Category: Campaigns

The threat of the “new antisemitism”

by Harold Shuster Independent Jewish Voices Good Afternoon. My name is Harold Shuster and I am with Independent Jewish Voices. IJV supports a just peace negotiated between the Israeli and Palestinian people and opposes any attempt by the Israeli government…

Trudeau & Trump: #HandsOffVenezuela

Jan. 26, 2019: Members of the Venezuela Peace Committee and Peace Alliance Winnipeg rallied in Winnipeg outside the building the houses the United States Consulate to protest the actions taken by the Canadian and US governments to destabilize Venezuela.

What is happening in Venezuela?

By Paul S. Graham Mainstream media and government sources in Canada and the United States have provided an extremely unbalanced picture of Venezuela, portraying it as a dictatorship when in fact the governing party has won re-election consistently over the…

Why we march for peace

by Peace Alliance Winnipeg Since 1981, Winnipeggers have taken to the streets in June for an annual Walk for Peace. In those early years, the motive was fear of nuclear annihilation and thousands participated in these yearly events. In recent…

Billboard for Peace

Concerned about the increasing threats to peace in the world and Canada’s lack of a foreign policy based on peace the Regina Peace Council has erected a peace billboard on the Trans Canada highway near the town of Qu’Appelle. The…

Hands Off Syria!

Just hours before the United States launched missile attacks on Damascus and Homs, Winnipeg peace activists rallied outside the building housing the US Consulate to speak out against the war and Trump’s declared plan to expand it. The picket was…