About 50 Winnipeggers braved -20 C temperatures and a biting wind to rally for Freedom for Gaza in front of the Canadian Grain Commission building on Main Street in Winnipeg yesterday. The rally, organized by Peace Alliance Winnipeg, Canadian Muslims…
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Rally in Support of Iraq War Resisters
Canadians have made it clear through polls, vigils, letters, petitions, rallies, and many other means, that they want American soldiers who refuse to participate in the Iraq war to be allowed to stay. The House of Commons passed a motion…
Freedom for Gaza Rally in Winnipeg on Saturday
WINNIPEG, JAN. 21, 2009 — Peace Alliance Winnipeg, the Canada Palestine Support Network and Canadian Muslims for Palestine will hold a rally at the corner of Water Avenue and Main Street (in front of the Canadian Grain Commission Building) on…
Noam Chomsky on Gaza
“Exterminate all the Brutes” – Gaza 2009 by Noam Chomsky, Znet, Jan. 20, 2009 On Saturday December 27, the latest US-Israeli attack on helpless Palestinians was launched. The attack had been meticulously planned, for over 6 months according to the…
Canadian Peace Alliance Statement on the Gaza Ceasefire
January 20, 2009 On Saturday January 17, after 22 days of bombing which killed more than 1200 people, including 400 children, wounded more than 5000 and displaced more than 100,000, the Israeli government declared a unilateral ceasefire and a halt…
“Let Them Stay” Week – January 19-26
January is a critical month for U.S. war resisters living in Canada. Canadians have made it clear through polls, vigils, letters, petitions, rallies, and many other means, that they want American soldiers who refuse to participate in the Iraq war…
Winnipeg: Gaza protests continue
About 25 people participated in a demonstration in Winnipeg yesterday at 5:00 p.m. in support of the people of Gaza. This was the fifth such rally to be held in Winnipeg this month. The rally was held at rush hour at…
Rally for Gaza
Some of the 250 who rallied for Gaza in Winnipeg, Jan. 17, 2009. Photo: Glenn Michalchuk Peace Alliance Winnipeg, the Canada Palestine Support Network (Winnipeg Chapter) and Canadian Muslims for Palestine will hold a rally at the corner of Water…
Fragile ceasefire in Gaza
Palestinians inspect the rubble of buildings in the eastern area of Jebaliya after Israeli troops withdrew from the northern Gaza Strip, Sunday, Jan. 18, 2009. (AP Photo/AP Photo/Hatem Moussa) Olmert announces “unilateral truce” Source: Al Jazeera.net Ehud Olmert, Israel’s prime…
Gaza: First-hand account
A Report From Gaza: Terribly Bloodied, Still Breathing By Caoimhe Butterly, Counterpunch, Jan. 16-18, 2009 The morgues of Gaza’s hospitals are over-flowing. The bodies in their blood-soaked white shrouds cover the entire floor space of the Shifa hospital morgue. Some…