The Canadian Peace Alliance and the Collectif Échec à la guerre are calling for a weekend of protest actions, on 25-26 October, against Canadian participation in the third Iraq war. These protests will take place on the 12th anniversary of…
by Paul S. Graham Almost unnoticed amidst the hoopla and the protests associated with the opening of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights was a dinner held at the Grand Mosque Community Centre last Friday in honour of Edmonton-based human…
Speaker: Roger Annis Roger Annis is a Vancouver-based writer who attended an antiwar conference in Yalta, Crimea on July 6, 7. Conference delegates included Ukrainians, Russians and antiwar activists from Europe and North America. Broadway Disciples United Church 396 Broadway…
OPINION: Civil Society Calls For Impartial Inquiry on Air Crash and Catastrophe in Ukraine By Alice Slater NEW YORK, Sep 2 2014 (IPS) – It is ironic that at this moment in history when so many people and nations around…
An evening honouring Dennis Edney, lawyer of Omar Khadr Dennis Edney (QC) is the recipient of the National Pro Bono Award (2008) and the Human Rights Medal (British Columbia, 2009). “The story of Omar and Guantanamo Bay reflects the failure…
August 4, 2014 was the hundredth anniversary of Canada’s entry into World War One. Was this war a struggle for democracy or an inter-imperialist feud that got out of control? Was it the crucible in which Canadian nationhood was forged…
