by David Heap and Pam Bailey On the windy evening of January 4, 2017, 33-year-old Muhammad al-Hissi of Gaza set out with 13 of his brothers, cousins and uncles to make a living the only way they know how: fishing.…
The Venezuela Peace Committee, of which Peace Alliance Winnipeg is a member, is hosting two events that will interest Winnipeggers concerned about the ongoing crisis in Venezuela: Dec. 5th: The Geopolitics of Oil and Venezuela Robert Schultz Theatre – University…
By Candice Bodnaruk On October 28th Peace Alliance Winnipeg participated in the 15th Global Justice Film Festival at the University of Winnipeg. Throughout the day we had many visitors to our table, inquiring about our work, signing our petition to…
By Candice Bodnaruk On September 7 Larry and I had the opportunity to attend the Winnipeg launch of No Way to Treat a Child and hear lawyer Brad Park of DCI [Defense for Children International] talk about arbitrary arrests and…
September 26, 2017 Prime Minister Justin Trudeau House of Commons Ottawa, ON, K1A 0A6 Dear Prime Minister Trudeau, I am writing to you on behalf of Peace Alliance Winnipeg and its membership which has viewed with concern Canada’s vacillation on…
by Harold Shuster I was invited to speak at yesterday’s Rally for Burma. It was extended to me as a member of Independent Jewish Voices, and I was happy to be ‘representing’. Here is what I said: I want to…
As of February 1, 2017, a petition launched by Mayors for Peace to abolish nuclear weapons had 2,469,821 signatures. The petition reads: We, the undersigned, make the following request of the leaders of all nations states,and urge the United Nations…
by International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War [The following statement from 21 Nobel Peace Laureates was released at the conclusion of the 16th World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates in Bogota, Colombia.] On March 27, negotiations will commence…
Winnipeg, Nov. 9, 2016: Israeli filmmaker and correspondent for The Real News Network Lia Tarachansky screened and then discussed the motivation for and the making of her documentary film “On the Side of the Road.” The former West Bank settler…
By the War Resisters Support Campaign Across the country, supporters of U.S. Iraq War resisters have been working hard to ensure that the Liberal government acts quickly to resolve their cases and let them stay. Your letters, emails and phone…
