Peace Alliance Winnipeg Chair Glenn Michalchuk is one of 150 recipients of the Winnipeg 150 Medal, which recognizes residents for their contributions to their community and the City. In addition to receiving a specially designed Winnipeg 150 medal, recipients also…
by Peace Alliance Winnipeg Never has the world been closer to global nuclear war. So close that the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists has set its Doomsday Clock at 90 seconds to midnight “because humanity continues to face an unprecedented…
by Ken Stone, Hamilton Coalition To Stop The War Re: Trudeau says Ukraine can strike deep into Russia with NATO arms, Putin hints at war, Sept. 14 Justin Trudeau is gambling with our lives when he endorses Ukraine striking deep…
The US and its allies have held Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercises since 1971. The initial partners of this military project were Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States, which are also the original members…
by Tina Chen, Distinguished Professor, History, University of Manitoba As an historian of East Asia, for many years at the University of Manitoba I taught a course on the histories of Japan and China from the 19th century to the…
On August 6, 1945 the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. On August 9th, the Americans dropped another atomic bomb, this time on Nagasaki. The immediate combined death toll of the two raids was about 200,000. Over…
As the catastrophe wrought by Israel’s continued assault on Gaza grows, Canadian civil society organizations across multiple sectors are calling on the Canadian government to immediately suspend all trade in arms and military technology with Israel. United Nations human rights…
Citizens of the world, what do you think? Are more powerful nuclear forces necessary for national security? What about arms races, competing to maintain superiority over other nations? Russia’s protracted invasion of Ukraine and the worsening situation between Israel and…
by Anuradha Chenoy The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) of 32 Western countries has formally declared its security interests to be global, despite its title and founding mandate as a transatlantic security alliance. The 75th anniversary summit held in Washington…
by Kristine Bolisay & Althea Arevalo In a world teetering on the edge of chaos, the threat of nuclear conflict looms larger than ever. We must ask ourselves a fundamental question: Are we truly committed to avoiding nuclear war, or…
