Veteran peace and social justice activist Nick Ternette is in hospital in Winnipeg. As his wife, Emily, explained in a recent email: “Nick recently developed pain in his right thigh, and on Friday night the pain became unbearable for him.…
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Winnipeg Walk for Peace 2009
Winnipeg’s 28th consecutive annual Walk for Peace took place under a warm sun and clear blue skies on Saturday, June 13.While the turn-out of 100 people was small, it was broadly representative of Winnipeg’s diverse communities, with participants of all…
Obama’s Animal Farm: Bigger, Bloodier Wars Equal Peace and Justice
By Professor James Petras, Global Research, May 17, 2009 “The Deltas are psychos…You have to be a certified psychopath to join the Delta Force…”, a US Army colonel from Fort Bragg once told me back in the 1980’s. Now President…
Tamil solidarity vigil in Winnipeg
Photo: Glenn Michalchuk In response to the reported slaughter of 25,000 Tamil civilians last week, members of Winnipeg’s Tamil community held a candle light vigil at the Manitoba Legislative Building in Winnipeg on May 17, 2009. At the vigil, they…
Vigil for Tamil civilians
There will be a candlelight vigil in support of Tamil civilians caught in the cross-fire of Sri Lanka’s civil war. While the government of Sri Lanka has declared a military victory, the fighting continues and civilian casualties, numbering many thousand,…
Dark Days — The Reading
L-R: Ibrahim (Obby) Khan, Terry MacLeod, Kerry Pither. Photo: Liz Carlyle By Murielle Jennings On Wednesday evening approximately 50 people attended a dramatic reading from Kerry Pither’s book Dark Days: The Story of Four Canadians Tortured in the Name of…
War resister Joshua Key: significant support from Winnipeggers
On Thursday, March 19, The Student Christian Movement and local supporters of U.S. war resisters organized a meeting at St. Matthew’s Anglican Church to support their right to stay in Canada. The event was part of a week of pan-Canadian…
Video from PAW`s Human Rights Forum
Defending human rights when they most need it by Paul S. Graham, March 13, 2009 The hardest time to defend human rights is when they are under attack. This is one of those times. The debris from the September 11,…
Feb. 4 Winnipeg Candle Light Vigil in support of besieged Tamils
Feb. 4, 2009 — 75 Winnipeggers hold a candle light vigil in front of the Federal Building to show support for Tamil civilians under attack by Sri Lankan military forces. Photo: R. Sri Ranjan On Feb. 4, 75 Winnipeggers defied…
Gaza: End the Occupation
About 50 Winnipeggers braved -20 C temperatures and a biting wind to rally for Freedom for Gaza in front of the Canadian Grain Commission building on Main Street in Winnipeg yesterday. The rally, organized by Peace Alliance Winnipeg, Canadian Muslims…