the United Nations Security…
Location: Faculty of Medicine (enter through Brodie Center), 727 McDermott Ave, Theatre B With: Donna Barry, Director of Advocacy and Policy for Partners in Health Sponsors: U of M Faculty of Medicine and Winnipeg-Haiti Solidarity Group Admission: Free Donna Barry…
Location: University of Manitoba, Multi-Purpose Room, University Center, 2nd Floor Speaker: Donna Barry, Director of Advocacy and Policy for Partners in Health Sponsors: U of M Faculty of Medicine; U of M Faculty of Nursing; U of M Students Union;…
Location: University of Winnipeg, Room 1L04 (first door to your right from the Ellice entrance). Admission: Free Speakers from the Solidarity Committee for Ethiopian Political Prisoners and the Eritrean-Canadian Human Rights Group of Manitoba will discuss torture, political killings and…
