Category: Opinions and Debates

Challenges for the Peace Movement

by Glenn Michalchuk, Chairperson Peace Alliance Winnipeg We are living in a period of unbridled militarism. Having been active in the peace and anti-war movement for more than 40 years I can say it is unlike any period I have…

Winnipeg Lanterns for Peace 2024

On August 6, 1945 the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. On August 9th, the Americans dropped another atomic bomb, this time on Nagasaki. The immediate combined death toll of the two raids was about 200,000. Over…

NATO’s Global Aspirations

by Anuradha Chenoy The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) of 32 Western countries has formally declared its security interests to be global, despite its title and founding mandate as a transatlantic security alliance. The 75th anniversary summit held in Washington…

A framework for progressive social change

by Marianne Cerilli As part of the May Works Celebration of Labour and Arts a session led by Hamilton based politics and community development academic, Kevin MacKay explored concepts from his book Radical Transformation – Oligarchy, Collapse and the Crisis…