When: 2:00 p.m., Sunday, November 7, 2010 Where: Crescent Fort Rouge United Church 525 Wardlaw Ave. & Nassau St. N. Admission: Tickets are $10 (free for children under 12 years old) available through the Project Peacemakers office (775-8178), or at…
Winnipeg information picket for Palestinian rights
This Friday, let’s welcome Premier Selinger back from Israel. INFORMATION PICKET FOR PALESTINIAN RIGHTS WHAT: Information picket on Palestinians’ rights WHERE: Corner of Broadway Avenue and Osborne Street WHEN: Friday, October 15 — meet at 3 pm, leafleting begins at…
Former Guantánamo Prisoner, Tortured by Al-Qaeda and the US, Launches Futile Attempt to Hold America Accountable
By Andy Worthington, October 11, 2010 Last June, in the District Court in Washington D.C., a ruling was delivered on the habeas corpus petition of a Syrian prisoner in Guantánamo, Abdul Rahim al-Janko (also identified as Abdul Rahim al-Ginco), which…
Afghan activist calls for end to NATO ‘occupation’ of her country
Malalai Joya, an outspoken critic of the war in Afghanistan and the youngest woman elected to that country’s parliament speaks at the University of Calgary on Sunday October 10, 2010. Photograph by: Gavin Young, Calgary Herald By Lea Storry, Postmedia…
Manitoba Government Ignores Palestinian Oppression
By Paul Graham, The Palestine Chronicle, Oct. 11, 2010 A few days ago, Manitoba Premier Greg Selinger announced his government’s intention to deepen economic and cultural relations with Israel. “Manitoba and Israel have common interests in clean energy, water quality…
US plans to nuke N. Korea well established
US Often Weighed North Korea ‘Nuke Option’ By The Associated Press, New York Times, October 9, 2010 NEW YORK (AP) — From the 1950s Pentagon to today’s Obama administration, the United States has repeatedly pondered, planned and threatened use of…