redriverpete | 08 August 2010 Aug. 6, 2010: Member of Parliament Bill Siksay was the keynote speaker at Winnipeg’s annual Lantern Ceremony, held to commemorate the atomic bombing of Nagasaki and Hiroshima. His topic: a private member’s bill before the…
Month: August 2010
Why America dropped “The Bomb”
Why World War II ended with Mushroom Clouds 65 years ago, August 6 and 9, 1945: Hiroshima and Nagasaki by Jacques R. Pauwels, Global Research, August 6, 2010 On Monday, August 6, 1945, at 8:15 AM, the nuclear bomb ‘Little…
Hiroshima Peace Declaration 2010
By Tadatoshi Akiba, Mayor, The City of Hiroshima, August 6, 2010 In the company of hibakusha who, on this day 65 years ago, were hurled, without understanding why, into a “hell” beyond their most terrifying nightmares and yet somehow managed…
Israel’s Public Relations War
TheRealNews | August 03, 2010 Escalating criticism of Israel led its security establishment to declare a PR war on “delegitimization.” For additional analysis, see the RealNews series entitled Who benefits from Israeli occupation? Palestinian filmmaking culture grows from NGO project…
Guantánamo is now Obama’s kangaroo court
Photo: Allan Lissner Obama Bravely Takes on a Tortured Child Soldier Torturing the Rule of Law at Obama’s Gitmo By Chase Madar, Counterpunch, July 30-August 1, 2010 President Obama may lack the nerve to stare down Liz Cheney or Bibi…
For a federal Department of Peace
Bill Siksay, MP (Burnaby-Douglas) will be the keynote speaker at Winnipeg’s annual Lanterns for Peace Ceremony. His topic: a private members Bill (C-447) which calles for the establishment of a federal Deaprtment of Peace. This bill passed First Reading in…
Soundtrack for a Revolution
Date: Wednesday, August 4, 2010 Time: 7:30 p.m. Place: Cinematheque, 100 Arthur Street (see map) Admission: $8 General $7 Students and Seniors $6 Cinematheque and Winnipeg Film Group members Soundtrack for a Revolution tells the story of the American civil…