First Annual Afghanistan Film Festival and Mini Market Date: Monday, March 8, 2010 Place: Eckhart-Grammate Hall (3rd floor, Centennial Building), University of Winnipeg Films and Times: 4:00 p.m. Enemies of Happiness (free afternoon matinee) 6:00 p.m. Beauty School of Kabul…
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Reading: A Deserter’s Tale
The Deserter’s Tale Reading with Author Joshua Key Date: Saturday, February 13, 2010 Time: 12 p.m. Place: Aqua Books, 274 Garry Street, Winnipeg Joshua Key is a United States Army deserter who fled while on leave from the Iraq War.…
Haiti Relief Fundraiser
The West End Cultural Centre and the Winnipeg-Haiti Solidarity Group present a Haiti Relief Fundraiser Date: Thursday February 11, 2010 Doors open: 7:15 p.m. Show time: 8:00 p.m. Location: West End Cultural Centre, 586 Ellice Av at Sherbrook Tickets: $15…
9/11 Truth: the Challenge to the Peace Movement
On September 13, 2009, Dr. Graeme MacQueen, a retired professor of religious studies from McMaster University, presented a speech entitled 9/11 Truth: the Challenge to the Peace Movement, at the conference, “We Demand Transparency! For Peace, Truth, and a New…
Iraq “regime change” plan predated 9/11
Plan to oust Saddam drawn up two years before the invasion Secret document signalled support for Iraqi dissidents and promised aid, oil and trade deals in return for regime change By Michael Savage, Political Correspondent, The Independent, Feb. 1, 2010…
Peace Alliance Winnipeg Monthly Meeting
Date: Tuesday, July 13, 2010 Time: 7:00 p.m. Place: Workers Organizing Resource Centre, 280 Smith St. (just south of Portage). The WORC is located on the mezzanine level — use the intercom by the door to be let in. All…
Shocking stories of US torture in Afghanistan
Russia Today, Feb. 2, 2010 An ever increasing number of U.S. troops are fighting for peace in Afghanistan. But an investigative journalist claims to have revealed the shocking truth about surprise night raids by American forces and secret prisons where…
Prosecuting Bush for crimes against humanity
Help put Bush on trial for crimes against humanity by Paul S. Graham, Jan. 31, 2010 Professor Francis A. Boyle of the University of Illinois College of Law in Champaign, U.S.A. has filed a complaint with the Prosecutor for the…
The kidnapping of Haiti
Jan. 20, 2010: A young boy keeps his eyes on soldiers of the U.S. 82 Airborne Division outside the general hospital in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Photo: Nikki Kahn-The Washington Post By John Pilger, Jan. 28, 2010 The theft of Haiti has…
Localizing Peace: Religious and Cultural Dimensions of Sustainable Peacebuilding
“Localizing Peace: Religious and Cultural Dimensions of Sustainable Peacebuilding” With Dr. Nathan C. Funk, Conrad Grebel University College, University of Waterloo Date: Tuesday, March 23, 2010 Time: 7:00 p.m. Place: Father Jensen Theatre, St. Paul’s College, University of Manitoba Free…