Category: Opinions and Debates

The Madness of Mutually Assured Destruction

by Althea Arevalo, Kristine Bolisay, Anton Ador, Erik Vladimirov, Karen Torres, Emery Roy The mere possession of nukes is a gamble with fate. The risk of accidents and miscalculations triggering an unintended nuclear war hangs over us like a sword…

The propaganda war in cyberspace

Where does the security state end and social media begin? The Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space explores this question in depth and lays out the threat this poses to peace and security throughout the world.

Canada’s Cold War

In its fifth installment of the webinar series Canada in the World, Peace Alliance Winnipeg invited Richard Sanders to discuss Ottawa’s long standing practice of supporting groups that celebrate the extreme right wingers in their histories. Richard founded the Coalition…

Webinar: Imperialism’s Defeat in Afghanistan

What is the world significance of the US defeat in Afghanistan? What are the prospects for peace and development there? What role could China, Russia and Iran have in Afghanistan’s reconstruction? How has Western hypocrisy over human and women’s rights…

“Neither Washington nor Beijing!”

While it is clear that the relationship between the US and China will come to define the geopolitical terrain for decades to come, many among the Western left are unsure about what their own positions and responsibilities should be. As…