Civilian dead are a trade-off in Nato’s war of barbarity by Seumas Milne The Guardian, Thursday October 16, 2008 While the eyes of the western world have been fixed on the global financial crisis, the military campaign that launched the…
Category: Opinions and Debates
Afghan war is unwinnable
By Gwynne Dyer The Japan Times, Oct. 13, 2008 The main purpose of British generals, it sometimes seems, is to say aloud the things that American generals (and British diplomats) think privately but dare not say in public. Things like:…
Vote to end Canada’s war in Afghanistan and bring our troops home now
Peace Alliance Winnipeg is a nonpartisan organization made up of people who hold many different political opinions. The vision that unites us is the dream of a peaceful world where nations resolve their differences without recourse to military force. In…
The Canadian Election and the War in Afghanistan
by Michael Skinner Conservative Party leader, Stephen Harper, attempted to remove questions about Canada’s role in Afghanistan from debate during the election campaign by announcing the combat role of the Canadian Forces will end, in 2011, if he is re-elected…
Kildonan-St. Paul All Candidates Forum: Anti-war candidates applauded
Peace Alliance Winnipeg joined with the Provincial Council of Women of Manitoba, the University Women’s Club of Winnipeg and the Council of Women to host an all-candidates forum in the constituency of Kildonan St-Paul. The candidates in the riding are…
Talking with the Taliban
Click here for part 2 of this Al Jazeera Inside Story report on the beginnings of peace negotiations in Afghanistan. Negotiated peace takes tentative step Former Taliban envoy describes meeting on Afghanistan as an ‘icebreaker’ Peter Goodspeed, National Post Published:…
Canada’s $7 billion war
Canada’s seven billion dollar war: The cost of Canadian forces operations in Afghanistan International Journal, Summer 2008 by David Perry In March 2008, parliament voted to extend Canadian military operations in Afghanistan through 2011. By July of that year, roughly…
Peace and Democracy for Afghanistan
by John W. Warnock Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives Republished with permission. On September 12, 2001, the government of Jean Chrétien pledged Canada’s full support to any action by the U.S. government to confront the al-Qaeda organization and the Taliban…
Afghanistan: Why we fight . . .
Afghanistan Challenges for the Corruption Cup by Paul Graham Competition for the coveted Corruption Cup is intense, but Afghanistan is proving itself to be a real competitor. And what, pray tell, is the Corruption Cup? Mainly a figment of my…
Talking the politics of peace with Americans
Photo: The Minnesota Independent by Marianne Cerilli As a lead up to the Republican National Convention in Minneapolis/St. Paul, I was asked by Stephan Peter, politics professor and Democratic Socialists of America member, to speak to students and activists. The…