By the Canadian Peace Alliance, Feb. 19, 2010 While our Prime Minister talks about the the “Olympic Truce”, a symbolic suspension of war during the winter games, the people of Afghanistan are facing a new wave of violence. The official…
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Justice for Abousfian Abdelrazik
Project Fly Home has launched a campaign on behalf of Abousfian Abdelrazik, the Sudanese-Canadian man who was wrongly imprisoned and tortured in Sudan in 2003 and prevented by the Canadian government from returning to Canada until last year. Documents obtained…
Peace Alliance Winnipeg endorses “Bush to the Hague” campaign
An international campaign is underway to bring to trial former U.S. president George W. Bush and some of his senior officials. On January 19, 2010, Professor Francis A. Boyle of the University of Illinois College of Law in Champaign, U.S.A.…
Obama’s Record War Budget
Will Obama’s Record War Budget Lead to a US Victory in Afghanistan? Don’t Bet On it? by Jack A. Smith, Global Research, February 14, 2010 President Barack Obama has increased the Pentagon’s perennially-bloated annual spending spree to its greatest magnitude…
Europe’s undeclared nuclear powers
Europe’s Five “Undeclared Nuclear Weapons States” Are Turkey, Germany, Belgium, The Netherlands and Italy Nuclear Powers? U.S. Nuclear Weapons in Europe • Hans M. Kristensen/Natural Resources Defense Council, 2005 by Michel Chossudovsky, Global Research, February 12, 2010 According to a…
Civilian deaths anger Iraqis
Al Jazeera English, February 13, 2010 US and Iraqi troops have been accused of killing several civilians during a military operation in Iraq’s Maysan province, on the border with Iran. The troops say they were raiding Iranian-backed fighters and weapons…
Mass murders escape prosecution for now
Law Suit against 4 US Presidents & 4 UK Prime Ministers for War Crimes, Crimes Against Humanity & Genocide in Iraq Statement on Closure of Legal Case for Iraq in Spain by BRussells Tribunal, Global Research, Feb. 10, 2010 Law…
6,000+ Canadian Afghanistan vets on disability
Afghanistan veterans on disability now 6,000 Forces, Veterans Affairs reluctant to disclose casualty records after eight years of war By Tim Naumetz, The Hill Times, Feb. 8, 2010 More than 6,000 Canadian Forces members and discharged veterans who are receiving…
Nelson Mandela: 20 years of freedom
20th Anniversary of Nelson Mandela’s Release from Prison Join us for this important anniversary. We will discuss the anti-apartheid movement and what Mr. Mandela’s release meant to us. We will drink a toast to Mr. Mandela and send him a…
Global Research/AKASAN/CHAN raising funds for Haiti
Global Research, in collaboration with AKASAN (Haitians Helping Haitians) and the Canada Haiti Action Network (CHAN), is launching a Haiti fund raising campaign in support of Haitian grass-roots initiatives. The country’s institutions, including schools and hospitals, are in ruins. Income-generating…