Editor’s Note: The United States invaded Iraq on March 19, 2003, insisting that the Iraqi government possessed “weapons of mass destruction” that posed an imminent threat to world security. These claims were later shown to be bogus, but the damage was done: a shattered country in which millions became refugees and as many as 1.4 [...]
Feb. 15, 2003: Thousands of Winnipeggers joined millions worldwide in opposing the US-led invasion of Iraq. Photo: Glenn Michalchuk
by Glenn Michalchuk
February 15, 2003 marks the tenth anniversary of the largest protest in human history. As the war clouds gathered over Iraq, millions responded globally to a call for demonstrations against the impending war. The average [...]
Grandmothers in Jeju Island demonstrate against the state military seizure and destruction of farmland and homes in Gangjeong Village, and the explosive demolition of a biodiverse coast (home of Jeju Island’s endangered red crabs) and soft coral habitat. Photo: Fielding Hong
Reposted from The Nation
by Koohan Paik and Jerry Mander | December 14, 2012
On the small, [...]
Oct. 6, 2012: A passerby reads a leaflet distributed by Peace Alliance Winnipeg in Osborne Village. Photo: Paul S. Graham
Growing concerns over the possibility of an attack on Iran by Israel or NATO countries prompted peace groups in six Canadian cities to join an International Day of Action yesterday. Locally, Peace Alliance Winnipeg [...]
Sept. 21, 2012: Actors Gord Tanner, Sara Constible and Tricia Cooper (l-r) in performance at International Peace Day at the Free Press Cafe in Winnipeg. The evening was sponsored by Project Peacemakers. Photo: Paul S. Graham
Winnipeg’s Project Peacemakers marked International Peace Day 2012 with skits and musical performances at the Free Press Cafe. Performing [...]
Aug. 25, 2012: One of the many messages from CHALK 4 Peace 2012 in Winnipeg's Vimy Ridge Park. Photo: Paul S. Graham
by Paul S. Graham
The underlying premise of CHALK 4 Peace might best be summed up in a statement attributed to Mahatma Gandhi in 1937: “There is no way to peace; peace is the way.”
CHALK [...]
Hugo Lopez at a week-long vigil at the Manitoba Legislature in August 2010. Photo: Paul S. Graham
Peace Alliance Winnipeg joins with his wife, Christina, and her family and friends in mourning the passing of Hugo Lopez.
We became acquainted with Hugo and Christina in August 2010 when they organized a group called “Crazy for Peace” with [...]
Winnipeg, Feb. 18, 2012: Glenn Michalchuk delivers his report on Peace Alliance Winnipeg activities in 2011 at the organization
By Glenn Michalchuk
Overall 2011 saw a continuation of the disturbing trend in Canadian foreign policy of actively supporting war on Iran, denial of Palestinian rights and a readiness to move anywhere in the world in support of [...]
[ February 14, 2012; 3:30 pm to 5:30 pm. ] Location: 339 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg
Native Rights Leaders and Social justice activists from the American Indian Movement (AIM) and Red Power United (RPU) are sending a call out for a show of solidarity by Native & Non-Native Men & Women in the roles of leadership including Youth Leaders, Student Group Leaders, Grassroots [...]
The peace button is unfurled at Friday's flash mob at The Forks. Photo: Ruth Bonneville / Winnipeg Free Press
By Alexandra Paul, Winnipeg Free Press, Nov. 12, 2011
Local members of the Mennonite community marked Remembrance Day with a flash mob at The Forks that was organized through social media.
About 100 people staged a sedate gathering [...]