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…
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Canada is my country, a poem
by Tamara Lorincz I live in a country that has increased military spending when Indigenous people live without the most basic security in dilapidated homes with dirty water. I live in a country that is spending $800 million more on…
The Curious Case of Alexei Navalny
by John Ryan The mainstream media considers Alexei Navalny to be Vladimir Putin’s main opponent. However, a “Levada Center poll from November 2020 — three months after Navalny’s poisoning — found that only 2% of Russians would vote for Navalny…
Where’s Palestine? The Nakba is Missing From the Canadian Museum for Human Rights
By Candice Bodnaruk RANA ABDULLA has waited nine long years to have her story told in the Canadian Museum for Human Rights (CMHR). Before the museum was even built, the CMHR put out a request to Canadians for content ideas.…
Shining a Light on the Dark Aftermath of Nuclear War
by Sean Howard “We now send greetings and thanks to our eldest Brother, the Sun. Each day without fail he travels the sky from east to west, bringing the light of a new day. He is the source of all…
Webinar: The New Cold War, Canadian Foreign Policy and Canada’s Peace Movement
On Feb. 27. 2021, Peace Alliance Winnipeg hosted a webinar entitled “The New Cold War, Canadian Foreign Policy and Canada’s Peace Movement.” It featured presentations by: Radhika Desai, a Professor at the Department of Political Studies, and Director, Geopolitical Economy…
Michael Lynk: Human Rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territories
Winnipeg, Jan. 28, 2020: Michael Lynk’s address in Winnipeg was entitled “The Vanishing Horizon: The ABCs of Human Rights in the Occupation of Palestine.” However, Donald Trump’s newly announced “peace plan” — in reality America’s endorsement of Israel’s illegal settlements…
Make Peace an Election Issue
by Paul S. Graham Picking fights with Russia and China, backing fascists in Ukraine, arming murderers in Saudi Arabia, undermining democracy in Latin America — the Trudeau junta has a lot to answer for in the foreign policy realm. Trudeau…
The threat of the “new antisemitism”
by Harold Shuster Independent Jewish Voices Good Afternoon. My name is Harold Shuster and I am with Independent Jewish Voices. IJV supports a just peace negotiated between the Israeli and Palestinian people and opposes any attempt by the Israeli government…
The White Poppy is almost as old as the more familiar red one
by Lawrence Sutherland and Candace Bodnaruk November 11, 2018 marked the centenary of the end the Great War, or the War to End War between the Allied Powers [England, Canada, France, Russia and later the United States] and Germany, Italy,…