By CASMII, August 16, 2010 The current U.S. standoff against Iran, like the run-up to the invasion of Iraq in 2003, was instigated by the neoconservatives of the Bush Administration based on their doctrine of “maintaining U.S. pre-eminence, thwarting rival…
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March against war with Iran
Date: Saturday, August 28, 2010 Times: 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.: Program features music performed by Winnipeg’s famed Papa Mambo 1:00: March begins Place: Manitoba Legislative Building, Winnipeg, MB Organized by: Crazy for Peace In preparation for the Saturday march,…
Chalk 4 Peace
Date: August 28, 2010 Time: 2:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m. (If it rains the event will be postponed until the following day, August 29th.) Place: Vimy Ridge Park, Winnipeg Chalk 4 Peace is a global event. It happens in many…
Bill Siksay speaks for a Canadian Department of Peace
redriverpete | 08 August 2010 Aug. 6, 2010: Member of Parliament Bill Siksay was the keynote speaker at Winnipeg’s annual Lantern Ceremony, held to commemorate the atomic bombing of Nagasaki and Hiroshima. His topic: a private member’s bill before the…
Why America dropped “The Bomb”
Why World War II ended with Mushroom Clouds 65 years ago, August 6 and 9, 1945: Hiroshima and Nagasaki by Jacques R. Pauwels, Global Research, August 6, 2010 On Monday, August 6, 1945, at 8:15 AM, the nuclear bomb ‘Little…
Hiroshima Peace Declaration 2010
By Tadatoshi Akiba, Mayor, The City of Hiroshima, August 6, 2010 In the company of hibakusha who, on this day 65 years ago, were hurled, without understanding why, into a “hell” beyond their most terrifying nightmares and yet somehow managed…
Israel’s Public Relations War
TheRealNews | August 03, 2010 Escalating criticism of Israel led its security establishment to declare a PR war on “delegitimization.” For additional analysis, see the RealNews series entitled Who benefits from Israeli occupation? Palestinian filmmaking culture grows from NGO project…
Guantánamo is now Obama’s kangaroo court
Photo: Allan Lissner Obama Bravely Takes on a Tortured Child Soldier Torturing the Rule of Law at Obama’s Gitmo By Chase Madar, Counterpunch, July 30-August 1, 2010 President Obama may lack the nerve to stare down Liz Cheney or Bibi…
For a federal Department of Peace
Bill Siksay, MP (Burnaby-Douglas) will be the keynote speaker at Winnipeg’s annual Lanterns for Peace Ceremony. His topic: a private members Bill (C-447) which calles for the establishment of a federal Deaprtment of Peace. This bill passed First Reading in…
Soundtrack for a Revolution
Date: Wednesday, August 4, 2010 Time: 7:30 p.m. Place: Cinematheque, 100 Arthur Street (see map) Admission: $8 General $7 Students and Seniors $6 Cinematheque and Winnipeg Film Group members Soundtrack for a Revolution tells the story of the American civil…